Summary
Bart Van Leeuwen is a seasoned founder and emergency-response technologist with 25+ years building Netage B.V. and a parallel career in the fire service, currently serving as a captain. He trains and consults globally on situational awareness, human factors, and the intersection of technology and high-risk decision-making, and has published award-winning papers and spoken widely on these topics. Bart brings hands-on technical chops—Java, JavaScript, PHP and interest in knowledge graphs—and long-standing contributions to W3C working groups and data standardization for emergency response. As a VU Amsterdam group associate and IAFC Technology Council member, he bridges academic research, standards work, and operational practice. His work is distinctive for combining frontline firefighting experience with pragmatic tech standards and UX-informed design for critical systems. Reachable for training, incident reviews, keynotes, and consultancy, he’s helped hundreds better understand how their brains and tools interact under pressure.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Mechanical Engeneering, Mechanical Engeneering at Europa College Amsterdam
English, German, Dutch, French