My journey started from very humble beginnings in Windoeck the capital of Nambia (South West Africa) where I was born. My passion for bicycles started early in life. As far as I can remember, my first encounter with a bicycle was a memorable one, and it really felt like I had seen it before. I was just 3 years old at the time when I saw this child sized bicycle in a bike shop in Walvis Bay, Namibia. Intuitively, I knew it was the right size for me and I also knew exactly what to do with it.  This new ‘object’ was strangely familiar, but when remembering this I am more convinced that riding bikes was just a part of my DNA.

BIKETRACE combines my passion for bicycles with my frustration of being a victim of bicycle theft on multiple occasions. Bike theft is a very common form of property crime that many of you can relate to. I am convinced that by equipping bicycles with devices that are capabable of sensing, communicating and computing data we can create an ecosystem of digitally interconnected bicycles or what I would call “The Internet of Bicycles”. This will result in more secure bicycles and safer local communities.