Data Engineer
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | Schiphol
Through BigData Republic I consulted the KLM Engineering & Maintenance division on their predictive maintenance products. I assist and coach their team in creating new value through the use of big data technologies such as Spark, Hadoop and Dask. Furthermore, I consult their teams on new innovation in the marketplace.
2020 - 2022Co-Lead Data Science
theFactor.e | Groningen
Cooperatively headed up the Data Science division of theFactor.e, where I focused on modernizing the data platforms of our customers. Also created the Data Science Sprint to help businesses find the hidden insights in their data and translate them to practical use-cases. Developed solutions include Candidate Matching, NLP, Chatbots and Voice.
2018 - 2019Co-founder / Technical Lead
Stichting Ik Ben Sofie | Utrecht
I co-founded the I am Sofie foundation. Our goal is to reduce the amount of lonely elderly in the Netherlands by allowing younger volunteers to visit people in their neighbourhoods. By introducing AI and technologies into the process, we aim to reduce the clutter and delays currently present in applying to volunteer
2017 - presentInnovation Consultant
theFactor.e | Groningen
I assist our customers in making sense of new innovations such as Blockchain, AI & Cloud. While I am a nerd at heart, I also know how to translate these technical innovations to practical applications to give our customers a competitive edge in their industry.
2017 - 2019BSc Communication & Multimedia Design
Cum Laude
NHL University of Applied Science | Leeuwarden
Graduated with honors from my Bachelors study Communication & Multimedia Design (CMD) in Leeuwarden with a focus on The Next Web. During my studies I worked in different SCRUM-teams to develop back-ends for websites and apps, but also learned much about UX and Front-End technologies.
2017Intern
theFactor.e | Groningen
I spent the last year of my studies as a research intern at theFactor.e where I completed two different research projects.
1. An investigation into automated container orchestration tooling, including multi-tenancy and multi-cloud support
2. Researched monitoring cloud platforms and relaying insights to developers & business stakeholders
2016 - 2017Software Architect
Vertimart Information Systems | Amsterdam
2016 - 2017 (7 mos)Software Developer
NHL University of Applied Science | Leeuwarden
2015 - 2017