Maurice Vanderfeesten
Programmamanager Open Research Information
Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolMaurice Vanderfeesten is a program manager and innovation lead with 13 years’ experience shaping Open Science, research information infrastructures, and scholarly communication across Dutch universities and consortia. Currently driving national open research metadata efforts at SURF while coordinating Open Science infrastructure for the Aurora Universities and co-creating the Research Library of the future at VU, he blends strategic oversight with hands-on rapid prototyping using AI. His MSc in Information Science underpins deep knowledge of bibliometrics, semantic web concepts, persistent identifiers, and repository architectures, enabling him to align business goals with ICT solutions. Known for seeing both the big picture and the fine details, he brings analytical creativity, process and project management rigor, and a collaborative leadership style that motivates diverse stakeholders. Notably, he couples technical fluency in open-source research information practices with a human-centered approach that emphasizes learning, purpose, and impact for people and planet.
13 years of coding experience
Master, Information Science, Master, Information Science at Utrecht University
English, Dutch, German
Github Skills (14)
vocabulary10
scopus10
controlled10
readable10
render9
xml9
database8
react6
home-assistant4
displays3
favicon2
frontend2
pytorch2
keepass1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ubvu/ub2030
Aug 2023 - Jan 2025
Contributions:6 releases, 53 pushes, 3 tags in 1 year 4 months
mkuzak/colonize
Jan 2016 - Feb 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 comment in 8 years 2 months
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