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Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Leading a group of design focussed engineers in creating understandable robots and robot management systems. Setting a vision for the relation between human and robot in the workplace and organising the implementation of the vision over 15+ engineering teams. Transforming the company from within to be design focussed while making good design easy for our 400+ engineers. On the side I like to start projects where data and design intersect, through strong communication skills and high… Show more Leading a group of design focussed engineers in creating understandable robots and robot management systems. Setting a vision for the relation between human and robot in the workplace and organising the implementation of the vision over 15+ engineering teams. Transforming the company from within to be design focussed while making good design easy for our 400+ engineers. On the side I like to start projects where data and design intersect, through strong communication skills and high creativity I am quick to find monetisable data sollutions.Guest lecturer at TU Delft in the field of robotics. Multiple patents in the fields of datascience, usability and product design. Show less

I imagined a new project and in the role of product owner and project/product manager moved it towards a commercial release in over 600 supermarkets in the Netherlands. With the project we won an iF award and were nominated for the international UX awards. The project moves product transparency to the next level showing how far data, design and products can go. Inline a unique qr code is printed on milkbottles that lead to a webenvironment unique to each bottle and each farm (example… Show more I imagined a new project and in the role of product owner and project/product manager moved it towards a commercial release in over 600 supermarkets in the Netherlands. With the project we won an iF award and were nominated for the international UX awards. The project moves product transparency to the next level showing how far data, design and products can go. Inline a unique qr code is printed on milkbottles that lead to a webenvironment unique to each bottle and each farm (example https://mijnboerderij.mijnmelk.nl/?f=8D8F970C4BB1&b=R2313102 ). Excited to bring this to an even wider audience. Lets make products truly transparent. Show less

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Guiding Lely in transforming to a data drive organisation, changing company culture towards data first and creating the stage for a data competence center.

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Organizing the testing of autonomous systems. Autonomous vehicles and the larger systems in which they function. Responsible for the software testing/software test coordination, and making sure the 10+ testers in the department work effectively. Smoothing the release process and clearing roadblocks for teams.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Specifying and testing in a database integration project.

Working as a test engineer in the netherlands.

Den Haag

Testing insurances and improving the testservicesand automating regression/perfomance at nationale nederlanden.

Testing the migration from a 30 year old mainframe database to a new and improved siebel environment.

o Responsible for making and teaching workshops to master students in MAYA and Virtools.o Gave classes in English to diversite groups of international students.o Cooperated on interactive installations.

Msc, Architecture

Activities and Societies: Student assistant at Hyperbody and industrial design

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