HAVO (College) Christelijk Lyceum Veendaal
Profile / Economy and Society
Elective course / Management and Organisation
The foundation of being capable is formed at school but real qualities are developed by experience. Despite that, these are my tangible proofs of education.
Profile / Economy and Society
Elective course / Management and Organisation
Bachelor of Communication and Multimedia Design (B CMD)
Field of study / Development, Design and Interaction
Personal Leadership / Phoenix opleidingen, Utrecht
Prince II foundation / Global Knowledge, Nieuwegein
Project Management Methodology / Schouten & Nelissen, Zaltbommel
From early age I had the opportunity to look behind the scenes of entrepreneurship, marketing and visual design. My dad made me, via his company, enthusiastic for the profession. Although he wanted to offer me a career in his company I have chosen my own path, mainly because I had more affection to online concepts.
Website development / Development of (static HTML) websites
Media campaign development / Support in the development of entire media campains
Photo editing / Editing photos for brochures and advertisements
Webdesign / User interface development with an eye for aesthetics, psychology and usability
Front end development / Development of valid HTML templates
Open source CMS implementation / Implementation of CMS solutions such as ModX, Wordpress and Typo3
Traditional design / Offline marketing development
Concept development / Developent of (webbased) applications from idea to launch (except for programming)
Corporate identity development / Development of visual identities which are consistent with the clients audience and culture
Search engine optimalisation / Improvement of website positions in organic search results
Quality assurance / Testing and improving delivered (parts of) applications
+ Webdesign, traditional design, front end development
Strategic planning / Defining the internal strategy and product positioning
Project management / Coordinating and organising project teams
Account management / Ensuring client satisfaction and communicating project progress
+ Concept development, quality assurance
Conducting full UX processes for startups and companies
Embedding UX design approach and culture in the organisation
Establishing user testing procedures
Creating global interface style guide / guidelines to ensure consistency
Creating new user centred interfaces for internal applications
Consulting software development teams on usability issues
Expertise in the field is quite important but the person behind the delivered results is at least as important. Here is a tiny impression of who I am.
BUILT A COMPANY / Together with my manager, I have built up a professional organisation containing more than ten employees.
CONCEPT DESIGN / I have developed comprehensive concepts, managed the development phase and realised successful deployment (projects longer than one year).
BUSINESS ACQUISITION / I have researched a business acquisition, coordinated the process and completed it successfully.
COMPETENCE EVOLVEMENT / Independently, I’ve grown from a graphic designer to an allround multimedia specialist and project manager.
2011: CLIMBING MOUNTAINS / I’ve climbed mountains above 5.000 and 6.000 meters in South America.
2012: MONGOL RALLY / I’ve driven a 1.3 liter car from The Netherlands through the desert to Mongolia.
2013: MARATHON OF AMSTERDAM / I’ve completed the Amsterdam marathon after only three months of training.
2014: TRIVIAL PURSUIT / I’m undefeated at Trivial Pursuit since november 12th 2013. PS: I haven' played for a while. Wanna challenge me? ;)
PERSISTANCE / When I set a goal, I won't let go anymore. Either if it is a business related project or a sporting target.
ASSERTIVENESS / For me it is natural to give grounded opinions on a regular basis, naturally with respect.
ATMOSPHERE CREATION / Industrial zones and offices can be deadly boring. They can use some humor. I provide that with pleasure.
CURIOSITY / Which topics are not interesting, actually? Every day I run into something interesting that I want to know more about.
AUTODIDACTICISM / Acquiring knowledge is a daily activity for me. My bookcase became full, so now I'm a member of the library. UPDATE: I ditched the library and bought a kindle.
ANALYSIS / Besides my right cerebral hemisphere, I can also make good use of the left one.
COMMUNAL CREATION / Individual interests often play a part in teams. By creating support and aims a group becomes a team.
OUT OF THE BOX THINKING / When it makes sense to turn right, I will verify the left option first.
CREATION OF CREATIVE CONTENT / Photography, writing texts, composing songs, creating visual designs, the creative process is comparable in any of those fields.
SPORTS / It's necessary for me to push my body to the limit every day. In adidtion, I like to watch football and cycling.
TRAVELING / The world is too beautiful to explore using Google Earth. Being in the southern hemisphere for a while gives a lot of inspiration.
READING / Knowledge is power. Usually, I finish the day reading. Much to the annoyance of my girlfriend. UPDATE: Ex-girlfriend. Still love you honey. X
I try to follow international development standards as much as possible. As a result, the delivered work is sustainable and reusable. Techniques mentioned below are just a summary of the ones I use. In addition, I am always open to add new techniques or software suites to my palette.