Daan Assen

Current

Owner & Managing Director at Atrivision
Programme Manager & Lecturer at TSM Business School

Past

Director at Siennax Learning Services
Manager Partners & Accounts at Acadoo - The Network Academy
Management Consultant at Siennax

Educational Advisor at Teelen Knowledge Solutions

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Education

TiasNimbas Business School
TSM Business School
Universiteit Twente

Carmellyceum

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Industry

E-Learning

Daan Assen’s Summary

Daan is an entrepreneurial executive with a MBA degree and over 10 years of business development and management experience in the fields of HR, Learning & IT. He gained international working experience in several industries in roles varying from Consultant to Director. He has the ability to communicate fluently in Dutch, English and German with solid intercultural awareness. With his business insight and leadership capabilities he has lead complex organisations, projects and multidisciplinairy teams to success.

Daan Assen’s Specialties:

Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Strategic Management, Organisational Development, Change Management, Business Development, Consultative Selling, Customer Services, Account Management, e-Business, Human Resource Development, Leadership Development, Training & Development, e-Learning and Knowledge Management.

Daan Assen’s Experience

Owner & Managing Director

Atrivision

(Privately Held; E-Learning industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Atrivision is a Learning Service Provider that helps organisations manage their Learning, Talent & Performance. We align talent development and learning with organisational goals. This results in improved performance of all employees and a clear bottom-line contribution of learning to business results.

Atrivision provides the following services:

CONSULTING: unique combination of Learning & Development, Strategy and ICT consultancy for supporting Training Departments and Corporate Universities from strategy to execution.

TECHNOLOGY: selection, implementation and managed services for HR technology

LEARNING DESIGN: design and development of tailored Learning Programs to develop Human Capital or the Extended Enterprise (traditional, blended and e-learning).

OUTSOURCING: Managed Learning Services that operate as an extension of the internal HR function. SLA based services for sourcing, contract management, planning, logistics and administration.
Programme Manager & Lecturer

TSM Business School

(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Responsible for design and execution of incompany Leadership & Organisation Development programmes and lecturing in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Director

Siennax Learning Services

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2005 — July 2007 (1 year 8 months)

Overall responsibility for the Business Unit delivering Global Learning Services.
Manager Partners & Accounts

Acadoo - The Network Academy

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

September 2001 — December 2005 (4 years 4 months)

Responsible for the set-up of the 'Nationale ICT Netwerkacademie' (Acadoo, a Siennax Company) in alignment with the needs of the different stakeholders ranging from the Ministry of Economic Affair to ICT companies and training institutes. Porftolio holder of Business Development and Partner Alliances (80+). Involvement in projects for international clients in setting up Corporate Academies and Business Schools.
Management Consultant

Siennax

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)

February 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 8 months)

Management Consultant in the Area Technology and Learning (e-learning) with focus on Human Performance, Competency Management and Knowledge Management. Within the e-learning team responsible for Marketing and Internationalisation. Also active in Sales and Pre-Sales Consulting.
Educational Advisor

Teelen Knowledge Solutions

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

December 1996 — February 2000 (3 years 3 months)

Educational Advisor and Project Manager in different projects. In 1999 responsible for the market introduction of TestVision, an application for computer-based testing and assessment (responsible for the product launch in the Netherlands and Germany).

Daan Assen’s Education

TiasNimbas Business School

MBA (with merit) , Business Administration , 2004 — 2006
TSM Business School

Certificate (with distinction) , Business Management , 2001 — 2004
Universiteit Twente

MSc. , Educational Science and Technology , 1990 — 1996
Carmellyceum

Additional Information

Daan Assen’s Interests:

Business: Learning, Innovation, Knowledge Management, Human Capital Management, New Technology, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Development, Change Management, Corporate Recovery & Turnaround, Strategic Management, Sales & Marketing. Personal: Soccer, skiing, travelling, hiking, wine & dine, learning

Daan Assen’s Groups:

American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)
Academy of Management (AOM)
ToPoS, Universiteit Twente Alumni Association
TiasNimbas Alumni Association
Industriele Kring Twente (IKT)
Technologie Kring Twente (TKT)
E-Learning Netwerk (ELN)
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Personeelsmanagement (NVP)