Joost Witsenburg Email & Phone Number

Delft

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Sparkland develops valuable products and services and brings them to market. Successful examples include IDBB (www.idbb.nl), IBM Vastgoedregie and Compartijn (www.compartijn.nl).My roles and responsibilities at Sparkland include: Business design (Consultant)- Building three companies from scratch with very limited resources: Real estate developer IDBB Vastgoed B.V., Building process manager IBM Vastgoedregie B.V. and care provider Compartijn B.V. All mainly focussing on… Show more Sparkland develops valuable products and services and brings them to market. Successful examples include IDBB (www.idbb.nl), IBM Vastgoedregie and Compartijn (www.compartijn.nl).My roles and responsibilities at Sparkland include: Business design (Consultant)- Building three companies from scratch with very limited resources: Real estate developer IDBB Vastgoed B.V., Building process manager IBM Vastgoedregie B.V. and care provider Compartijn B.V. All mainly focussing on small scale and high quality privately owned senior care residences, a new and growing market in Dutch real estate.- Closely cooperating with management in every step of the process; from business plan developement to business card design. - Co-author of company presentations and co-designer of the identities. Interactive design (Product manager)- Central role in designing, developing, maintaining an monitoring the company websites. Working closely with technical department and management. Responsible for putting all the pieces together in order to achieve representative websites that work flawlessly. - www.idbb.nl, www.compartijn.nl- Central role in conceptualizing an app for one of the companies. Real estate (Researcher)- Thoroughly investigating the market circumstances for new real-estate locations, for instance by using data provided by local governments, information from real estate agents and scientific publications. The results of this research form the basis for business plans and exploitation calculations for these locations. Show less

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

IDBB designs sustainable solutions for light, air, water and energy in and around buildings. - Responsible for the aesthetic, technical and sustainable aspects of the lighting plans - Advising role in setting up and professionalizing the lighting division. - Making quotations for both design (hours) and material (products), negotiating prices with suppliers and project acquisition. - Closely cooperating with the management in defining the strategic direction for the… Show more IDBB designs sustainable solutions for light, air, water and energy in and around buildings. - Responsible for the aesthetic, technical and sustainable aspects of the lighting plans - Advising role in setting up and professionalizing the lighting division. - Making quotations for both design (hours) and material (products), negotiating prices with suppliers and project acquisition. - Closely cooperating with the management in defining the strategic direction for the company. - Clients include Ahold, Amsterdam Arena and the Province of Utrecht Show less

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Mattmo is a cross medial design agency with offices in Amsterdam and Shanghai. Mattmo designs identities and strategic concepts for a variety of clients. - Activities include setting up conceptual analyses, formulating strategy and designing products and interiors.

Rotterdam

Lighting Designer (creative, 75% of the time)• Responsible for making creative and realistic lighting designs for clients including the exclusive Bijenkorf department stores and the Port of Rotterdam harbor authorities. Design of tailor-made lighting plans for retail, offices and monuments both in the Netherlands and abroad. Recruiting and hiring new lighting designers.Special design project: Renovation Historic Paushuize, UtrechtLighting design for a national… Show more Lighting Designer (creative, 75% of the time)• Responsible for making creative and realistic lighting designs for clients including the exclusive Bijenkorf department stores and the Port of Rotterdam harbor authorities. Design of tailor-made lighting plans for retail, offices and monuments both in the Netherlands and abroad. Recruiting and hiring new lighting designers.Special design project: Renovation Historic Paushuize, UtrechtLighting design for a national monument built in 1517 as a residence for the only Dutch pope in history. A complex building used for various purposes: receptions by the Dutch royal family, expositions and weddings. • Responsible for the lighting design, choice of lighting fixtures and construction supervision. • Client: Utrecht Provincial Government. • Budget: €200,000; project duration: 24 monthsProject Manager (logistic-commercial, 25% of the time)• Responsible for technical project and construction supervision. Closely cooperating with the commercial team when submitting quotations.Special logistic project: Presidential Flight Abu DhabiSupply of all lighting fixtures for the splendid presidential departures and arrivals facilities on Abu Dhabi Airport. Big project with many made-to-measure fixtures and a very tight schedule. • Responsibilities: coordinating the production of 2.8 kilometers of tailor-made cove lighting. Technical and logistical supervision concerning all 7000 other fixtures. • Budget: €1,8 million, project duration 9 months. Show less

Delft Area, Netherlands

• Video: responsible for creating video content used in corporate presentations. Clients include Philips, KPN and “het Innovatie Platform” (the Dutch National Innovation Platform)• Project management: responsible for preparing and carrying out productions, submitting quotations and meeting with clients.• Management of a team of up to five technicians during live productions and events.Special project: 360 degree projection, Jaarbeurs UtrechtCustom built video content for… Show more • Video: responsible for creating video content used in corporate presentations. Clients include Philips, KPN and “het Innovatie Platform” (the Dutch National Innovation Platform)• Project management: responsible for preparing and carrying out productions, submitting quotations and meeting with clients.• Management of a team of up to five technicians during live productions and events.Special project: 360 degree projection, Jaarbeurs UtrechtCustom built video content for special projection. Eight beamers projected continuos video images on a tubeshaped video screen with a 20 meter diameter. Show less

Delft Area, Netherlands

• Responsible for setting up and operating both stage lighting and rigging for events including the North Sea Jazz Festival. Artists included Jamie Cullum andThe Trammps.

Eindhoven

• Design of an interactive clothing rack for retail purposes. LED lighting built into the rod reacts to the actions and behavior of customers. A subtle change of lighting attracts attention. Several garments hanging on the rack can be highlighted.Project stages • Formulating and investigating 20 concepts for interactive retail lighting • Design, construction and field testing a clothing rack with built-in lighting and sensors • Evaluation of both product and… Show more • Design of an interactive clothing rack for retail purposes. LED lighting built into the rod reacts to the actions and behavior of customers. A subtle change of lighting attracts attention. Several garments hanging on the rack can be highlighted.Project stages • Formulating and investigating 20 concepts for interactive retail lighting • Design, construction and field testing a clothing rack with built-in lighting and sensors • Evaluation of both product and processPhilips has patented this design. Show less

Delft Area, Netherlands

Stage sound, stage lighting, technical production• Head stage technician for an eleven-member stage comedy group. Delfts Blok performed 40 times per year, stages included the Kleine Komedie and the Lowlands festival.• Responsible for stage sound and lighting, technical production and planning of the tour.• Recruiting and hiring new theater techniciansDelfts Blok won the jury prize at the Groninger Studenten Cabaret Festival 2001.

Master Of Science, Industrial Design Engineering, Design For Interaction

Activities and Societies: D.S.V. Sint Jansbrug

Pro Audio And Recording Engineer

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