CHESTER
VAN REE
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AI CONSULTANT & BUILDER

AI, beyond
the prompt.

I build AI products, agent workflows
and the systems behind them.

Enterprise experience. Creative ambition.
Explore the possibilities. Then see the work.

Chester van ReeChester van ReeBased in Belgium · Working across disciplines
10+ years in enterprise systemsAIPLAY Studioopen source · built for people & agents
THE NEXT CHAPTER

From a good idea
to a working system.

I work where business systems, AI and product development meet. The goal is simple: make the technology useful to the people who depend on it.

01 /

Agentic AI

Assistants that can use tools, work with your data and move a task forward. Clear permissions, review points and a record of what happened.

MCP · Tool calling · Human review
02 /

Enterprise integration

Connect AI to the systems your business already runs. From SAP Business One and reporting to the everyday workflows between applications.

SAP Business One · HANA · Automation
03 /

AI product engineering

Take an idea through interface, architecture and deployment. Build something people can actually use, and keep it working in production.

Full stack · APIs · Infrastructure
04 /

Generative workflows

Bring music, images and video into connected creative processes. Choose the models, keep outputs editable and make the steps inspectable.

Local AI · Creative tools · Provenance

Ideas are good.
Working things are better.

The products I build are where the thinking gets tested.

AIPLAY STUDIOTHE IDEA → THE WORKFEATURED PROJECT / 01
01 / 03

Start with an idea.

Lyrics, a melody, a visual direction. Give the project a starting point.

A REAL PRODUCT. A QUICK TOUR.

A creative workstation.
For people and agents.

Music, editable scores, a DAW, images, video, VFX and 3D in one local-first workspace. Work by hand, or let an MCP assistant use the same project tools.

01

One workspace. Many mediums.

Move between sound, score, image and moving picture without losing the project.

02

The same tools for humans and AI.

Assistants work through validated project tools. Preview changes and apply the result you want.

03

Keep the process inspectable.

Render receipts record model, prompt, seed and settings. Run local models or choose an optional hosted provider.

AI PLAY live music sessions, built by Chester van ReeOPEN THE PLATFORM ↗

Build it.
Ship it. Run it.

A live platform for AI music and community. Designed, built and operated end to end: product, database, payments, streaming, agents and infrastructure.

The real work happens after launch. Keeping a platform running has shaped how I think about reliability, permissions and the details that matter.

2,862registered users1,735public sessions85,754song submissions
Platform snapshot · 13 October 2026Visit aiplay.live

SAP BUSINESS ONE / DHL ADD-ON

From delivery
to dispatch.

A DHL Parcel Netherlands shipping add-on for SAP Business One, built around the Service Layer and the DHL API. Bring deliveries, parcels, labels and tracking into one workflow.

  • Combine compatible deliveries and prepare parcels.
  • Create labels, review tracking and reprint an existing shipment.
  • Recover from a service timeout without creating a duplicate shipment.

The demo uses simulated SAP and DHL data to show the application workflow.

PRODUCT DEMO / 2:29
Silent demo with on-screen captions · Simulated data

From instruction
to action.

Agentic AI connects a model to tools and a workflow. The useful part is what it can do. The engineering is deciding how it should do it.

Read the request. Gather the context.

An assistant starts with a clear task and the information it is allowed to access. Good context comes before a tool call.

IN PRACTICE

“Prepare a monthly sales summary.”

USEFUL TOOLS. CLEAR BOUNDARIES. VISIBLE RESULTS.

In AIPLAY Studio, people and assistants share the same project tools, with previews, render receipts and human review where the workflow needs it.

Portrait of Chester van ReeCHESTER VAN REE / BELGIUM

Enterprise roots.
A builder’s instinct.

I have spent more than a decade helping businesses work with SAP Business One, data and automation. That experience taught me to ask what a system needs to do before deciding what technology it needs.

Today I bring that same thinking to AI products and creative tools. I like connecting the whole picture: the person using it, the workflow behind it and the infrastructure that keeps it going.

Dutch · Native
English · Fluent
Connect on LinkedIn

A track record of making things work.

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2025 — PresentFounder, Architect & Sole EngineerAI PLAY · aiplay.live
  • Designed, built and operate a live AI-music platform end to end — product, database, API, front end, infrastructure and support
  • Built a credit economy and Stripe Connect marketplace with automated creator payouts, backed by a double-entry ledger
  • Handle EU VAT, DAC7 platform-operator reporting, GDPR export/erasure and DMCA takedowns
  • Shipped real-time features: WebRTC voice and video, HLS live streaming and 24/7 radio stations
  • Built an AI agent layer on the Claude API with MCP tool-calling, persona memory and metered usage billing
  • Ran a full security review and remediation pass across the platform, then hardened it at the edge
  • Localised the product into 14 languages

2,862 registered users, 1,735 public sessions and 85,754 song submissions — built and operated by one person.Platform snapshot · 13 October 2026

Jul 2020 — PresentSAP Business One ConsultantAmista · formerly Zeibur
  • Install and configure business applications built on SAP
  • Implement Peppol e-invoicing for SAP Business One
  • Supervise and maintain MSSQL / HANA backups and SQL / HANA servers
  • Advise on and resolve issues across software implementations
  • Train Keyusers on SAP functionality
  • Build reporting with a range of methods and tools
  • Develop customer-specific customisations in SAP Business One with B1up

Delivered a full SAP Business One implementation in Singapore (2023) for Mr Marine.

See the DHL add-on demo
Jul 2022 — Apr 2023SAP Business One ConsultantAmadys
  • Multiple SAP Business One implementations for newly acquired companies
Oct 2019 — Dec 2021Business Process Automation ConsultantAsk-Us
  • Business process automation on the BPA Platform
  • Integrations across webshops, ERP systems, marketing applications and email
May 2016 — Sep 2019SAP Business One ConsultantVigor
  • Install and configure business applications built on SAP
  • Supervise and maintain MSSQL / HANA backups and SQL / HANA servers
  • Advise on and resolve software implementation questions
  • Train Keyusers on SAP functionality
  • Build reports with queries / stored procedures, user-defined fields, formatted searches and user-defined tables
  • Author Blocks / Checks via Transaction Notification SP and post-transaction notices
  • Build KPI dashboards on top of views in SAP Analytics Cloud
Oct 2011 — Apr 2016SAP Business One Support ConsultantAiden · formerly Asecom
  • 1st- and 2nd-line SAP Business One support for a base of 300+ customers

Selected clients: Inter IKEA Systems · Perfetti van Melle · Ssang Yong European Parts Center · Phillips Medical Systems

Aug 2010 — Jul 2014Web DeveloperFreelance / Various
  • Web development and support for a range of clients

Selected clients: Perfect Manicure & Nailstyling · MiYoshi · Wo Men's Luxury

Let’s make
something useful.

A workflow to improve. An idea to build.
A conversation is a good place to start.

Chester@vanree.be