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The Hague, ZH, NL

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Engineered product strategies by segmenting emerging user needs and comprehensive market analysis, crafting persona driven user journeys that drove 600% user growth and 300% engagement increase.
• Optimized data center energy efficiency by implementing AI-powered cooling solution at 20+ data centers across Europe and Asia, reducing cooling energy consumption by 40% and saving upwards of €3m in costs.
• Transformed operational effectiveness by designing target operating model for rapidly scaling startup, introduced OKR strategic planning cycles, and enhanced communication infrastructure using Slack and Notion.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

• Defended company interests in litigation with competition authority (ACM) by delivering a compelling analysis and storyline that outlined the impact of a competitor’s planned acquisition, protecting 60%+ of yearly.
• Led international cross-functional product team of 18, providing access services to over 3 million daily users, while accelerating product maturity through team development and planning initiatives, resulting in.
• Cultivated strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Google, and prominent European EdTech organizations, expanding our technological capabilities at 50% reduced costs while improving reach and ease of use.
• Conducted comprehensive ecosystem and due diligence analyses to inform merger, acquisition, and partnership strategies, detailing 50+ target companies in 8 markets resulting in 2 partnerships and 1 completed acquisition.
• Collaborated with 20+ market parties to set new industry standards, facilitated development of pilot programs resulting in a 30% cheaper and more competitive landscape, protecting revenues and unlocking upsell.
• Successfully completed a variety of product maturity initiatives throughout Infinitas Learning’s holding companies

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

• Launched digital strategy consulting services, successful business development leading to 4 corporate clients in Software, Insurance, Telecoms and Recruitment industries, generating >€400k revenues.
• Coached 10+ teams from TU Delft Ondernemerstraject and Startup Bootcamp FinTech, developed 50+ hypothesis driven prototypes that allowed for analysis, iteration & validation of customer needs and commercial viability.
• Led a team of 8 developers and digital transformation projects with €500k+ budget to integrate Agile and DevOps methodologies for a telecom client. Dramatically improved release velocity from once a quarter to multiple.

Amsterdam Area

• Managed (API based) B2B2C reseller retail sales channel for major international telecoms player, facilitating €60m+ of sales revenues
• Led a DevOps internationally outsourced team of 8, led product development, managed projects (€500k+ budget) as lead product owner, managed backlog.
• Led Agile and DevOps transformation to promote release independence, increase sprint velocity, optimised alignment throughout consumer digital department.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Developed B2B insurance e-commerce platform based on low code technology, decreasing operational costs by 30%
• Led an Agile development team of 4, responsible for stakeholder alignment with senior stakeholders, customer research and validating assumptions with active users.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Initiated and launched an in-house insurance innovation incubator, securing executive buy-in and €300k investment.
• Drove digital strategy projects in app development, regulatory compliance, and data driven decision making at C-level
• Corporate Innovation Strategy: Established corporate innovation roadmap and launched incubator to explore new InsurTech solutions.
• Digital Product Launch: Developed digital strategy & B2C app for new digital brand.Previous Roles:
• Served in strategic and operational product roles, including product analytics and digital transformation initiatives for finance and insurance, regulatory frameworks, data governance and management reporting /.
• Information management and reporting for Solvency 2, improving reporting information for MBR's & QBR's to improve data-driven decision making.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

President InterCompany Association (ICA), young professional network for the top 50 corporates in the Netherlands. Responsibilities include leading a team of 7 board members, strategy development and execution, negotiating (sponsor) contracts. Resulted in ~45 events yearly, increased visitors by 25% to ~2500 yearly visitors.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Dissertation research innovativeness in the Dutch insurance industry
• Developed a multidimensional research model for organizational innovation capability, conducted research at 14 firms within the Dutch insurance industry and analyzed (qualitative & quantitative) results.
• Developed an extensive approach to build organizational innovation capability, tailored to the Dutch insurance industry.
• Facilitated a variety of round tables and workshops to help customers understand innovation capability.
• Published article “Insurers underestimate the complexity of innovation capability” (Assurantie Magazine, 4/2016.

Leiden

• Developed a proof of concept knowledge management platform for worldwide collaboration between Collis’ offices around the globe. Worked on policies, business use cases, metadata-structures.

Building, Leading And Sustaining The Innovative Organization

Certificate, Design Thinking For Business Innovation, Pass

https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/certificate/LVJ4ECPE7Y

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General, 75/100

Activities and Societies: International management, various companies in Beijing, China; strategic management/strategy consulting, Nemaco.

Persoonlijke Effectiviteit In Het Sturen Van Verandering, Change Management

Activities and Societies: Change management practicesCourse constituted of: - Congruent leadership - Insights in personal beliefs - Non.

Persoonlijke Leiderschap Programma, Personal Awareness And Self-Improvement

Activities and Societies: Leadership practices- Exploring societal views on financial institutions in general and pension insurers in.

Master (Not Completed), Philosophy Of Management And Organizations

Courses followed: - Formal structure/logic - Social & cultural philosophy - Philosophy of ethics - Modern philosophy

Bict, Business Informatics

Propaedeutics in Business Informatics Propaedeutics in Communication and Multimedia Design