Studio Ab Ovo

40 Years of Rail Freight Innovation: Ernie Dullaard on the Evolution of DB Cargo and RCS How do you modernize an entire rail freight operation while the industry around you is transforming? In this episode of Studio Ab Ovo, Edwin Visser sits down with Ernie Dullaard, who concludes an extraordinary career of more than forty years at DB Cargo Netherlands. Having witnessed the transformation from state-owned railways to today's international freight networks, Ernie shares a unique insider's pers...

The Future of Software: AI, Cybersecurity, Green Design & 30 Years of Entrepreneurship What does it take to build a software company that not only survives for 30 years but continues to reinvent itself for the next 30? In this special Studio Ab Ovo episode, founder and CEO Willem Jan Groenewoud reflects on the remarkable journey of Ab Ovo; from a small logistics consultancy founded in 1996 to an international software company serving rail freight operators, airports, airlines, and logisti...

In this episode of Studio Ab Ovo, we talk with Assil Al-Ibrahim, Senior Business Consultant at Ab Ovo and Product Owner of RCP: Rail Capacity Planner. RCP is Ab Ovo’s integrated planning solution for the rail market, built on top of the DELMIA Quintiq platform. It brings different types of planners together in one application: from rolling stock and employee planning to path, long-term, and short-term planning, as well as day-of-operation adjustments. Assil explains how RCP helps planners cre...

From Cybersecurity to Community Impact: How Jaap Looijen Gives Old Laptops a New Purpose At Ab Ovo, technology is about more than software and systems. It is also about people. In this edition of Studio Ab Ovo, we spoke with Jaap Looijen, Senior Consultant IT Management. During the day, Jaap helps protect Ab Ovo’s networks, systems, and customer data. In his spare time, he sells retired laptops to fund projects that support children who need it most. Our mission is to improve the operational ...

What does sustainable IT really mean? And how much impact does software have on global carbon emissions? In this episode of Studio Ab Ovo, Martijn Meerman talks with Edwin Visser, Platform Development Manager at Ab Ovo, about the hidden environmental impact of IT infrastructure, software development, cloud computing, and AI. The conversation goes far beyond the obvious image of energy-hungry data centers. Edwin explains how carbon emissions are already created during the manufacturing and tra...

In this episode, we sit down with Dieter Veldhuis at Studio Ab Ovo to explore a bold vision shaping the future of IT: Speech-to-Software. What if you could simply talk, and instantly generate software-ready processes, documentation, and even system designs? Dieter shares how Ab Ovo is navigating today’s fast-moving AI landscape while staying focused on a long-term strategy. At the heart of that vision is a platform built from hundreds (eventually thousands) of components, all working together...