Eric started working as an Education / Marketing manager in the world of libraries, archives and
museums 2003. Since then he worked for two educational institutes specialised in archiving,
information retrieval and document management. From the start he had a keen interest in
digitalisation of information and the consequences for the information specialist. Since June 2021
Eric is responsible for the development of a generic education program for all Information
Professionals working for the Dutch Government.

At the moment he is in the process of setting up the same kind of educational programs in the Dutch Caribbean (Suriname, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao and St. Maarten). Eric is a board member of the KNVI (Royal Dutch Association for information professionals), member of the Innovation Committee of the Dutch Royal Library and an editor for the magazines Od (Governmental Information) and IP (Information Professional).