He is associated to the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology since 2002. Before that, he worked at the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Appeals in Den Bosch. In 2017, he received a Ph.D for his dissertation on public prosecutors.

In 2019, he was appointed associate professor. 

In his free time, he plays drums in a covers band (Leuk dat je d'r bent Band).

Between 2003 and 2013 he has been a member and vice-chairman of the Police Complaint Committee in Den Bosch.