WHO WE ARE
About Us
Sustainable Digital Foundations
About Brigade
Brigade is a network of expert teams, called brigades, each focused on deep domain expertise and a shared way of working each delivering fast, high-quality and complementary services.
Since 2007, we design infrastructure and security platforms as part of a larger, preferably open ecosystem.
At Brigade, we believe that enduring success is found in the power of the community. Our experts are not only solving problems for our customers, they become their partners. Together they create new pathways in a world of rapidly changing technology.
Our company philosophy is inspired by Stoicism, a philosophy that believes that humans flourish when they cooperate towards shared, purpose driven goals. We believe that doing the right thing the right way empowers community, creativity and courage.
We are committed to creating positive impact on society, with sustainability and sharing at the heart of everything we do.
Our Mission
Brigade brings technical excellence to provide organizations with a future proof, open, sustainable and secure digital foundation.
Our Vision
To grow a community of specialist who learn, share knowledge and contribute to open digital ecosystems.
OUR EXPERTISE
Explore our Competences
We bring technical expertise to assess, evolve and excel your digital foundation.
TECH BRIGADE
SECURITY BRIGADE
GOVERNANCE
- Canonical MaaSBare metal as a service
- OpenBMCFirmware & baseboard management
- Cisco · Fortinet · JuniperNetwork & connectivity
- Azure · AWS · GCPCloud & hybrid infrastructure
- VMware · Nutanix · ProxmoxPrivate cloud platforms
- SONiCOpen network operating system
- KubeVirt · Talos OS · HarborCompute platform
- FinOps · cost optimisationChargeback & rightsizing
- Kubernetes · AKS · EKSContainer orchestration
- OpenShift · Docker · HelmContainer platforms
- ArgoCD · FluxCD · TektonGitOps & pipelines
- GitLab · Azure DevOps · GitHub ActionsSource control & CI/CD automation
- Ansible · TerraformConfiguration management & IaC
- Backstage · OpenChoreoDeveloper tooling & portals
- Python · Bash · PowerShellScripting & automation
- Apache Kafka · RabbitMQMessaging & streaming
- PostgreSQL · MySQL · RedisDatabases & caching
- MariaDBRelational database
- Apache Airflow · DagsterData orchestration
- RedPanda · AMQEvent streaming
- Jenkins · GitLab CI · BitbucketBuild & release tooling
- Elastic Stack · GrafanaSIEM & dashboards
- Elasticsearch · GraylogLogging & monitoring
- Prometheus · Zabbix · Icinga2Infrastructure monitoring
- OpenSIEMOpen source SIEM
- MITRE ATT&CK · SigmaDetection engineering
- Microsoft Sentinel · ChronicleCloud-native SIEM
- IAM · PAM · KeycloakIdentity management
- Vault · BeyondTrust · StrongDMSecrets & privileged access
- Warpgate · KyvernoAccess control & policy
- SELinux · AppArmorEndpoint hardening
- Nessus · Wazuh · Burp SuiteVulnerability & pen testing
- CrowdStrike · Defender XDREndpoint detection
- Velociraptor · TheHiveForensics & IR
- ISO 27001 · NIS2Information security mgmt
- NIST 800-53 · DPIA · BIORisk & control frameworks
- CISO leadership · vCISOStrategic security guidance
- DORA · PCI-DSSRegulatory compliance
- Scrum · SAFe · PSM · PSPOAgile frameworks
- DevOpsTransformation programmes
- Lean Six Sigma BBProcess improvement
- BiSL · PRINCE2 · MSPProgramme management
- Jira · ConfluenceProject & knowledge mgmt
- ServiceNow · MattermostITSM & collaboration
- Supplier & third-party mgmtVendor risk management
OUR TEAM
Meet the team of Brigade
Brigade is a community of specialists who design, build and operate infrastructure and security platforms. We work as one brigade united by our mission focused on sustainability.
Pieter Versteegt
CEO
Brigade
Overall lead focussed on 'doing things right'. Enthousiastic and entrepreneurial Director IT.
Mark Veldhuis
CFO/CISO
Brigade
Entrepreneurial CFO and Technical CISO Officer. Focus on operational efficiency.
Thorkell Heida
CTO
Brigade
Technical Lead focussed on 'things done right'. Platform Architect and Product Manager.
Iulia Pana
Security Specialist
Brigade
As specialist focussed on Information Security, Compliance and Audits
Ruben Six
Security and Platform Engineer
Brigade
Engineer focussed on platform automation, containerization and open source.
Bart Schreuder
Platform Product Owner
Brigade
Technical Product Manager for Platform development.
Freek Spaninks
Platform Architect
Brigade
Architect focussed on Hybrid Cloud Architecture and engineering
Alex Polskiy
Security and Platform Engineer
Brigade
Platform Engineer focussed on open source, security and automation
Carina Bosch
Office Manager
Brigade
Office Manager focussed on smooth backend processes for the company
Casper Kuijper
Security and Platform Engineer
Brigade
Our jack of all trades. Ethical hacker, hardware, open source, automation
Nick van den Brandhof
Cloud and Security Specialist
Brigade
As specialist focussed on information security and compliance
Louka vanHoucke
Security and Platform Engineer
Brigade
Platform Engineer for platform automation, containerization and open source.
Darío Koegel
Platform Engineer
Brigade
Platform Engineer for platform automation, containerization.