European CIO organizations call for digital strategic autonomy

by Felix Speulman | Nov 17, 2025 | Updates

In anticipation of the Franco-German summit on November 18, four European CIO associations (Beltug, Cigref, CIO Platform Nederland, and VOICE) issued a joint statement on digital strategic autonomy and European sovereignty. The call focuses on strengthening...

“We sell our technology to everyone, which allows us to build a much better product”

by Felix Speulman | Nov 7, 2025 | Tech Hero

Quantware started designing and developing scaling architectures for quantum processors five years ago and now has customers in 22 countries. In terms of volume, the former startup from the Quantum Delta NL incubator is the largest in the world in this field. The...

Laura Klaver: “In essence, I am replaceable, which is a very comforting thought”

by Felix Speulman | Nov 7, 2025 | 2025 CIO of the Year Award

Laura Klaver has been with Thales Netherlands since 2018. Starting as an executive secretary, she rose through the ranks in various roles, including enterprise information manager and chief data officer. After a brief hiatus, she took on the CIO role in early 2023....

Matthijs Zwart: “Leadership is about navigating uncertainties”

by Felix Speulman | Oct 28, 2025 | 2025 CIO of the Year Award

A physicist by training and headed for a career in the oil industry, Matthijs Zwart joined KPN in the late 1990s to help expand mobile telephony. After holding various management positions in telecom and networking, he joined Vitens in 2017, where he completely...

Kurt De Ruwe: “My biggest challenge is getting people on board”

by Felix Speulman | Oct 23, 2025 | 2025 CIO of the Year Award

Kurt De Ruwe has been CIO at AkzoNobel for over three years now, where he, combining modesty with confidence, has brought about change in many areas: from cost reduction and intelligent automation to a radically new approach to network security. “For me, the status...