Rogier van Wagtendonk

Current

• Initiator at OpenCoffee Breda
• Owner at Stripe

Past

• Internship at SJA
• Internschip at KMC Solutions

Education

• Avans Hogeschool
• TI Mondriaan Delft

Recommended

3 people have recommended Rogier

Connections

171 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• Stripe - Internet Strategy
• Bredameeting, meet offline!
• Personal guerilla/trend blog

Rogier van Wagtendonk’s Summary

I started Rogier Webdesign three and a half years ago, focusing on developing custom built websites for my clients.

With my range of interests and experience growing, I founded Stripe in 2007 with my business partner Stijn Zeeman.
Our innovative, low cost websites were finding considerable popularity, our unique development concept allowing us to turn projects around in a relatively short time. We also diversified beyond construction, providing well received workshops on how to manage your own content and website appearance.

In addition to offering these workshops, we’re now also providing our clients with training in Joomla CMS, a leading program for the control and management of their website(s). Based in Breda (previously Amsterdam) and in the near future Utrecht, these highly successful seminars continue to grow in reach and popularity.

Following the "Never eat alone" ideal, we started a network event called the OpenCoffee. Open Coffee events are regular informal meet-ups for entrepreneurs, investors and people interested in entrepreneurship. Main focus: the web. It is a great opportunity to meet other like minded people and to discuss/share ideas. We also joined a network club for young entrepreneurs called Bizzion. My partner Stijn is now running the branch in our town (Breda) in the Netherlands. One of the great things about Bizzion is that it's a club for young businessmen and women aged under 28. It’s such a great vehicle for development and motivation. We organise meetings where a successful (young) businessman or woman presents their business and talks about their experiences- the road they travelled and obstacles they were able to overcome. Its an inspiring atmosphere, a fantastic opportunity to learn from our peers and a real means to meet people with shared interests.

My Goal in life is to "think out of the box"..... To be creative, to respect others and their work, and to keep on improving, both personally and professionally!

Rogier van Wagtendonk’s Specialties:

Creative thinking, Web design, XHTML, CSS, Joomla training, Google Analytics, Organic SEO, Keynote speaches, Helping others, lifehacking

Rogier van Wagtendonk’s Experience

• Initiator

  OpenCoffee Breda

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  During my Internship in Reykavik I started a OpenCoffee (http://www.sja.is/opencoffee). Open Coffee events (http://www.opencoffeeclub.org) are regular informal meet-ups for entrepreneurs, investors and people interested in entrepreneurship. Main focus: the web.
  
  The idea is that there is one place and time where people can have a coffee before going to work and might meet some interesting folks.
  
  When I returned to Holland me and Stijn Zeeman initiated the idea for a OpenCoffee in Breda, now a few months later It was in the newspaper on the radio and the events are always full with interesting people. We also launched the website Bredameeting.nl to feature the OpenCoffee on but also other meetups in Breda.

• Owner

  Stripe

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  March 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)

  Stripe is a company I started with Stijn Zeeman. Stripe's mission is to share success online this by advising people and organise workshops on managing website content, and new media. We also love to create out of the box website concepts.

• Internship

  SJA

  (Internet industry)

  February 2008 — July 2008 (6 months)

  SJA a company based in Iceland with Usability and Accessibility experts asked me to research there needs for a CRM and find them the right solution. Next to this project I got to know Indextools (Yahoo Analytics) and Zimbra.

• Internschip

  KMC Solutions

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

  At KMC I did a research for a new software solution (at the moment) Novell Open Enterprise Server. After the Internship I made one of my first websites for KMC, kmcsolutions.nl

Rogier van Wagtendonk’s Education

• Avans Hogeschool

  Bachelor , Business Information Technology , 2005 — 2009

  Main point of my study: Analysing the strategic potential of information and its applications in business and corporate networks. Getting knowledge and insight into managing the implementation of business applications and discover how change management is key to the implementation process.

• TI Mondriaan Delft

  Senior Secundary Vocational Education , IT Network , 2001 — 2005

  This was my first study after Highschool, and was all about managing IT networks.

Additional Information

Rogier van Wagtendonk’s Websites:

• Stripe - Internet Strategy
• Bredameeting, meet offline!
• Personal guerilla/trend blog

Rogier van Wagtendonk’s Interests:

Blogging, RSS, Twitter, Picassa, Wordpress, Joomla, Modx, Apple, MacBook Pro, Skype, Netvibes, Jaiku, Webdesign, Rent website, Marketing, Guerrilla marketing, Mobile marketing, Facebook, Internet, Apple, Webapplications, Joomla, Opensource, PHPList, Basecamp, Highrise Ruby on Rails, Web Concepts, Bizzion, Keynote speaking, Tumblr, Crowdsourcing

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