{"id":349,"date":"2025-08-19T14:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.attica.nu\/wordpress\/?page_id=349"},"modified":"2025-09-08T09:10:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:10:44","slug":"paul-van-de-ven","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/attica.nu\/en\/de-mensen\/paul-van-de-ven\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul van de Ven"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"349\" class=\"elementor elementor-349\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-870c208 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"870c208\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe7e360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"fe7e360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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formal where it must be.\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bd5ba50 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3bd5ba50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56eb6785 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56eb6785\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paul van de Ven<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d22c2c8 elementor-shape-rounded elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"5d22c2c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper 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101.9V416z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33869ac4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"33869ac4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46d8d611 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"46d8d611\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n  #experience-container {\n    color: #7A7A7A;\n    margin: 0;\n    padding: 0;\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n<span id=\"experience-container\">\n  <span><b>Work experience:<\/b> <span id=\"experience-years\"><\/span> years<\/span>\n<\/span>\n\n<script>\n  document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() {\n    const startYear = 1987; \n    const currentYear = new Date().getFullYear();\n    const experience = currentYear - startYear;\n    document.getElementById(\"experience-years\").textContent = experience;\n  });\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-515e723f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"515e723f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Education:<\/strong> Eindhoven University of Technology - Electrical Engineering<\/p><p><strong>About me:<\/strong><\/p><p>While studying electrical engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology, I became very interested in the interface between hardware and software. I was then able to put this to good use at the Dutch Railways during the development and realization of the first electronic interlocking system for the Groot-Rotterdam railway yard in 1994.<\/p><p>When the NS engineering firm became independent and became Holland Railconsult (now Movares), international projects came my way. This took me to Norway, Sweden, Italy, Romania and Switzerland, among others. I carried out hazard, risk and safety analyses, acted as safety manager and put together safety cases. At the time, this was still a relatively new activity within the railroad world, so I often had to find my own interpretation of the standards.<\/p><p>In 1999, Movares and T\u00dcV S\u00fcd jointly founded the organization Railcert. With my experience in preparing safety cases, I felt like a fish in the water to carry out these assessments as (lead) assessor at Railcert. Later, I also worked as certification manager and eventually I was managing director of the company for three years.<\/p><p>I assessed a large range of rail products and projects in the Netherlands (including the HSL-Zuid, Betuweroute and Hanzelijn) in almost all countries in Europe and also abroad. Both in the field of security\/ERTMS, and in the field of infrastructure, energy and rolling stock.<\/p><p>As certification manager of Railcert, I chaired NB Rail, the European coordinating body of all European Notified Bodies in Brussels, for a year. It was an interesting and challenging job to steer a group of more than 50 organisations from all over Europe towards cooperation and unambiguous policy.<\/p><p>From 2016 to 2024, I was a member of the board of IRSE Netherlands, the Dutch branch of the English professional association of signaling engineers.<\/p><p>Since 2018, I have been seconded to Infrabel in Brussels as an external consultant for everything related to safety management, assessment and certification. Within the ETCS Masterplan, I am pivotal in communication with the ISA\/AsBo\/NoBo and with the national safety authority. Because Belgium leads the way within Europe in the serial roll-out of ETCS\/ERTMS, I regularly run up against the limits of the legislation there and have to come up with a pragmatic solution.<\/p><p>I am also regularly asked to give courses and training sessions at home and abroad.<\/p><p>The subject matter continues to fascinate me immensely. Sometimes it is difficult to find customized solutions within the limitations that exist, with an eye for both the big picture and the details. But that is precisely the area of tension where I feel at my best.<\/p><p>In my spare time I am an avid reader, runner and pianist. 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