Ronald Spanjers started end 2008 as director of finance and information at the Medical Spectrum Twente (www.mst.nl). From 2002-2007 he was head of finance and IT in the Catharina Hospital (www.catharina-ziekenhuis.nl), Eindhoven. From 1998 to 2002 he was Manager of the Division Perinatology and Gynaecology at the University Medical Centre Utrecht (www.umcutrecht.nl). He started his career in 1992 at the Jeroen Bosch Hospital (www.jeroenboschziekenhuis.nl), where he worked at several financial departments.
In his private time he works on his PhD on IT innovations in healthcare at Tilburg University (www.uvt.nl), Department for Information Management. He specializes in the economic and managerial aspects of e-health.
From 2005-2010, he was Treasurer of the Supervisory Board of the Zonnebloem (www.zonnebloem.nl), the largest volunteers (40.000) organization in the Netherlands, helping people that due to a disease, handicap or age have physical limitations and face social isolation.
Ronald Spanjers is a passionate private pilot and he is a member of the Eindhovense Aero Club-motorvliegen (www.eacm.nl) since 2005 and member of Vliegclub Twente (www.vliegclubtwente.nl) since 2009.
He is now vice-president of Hoogvliegers, a foundation that makes, kids that need it, pilot-for-a-day! (www.stichtinghoogvliegers.nl).
Specialties: hospital, financial, information technology, e-health, aviation, vintage game consoles