With his economic and statistical background, Jan has been involved in technology research since 2009. He has been working in the European Commission as a programme officer in the field of the Internet of things and (previously) in the field of integrated care. Currently, he is responsible in the Directorate General Communications Networks, Content and Technology for the implementation of Horizon Europe and Digital Europe Programme.
The current actions in his portfolio are mainly involving the paradigm shift from cloud to edge. The edge computing refers to data processing, which takes place at the periphery of the network as close to the end user as possible or even within an internet-of-things. This approach is often also referred to as decentralised intelligence and swarm computing. The actions involve the whole project lifecycle, namely the evaluations and the project monitoring.