Erik Schultes
Erik Schultes, scientific director at partners in FAIR. A co-author of the FAIR Guiding Principles, he has shaped the field’s core infrastructure: co-developing the first FAIR maturity evaluation service, designing the FAIR Implementation Profile now driving convergence across domains, and creating the Three-Point FAIRification Framework used worldwide to build data stewardship capacity. He established the first accredited FAIR training programs for executives and data producers, is co-founding editor at FAIR Connect Journal, and currently co-chairs the FAIR Digital Object Forum. Erik brings practical experience deploying FAIR Digital Objects as the governance layer for trusted AI systems — ensuring provenance, auditability, and reproducibility in mission-critical applications. He previously served as Implementation Lead at the GO FAIR Foundation and holds an appointment as Senior Researcher at Leiden University’s Metabolomics and Analytics Center.
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Jacintha Schultes
Jacintha Schultes is an independent management assistant and executive PA with extensive experience supporting founders, directors and international scientific organisations. She is known for bringing structure to complex and fast-moving environments and acting as a trusted operational partner to leadership. Jacintha thrives in autonomous roles where initiative and discretion are essential and is comfortable working in high-intensity environments, startups and organisations undergoing change.
She is experienced in both formal and informal international communication. Jacintha is available for interim, freelance and remote roles in the Netherlands or internationally (hybrid).
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