Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · Remote

• 🤖 Man & Machine.
• 👩‍🚀Humanity & Technology
• ➡️ A Future-Historian works to understand the Future through the lens of history.
• ➡️ A Future-Researcher tries to build a realistic image our future.
• ➡️ A Public Speakers spread insights and understanding. So their audience may be enriched and better prepared for the world.
• I spend every day of my life on trying to become the best at these three things.
• Noone leaves my talks without food for thought for days.

Sep 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos · Amsterdam Area

• Public Speaker, Lecturer, Technology-Historian, Researcher.
• I research trends in technology and extrapolate signals from noise to build scenarios for the future of society, our economies, and civilisation.
• Based on my findings, I deliver lectures and keynotes that help people see beyond the limitations of their cognitive biases and the linear thinking of the human mind.

Nov 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr · The MetaVerse

• YOM hired me to be their Chief Marketing Officer and Metavangelist.
• Which I did with all my passion for a year, and I believe we made some amazing progress.
• YOM stands for Your Open Metaverse.

Jul 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• VR Division is a Unreal Engine Studio & Academy
• It's building the first and best Online Academy for Unreal Engine.
• While also building interactive and exemplary Unreal Engine environments for Real-estate, virtual production, film and gaming industries.
• ✔ Startup Life✔Sales ✔Marketing✔Business Development ✔Partnerships✔Content Deals ✔Advertising Deals✔Business Planning ✔Digital Marketing Strategy ✔Market Research
• Unreal Engine is the leading 3D Real-Time Engine inside and more importantly outside the Gaming industry.
• Real-time 3D Rendering is driving revolutionary innovations in many industries from Hollywood to Real-estate. Unreal Engine is at the forefront and will form part of the foundation of what people call the 'MetaVerse'.

Jul 2015 – Mar 2016 · 8 mos

• Activities & Responsibilities:
• ✔Help coachees set short-term goals for professional growth.
• ✔Help coachees consistently focus on practice and routines needed to achieve their targets.
• ✔Provide feedback and act as a sounding board to help formulate strategies.
• ✔Coach and guide coachees to find own style and approach for sales.
• ✔Help and guide their attempts to master different and new communication and sales techniques.
• Coaching is about providing some guidance, but not influencing the process more than absolutely necessary. People need to find their own solutions, their own ways. All you need to do is nudge their minds in the right direction, by asking the right questions and providing some stimulus and perspective.

Jan 2015 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

• As a member of one of LinkedIn's GAM Team's I was a RAM (Regional Account Manager) responsible for 10+ Top 200 Clients in EMEA
• ✔Direct cross-functional team taking care of my accounts
• ✔Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• ✔Help customers achieve goals, improve productivity, profitability, and EBITDA
• ✔Build best-in-class employer branding & talent acquisition strategies for clients, with LinkedIn Talent Solutions
• ✔Align Strategies to Global strategy
• ✔QBR's and ROI insights
• ✔Close deals and contracts with client subsidiaries across EMEA
• ✔Account Growth (Cross & Upsell)
• ✔Onboard new business from subsidiaries not yet engaged
• Territory:
• EMEA (International Sales)
• Industries:
• Pharmaceutical / Electrical Electronic Manufacturing & Engineering / Communication Technology / IT / Marketing & Advertising / Retail / Food / Finance / Banking
• Clients:
• ABB /Bayer / Novo Nordisk / Novozymes / NNIT / NNE Pharmaplan / Philips / Ericsson / PwC / EY / Publicis/Digitas / TBWA / WPP / KPMG / Aegon / BNP Paribas / AXA
• Annual Results: 125%+
• Shared target: 10 million+
• Individual Target: 2 million+

Jan 2014 – Dec 2014 · 11 mos

• Region:
• ✔Staffing & Recruitment SMB (MKB) Benelux
• (Singular RM in Benelux Talent Acquisition during this period)
• Responsibilities:
• ✔Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• ✔100+ Clients: Headhunting, Staffing & Recruitment agencies
• ✔Develop LinkedIn & Recruitment Strategy with clients
• ✔Train Recruiters in LinkedIn usage
• ✔Provide strategic advice on Social Recruitment Strategy & Activities LinkedIn
• ✔Help clients to maximize ROI
• ✔Renewal, upsell & cross-sell
• ✔Relationship management
• ✔onboard new clients
• Territory:
• Benelux SMB
• Business-to-Business (B2B)
• Results: Year Target:108%, Q4 Target:125%. All by making my customers successful!

Apr 2013 – Dec 2013 · 8 mos · Dublin

• Activities & Responsibilities:
• ✔Lead generation & qualification
• ✔New Business Development
• ✔Help prospects understand the products and their value.
• ✔Match prospects with best solution
• ✔Support customers through the sales process with Oracle.
• Territory:
• Benelux
• Services:
• HCM Cloud Solutions
• (Human Capital Management)

Sep 2012 – Apr 2013 · 7 mos · The Randstad, Netherlands

• OGD ICT-Diensten is an ever active and dynamic company providing General IT services and products.
• My Responsibilities:
• ✔(New)Business Development / Prospecting
• ✔Accountmanagement
• ✔Service delivery.
• ✔Planning and coordination of temp workforce
• ✔Manage sales cycles, upsell and sales consulting.
• ✔Relationship management
• ✔Provide clients with QBR, market & industry insights
• Target: 1.5 million annual

Apr 2010 – Oct 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos · The Randstad, Netherlands

• ✔Prospecting
• ✔New Business
• ✔Account Management

Dec 2010 – Sep 2012 · 1 yr 9 mos · muntbergweg 14, Amsterdam

• Activities & Responsibilities:
• ✔Booking manager SWITCH Music Events
• (an Amsterdam-based Techno and Electronic Music booking & event agency.)
• ✔Building work processes in the organization.
• ✔Implementing administration & booking software package & processes
• ✔Promoting artists with other venues/bookers/promoters on nation & international level.
• ✔Coaching & managing artists on our roster regarding self-branding & marketing, time-management & personal efficiency
• ✔Social media marketing for all our events & artists.
• SWITCH had its own booking agency to represent and manage the bookings of an exclusive collection of DJs.
• The style range includes Techno, Techhouse, and Minimal.
• Artists I work/worked with:
• Tom Hades / A.Paul / Loco & Jam / Folker Zwart / Drumcomplex / Roel Salemink / South District / Bjarki / E.D.G.E / Blanda / Red Square Live / Green Cross / Function (US) / Sandwell District / Jeff Rushin / Rosie / Audio Injection / Pfirter / Coeter one / Mike Wall / Marco Bailey / Hans Bouffmyhre / Justin Zahn / Sasha Carassi & many many many more.

Jul 2009 – Aug 2009 · 1 mo

• Fishing on the Strait of Timor.
• 'Deadliest Catch' in Tropical Waters.
• Toughest job I ever held.
• ✔Work 20 hours a day
• ✔Sleep & Eat 4 hours a day
• ✔Catch Fish
• ✔14 days.
• ✔No time off
• Interesting details:
• Did it because I wanted to see if I could do it.
• Pushed me mentally and physically to my limits.
• Wrestled about 40 sharks, dealt with deadly seasnakes, aggressive eels and stingers. Loved every second of it and I came back a new man.