I am a researcher focusing on the management of digitised assets, with a particular interest in the interaction between technical systems and organisational processes. My current work investigates how to manage IT/OT convergence within capital assets, with a focus on rolling stock (trains).
I study how increasing software integration into physical systems affects decisionāmaking across the asset lifecycle, where responsibilities are often distributed among IT, engineering, and asset management.
My research aims to support asset managers by developing approaches to align lifecycle decisions across these domains, improving coordination and reducing unintended impacts on asset performance. This work is carried out in collaboration with the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).
My PhD research is part of the AMICO project, an ongoing initiative of the Asset and Maintenance Management Group within the Design, Production and Management (DPM) department at the University of Twente. The AMICO project addresses the challenges of increasing asset digitisation in the railway domain.
Within this project, my research focuses on supporting the management of IT/OTāconverged assets. As software becomes increasingly integrated into physical systems, managing assets across their lifecycles requires coordination among traditionally separate domains, such as IT, engineering, and asset management.
My work investigates how these domains interact in practice and which factors are essential for effective lifecycle management of digitised assets. In particular, I examine how fragmented decisionāmaking across domains can lead to misalignment and unintended impacts on asset performance.
Based on this, my research develops and evaluates approaches to improve lifecycle alignment, focusing on awareness, insight, and coordination across domains. The work is applied to rolling stock (trains) to support more reliable railway operations.
Scan the QR code or