I am Ramon,crisis wranglerdigital adventurerUNESCO Digital Heritagecat butler

Heya! I’m currently calling Phnom Penh home (again), where I live with my cat Fifty Shady. My days are a blend of professional projects — writing, translation work, and problem-solving — balanced with exploring the city and finding the perfect bowl of noodle soup. There’s more to this story, and I’d love to share it with you.

Over the past two decades, I’ve launched digital platforms, wrote a bestselling book about my travels, led humanitarian emergency help innovations, guided folks up Kilimanjaro, and even started an indie cinema chain in Cambodia before (which I might even restart). I don’t do “ordinary” very well.

You might have read my words in The Guardian, Volkskrant, Libération, Süddeutsche Zeitung, El País, Le Monde, NRC or National Geographic, or caught a whisper of my early claim to fame: founding the world’s first digital hospitality network — back when the internet still made funny noises. These days, I’m all about building smart solutions for messy problems, especially where tech meets humanity.

I flip between Dutch and English like it’s nothing, and I work across writing, translating, editing, consulting, and dreaming up what’s next. Want the full story? Head over to the bio. Or just drop me a message — I’m friendly. No, really.