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Utrecht, Netherlands

Utrecht, Nederland

Utrecht, Netherlands

Focus on energy transition and sustainability- Strategy for Energy Transition for Private Clients- boosting EU biomethane production- accelerating insulation of residential real estate- coordinating innovation efforts from our Innovation Factory towards energy transition

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Strategic advisor to the board of directors for policy development and organisational change.Responsible for identifying strategic developments and challenges for city policy and initiating and running projects aimed at translating these to actions for the city council and board and impact on the organisation. In charge of multiple projects and teams consisting of internal en external subject matter experts.Focus on digitalization, innovation and energy transition

The Randstad, Netherlands

Supporting AI-scaleup in facilitating the design of winning AI-concepts to solve client's business challengesHemisphere is a scale-up providing intelligence driven innovation to clients like Vattenfall, Feenstra, Deloitte, KLM and Epcor.

Amsterdam En Omgeving, Nederland

- Enabling profitable growth by full transformation of siloed BU into a digital one-stop-shop for customers- Directing marketing & sales in NL/BE for a 60FTE b2c solar e-commerce operation- End-to-end responsible for ~21 mioEUR in revenues- Achieved 58% gross margin growth while increasing sales volume and people happiness- Achieved key product development results, a new marketing strategy and improved customer experience- Left the company to go on a sabbatical world trip

Amsterdam En Omgeving, Nederland

I helped our clients to boost their business strategy, and build innovative new digital products & services. Note worthy projects:- Lead Product Owner for Care Robot Alice (20 team members, unlocked 1,2mEUR in funding) in cooperation with Vrije Universiteit, partners and clients- Facilitator Innovation Expedition Dutch Police- Product Owner for agile development of digital agent (Wout) and new service for Dutch Police- Project lead for Accelerator program for large bank- Various Strategy and Business Development projectsMonitor Deloitte is Deloitte’s strategy consulting practice.

Randstad

Creating, testing and launching new energy related products and services on the Dutch market in an Agile & Lean-startup way. Focus on big data, AI, service innovation and decentralised production. Strong focus on improving core sales & service operations. Portfolio includes:• Product owner Big Data & AI: agile development of chatbots, sensor technology, big data tools and AI services and alerts for our customers• Nuon Energy Roof: tested and launched new solar+insulation product to renovate roofs in a sustainable way. Created and executed digital marketing, operations and sales strategy. • Organized several events to foster partnerships between universities, startups, corporates and Nuon on subjects like big data & AI

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

End-to-end launch & growth of three innovative operational teams in an emerging environment. Responsible for the sales & service teams of Heat (Business and Consumer) and Electric Transportation (b2c/b2b/b2g). 3 team coordinators and 30 team members. Integration of extended services and sales of charging stations in the Netherlands.

Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen

Enabling a network of conventional powerplants to prepare financially, culturally & operationally for the energy transition• PMO for high impact (90mEUR/a) cost efficiency program for European network of gas/coal fired power plants• Identified and, together with Business, achieved savings for Operations Netherlands and Procurement Operations• Organized several high level management conferences • Management support for Director of BU Thermal (speech writing, strategy, culture program)

This traineeship was focused at generating a broad understanding of the energy market, to prepare for an accelerated career path within Nuon/Vattenfall. During his traineeship, I:• Fulfilled two assignments: 1) Strategy & Innovation Consultant / 2) Team Leader Small Business• Participated in a number of personal development training programs: Personal Leadership, Public Speaking, Appreciative Inquiry, Insight in Influence, Swedish Business Culture, Leadership Styles

- Quantitative analysis of effectiveness of int’l energy security policy execution- Crafted a new model for decisionmaking to plan and execute future diplomatic visitis of Minister of Economic Affairs to energy partner states. - Co-organized diplomatic visit of Minister to Angola - Chaired organization of Ministerial visit to Kazakhstan - Advised Minister of Economic Affairs on energy diplomacy

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Opleiding Tot Lid Raad Van Toezicht

D66 Masterclass

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