
Chief Operating Officer at Nedforce
Enschede Area, Netherlands

Chief Operating Officer at Nedforce
Enschede Area, Netherlands
Agile Business & IT manager by trade, and expert web developer at heart, with a decade of hands-on experience in software development and project management. Currently leading Nedforce, the premier Ruby on Rails partner for the enterprise.
Agile software development, innovation management, IT management, project management, requirements engineering, risk management, Ruby on Rails, software architecture design, software management, web content management, web development
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2006 — Present (2 years)
All-round executive presiding over all operational affairs, including software development, acquisitions, marketing, and corporate strategy. Expanded operations to the global theater and earned clients in countries as far away as Australia, and transformed the company into a center of excellence for high-quality Ruby on Rails application development.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years)
Developer for a leading web application supporting risk management including quantitative analyses and Monte Carlo simulations. Streamlined the software development process by introducing version control, issue tracking, release scheduling and a central knowledge repository.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year)
Policy advisor to the board concerning internationalization policy. Authored the Student Union's vision concerning internationalization and distilled a multi-year action plan. Chairman of the internationalization platform for student associations.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1998 — 2006 (8 years)
Lead developer for applications of main accounts. Developed web applications in Perl and PHP.
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year)
President of the second-largest students' association of the University of Twente. Rethought the board structure, gained significant influence in the university's internationalization policy, won the tender for the Spring Agora 2005 think tank, forged strategic partnerships with other student associations, and improved professionalism across the board, scoring record-high KPI's at the end of the term.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Think Tanks industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years)
President of the organizing committee for the "Think Europe!" Planning Meeting of 2003, think tank of the European students' forum AEGEE-Europe. Principal responsible for overall project management and contact with key partners.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Think Tanks industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
Co-organized the opening conference of the European Action Campaign on higher education in the EU. Principal responsible for external affairs and fundraising in the private sector.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years)
Led the development of the single-player webgames platform. Key participant in the multi-player Spelpunt platform brainstorms and QA. Principal system administrator of Windows NT 4.0 servers and executed Linux systems management. Provided in-house Linux system management education. Responsible for server planning and customer support.
MSc, Business & IT, 2007 — 2008
Elective courses in sociotechnical system design, business process engineering, information and knowledge exchange services, international management, and entrepreneurship.
BHV, Emergency Response Team, 2004 — 2007
BSc, Business & IT, 2001 — 2007
Minored in Management of Innovation, final paper graded 9/10. Followed elective courses in innovation and human resource management, organizational strategy, and requirements engineering. Final thesis presented at the 10th European Conference for Creativity and Innovation at the Copenhagen Business School.
M_o_R Foundation, Management of Risk, 2006
English A2 Higher Level 1995 — 2001
Graduated in culture, language, and media modules.
VWO, Pre-University Education, 1994 — 2001
Accredited with six years of bilingual education. Participated in exchange programs with Broadgreen High School, Liverpool, UK and Zeeland High School, MI, USA. Graduated in Calculus, Civics, Dutch, English, Economics, Physics and Statistics.
Ballroom dancing, business-IT alignment, creativity and innovation management, downhill skiing, field hockey, guitar playing, new technology, operating systems, organizational change and development, politics, progressive rock, software development, tennis
Heerendispuut P.C.S.A. Incognito, Inter-Actief, Jaarclub Quintus, Party for Freedom and Democracy, RubyEnRails, Technologie Kring Twente