As director of sales and operations my technical skills are continuously combined with commercial elements. My daily work mainly consists of translating. Listening to people and translating human stories and questions into technical solutions for business results.The operational part of my great job serves a double mission:One: boost, energize and motivate the team so we can create the best and most creative solutions for our customers.Two: build a bridge between operational challenges and opportunities of our customers and the technical solutions we can provide. Most important is making sure the requirements and wishes of our customers constantly align with what we are doing for them.My career started as a junior software engineer and grew, via senior software engineer, systems architect project lead and department manager, to my current job. Because of my technical skills combined with my natural social interest in people, their lives and goals, I feel comfortable in virtually all settings, whether my discussion partners are corporate decision makers or tech-savvy engineers.Doing what I do, with people I do it with, for the people we do it for, motivates me in doing my job the best way I can.