On 1 September 1950 he started working for the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium as a scientific employee in the television division under dr. Haantjes.
In 1959 he obtained his doctorate at Delft University of Technology with a thesis titled: "Some investigations on redundancy and possible bandwidth compression in television transmission".
[1] The same year he became research group leader of electroacoustics and magnetic registration at the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium.
During his time as director there were major developments in the field of consumer electronics such as Video Cassette Recording and the compact disc, in which Philips played a large role.
In 1988 he was appointed professor in extraordinary service for research management at Delft University of Technology.