- Undergraduate degree (USA) in Computer Science and Operations Research
- Masters in Philosophy and European Studies (Belgium)
- Embedded systems programming and project management (USA, 5 years)
- Academic administration (Belgium, 11 years)
- Telecom: customer support, training manager (Belgium, 3 years)
- Free lance writer, translator, copywriter since 1987, full time since 2002
- Leisure: music, songwriting, dance (jazz, world music)
