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Rotterdam, ZH, NL

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Together with ING's Initiative Lead, I was responsible for the early-stage validation & development of a new venture in the debt management space (in retail banking)
• ING Labs, is the corporate venture building arm of ING Bank that focuses on incubating new ventures and building partnerships in and beyond the banking domain

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Expˣ is a boutique innovation firm that helps organisations to establish lasting innovation capabilities. By productising innovation (focusing on Innovation Strategy, Governance and Execution) we provide you with.
• Clients include a.o., ING, Rabobank, De Volksbank, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Liberty Global, Startupbootcamp, Independer (Achmea), Rotterdamse Mobiliteit Centrale RMC B.V.

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Venture-backed circular furniture-as-a-service platform for designer furniture. Received pre-seed funding from Antler VC in 10/2019. Responsible for Marketing (performance, social and UX) and customer operations team.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Mentor for the Arcadis City of 2030 Accelerator Powered by Techstars.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

• Set-up and scaled Rabobank’s Innovaid programme globally. An innovation education programme that introduces participants to principles of Corporate Innovation, gives them hands-on tools and enables them to validate.
• Coached and trained Rabobank’s internal venture teams (Moonshots) enabling them to run their experiments efficiently and results-focused using Agile, Lean-Startup & Design Thinking principles
• Created an Ideation programme that enables employees to generate ideas that fit the organisation’s strategic scope in a gasified setting, leading to 40% more ideas submitted to Rabobank’s Moonshot campaign by+1000.
• Set-up train-the-trainer programmes to enable employees to become innovation trainers & coaches
• Assisted Rabobank’s Innohub leadership and business-line executives with setting up a governance (scoring & stage-gate) model for Rabobank’s corporate ventures that enable them to assess the project’s stage and.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

• Helped the Volksbank’s (known for its bank brands SNS Bank, ASN Bank, BLG, Regiobank & Zwitserleven Bank) teams with effectively running their innovation projects and setting-up their (online) experiments based on Lean.
• Joined teams on an interim basis to help with idea validation, experiment design and the development of MVPs
• Set-up the Volksbank’s Open Innovation programme, Startup Synergie, enabling them to create partnerships with innovative tech startups & agencies that are effectively adopted by their organisation

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Saddl was an on-demand delivery platform active in the Netherlands that enabled retailers to offer same-day delivery through our local courier network
• Launched sub-brands Spencer (http://hellospencer.co), an instant shopping & delivery service for consumers, and Laundr (http://getlaundr.co), which offered an on-demand, 24-hour, dry cleaning service
• Saddl won the audience award of the Philips Innovation Award 2012, The Enterprize (Rotterdam Young Entrepreneur Award) in 2012, and was part of the Startupbootcamp E- & M-commerce programme in 2014
• Saddl was regularly covered by (inter)national media.

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

• Carried out academic research on a.o. strategic renewal and social innovation amongst Dutch firms

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

• Provided clerical and research support to projects at the Department of Strategic Management & Business Environment by the collection and processing of research data

• Carried out freelance web, multimedia and graphic design activities for small and medium sized enterprises

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

• Graduate MSc Internship at the Corporate Strategy department focusing on the corporate governance of international strategic alliances of the Port of Rotterdam Authority

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Provided analytical support (MS Access & MS Excel) on a project for a leading international financial institution

Maastricht Area, Netherlands

• Supporting activities regarding the management of the ISO 13485:2003 specified CAPA-System (Corrective Actions / Preventive Actions) of Technomed, a manufacturer of medical diagnostic accessories
• Assisted with the documentation and management of non-conformances across Technomed’s organisation

Maastricht Area, Netherlands

• Supported the formalisation and documentation of processes for Medrad’s Quality Management System
• Administrative support concerning the filing and management of non-conformances. Medrad is now part of Bayer AG

Maastricht Area, Netherlands

• Carried out front-end web development and multimedia design activities for a small online marketing agency in Maastricht (NL)

Mscba, Strategic Management, Finance & Investments

Activities and Societies: 09/2010 - 06/2011 Vice Chairman/Treasurer JOVD Rijnmond 07/2010 - 08/2010 International Consultancy Project.

Bsc, International Business Administration

Activities and Societies: 04/2009 - 03/2010 Chairman / Marketing Manager, UniPartners Rotterdam 09/2008 - 11/2008 New Business Development.

Vwo (Pre-University Secondary Education)

Activities and Societies: Limburgs Jongeren Parlement (LJP) 2003, Tutoring program in Mathematics