Software engineering
10+ years · Idea to production
Machine Learning & AI Consultant · Groningen
I’m a Machine Learning & AI Consultant at Sopra Steria, working on computer vision, LLMs, and the software needed to put them into practice. Piano is the other half of how I think.

Software by day. Piano after hours.
Currently at Sopra Steria
10+ years · Idea to production
5+ years · Vision · LLMs · RAG
Intelligent Systems · Visual Computing
15+ years · Practice & performance
How I work
Software and music both ask for attention, structure, patience, and plenty of revision. Piano has shaped the way I approach technical work.
Start by understanding the people, the problem, and the data.
Turn the moving parts into a system that is clear and maintainable.
Test it, listen to feedback, and keep improving the parts that matter.
Selected experience
I started in full-stack development and gradually moved into data science and AI. That engineering background still shapes how I work today.
Sep 2025 — Present
CurrentSopra Steria

I help organizations turn machine learning and AI opportunities into reliable, practical solutions, with a current focus on geospatial computer vision. Consulting for Developing visual foundation models and object-detection systems for aerial and satellite imagery.
Het Waterschapshuis
Feb 2025 — Aug 2025
Valtes

I built AI features for an app that supports informal caregivers, from early prototypes to maintainable product code.
Mar 2024 — Feb 2025
Researchable

I helped clients find practical uses for LLMs and RAG, and maintained public-data platforms used by the Urban Mobility Observatory.
Earlier foundations
Earlier roles and education that gave me a broad base in software engineering and computer science.
First research publication · 2021
University of Groningen
Sep 2017 — Sep 2023

Wild Sea Studio
Apr 2021 — Sep 2023

Parkos
Dec 2018 — Jan 2021

BeepRoger
Apr 2017 — Sep 2018

University of Groningen
2016 — 2017

Hanze University of Applied Sciences
Sep 2012 — Sep 2016
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What’s Joey’s experience with production AI?
Joey has worked in software engineering for more than ten years. He has built LLM and RAG applications and now works as a Machine Learning & AI Consultant at Sopra Steria, developing computer vision solutions for aerial and satellite imagery.
Beyond the screen
I’ve played classical piano for more than fifteen years. It teaches me patience, focus, and how much difference a small detail can make.
Piano is where I slow down, practise, and listen.

Piano on Instagram
I share occasional recordings and short clips from practice.

Groningen · Netherlands
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