Hanz Keulen

Hans Keulen has been working in information and communications technology (ICT) for most of his life with a background in physics. As co-owner of a mid-size ICT company (DataBalk, now Cegeka NL), he served as CTO and was responsible for business development. In 2008, he retired due to health issues. In 2009, after several misdiagnoses, he was finally discovered to have a clival chordoma that was surgically removed.

In 2011, Hans had a recurrence that is currently being treated in a clinical trial. He co-owns a few small firms where he is involved in strategy, innovation and product evangelism. Hans dedicates a considerable amount of his time to the European expansion of the Chordoma Foundation and serves as the European Liaison for the Foundation. He lives with his wife Marja and three children in in the rural village of St. Oedenrode in the The Netherlands.