Ernst has earned his spurs in the energy sector. After his MBA at the UG, Ernst worked successively for GasTerra and Energie Data Services Nederland (a collaboration between Alliander, Enexis, Tennet, Gasunie). Always on the cutting edge of energy and IT.

This spring he started as Business Developer Energy and Digitization. In this role, he is involved in screening and scouting potentially promising research results in the field of energy and digitization and assists researchers in bringing their research results to the market.