He has years of experience in the field of CVRM and implementation. He is a trustful and researchminded ‘teamcoach’ and connector with a strong feeling for responsibility, diplomacy, advisory and teaching. He got all cardiovascular specialisms work together within the Deventer Hospital and the region, whereafter the logistics within the management were arranged, resulting in the Cardiovascular Center Salland. As boardmember and chairman of the WCN he did intensively collaborate with the NVVC, DCVA, ZIN, many farmaceutical industries, academic cardiovascular departments (CRAs and CROs) and internationally with eg the Harvard Medical School and PHRI. This huge network with different partners in cardiovascular healthcare forms the base for the transition to a value based health care outcome-based model instead of a model of revenue based on saled numbers. These collaborations resulted in improved guidelines and improved implementation nationally as well as internationally already.