Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
🌟 Trail* Running Enthusiast & Business Developer | Always Sprinting Towards Success! 🏃♂️💼 Boardrooms, backcountries, virtual meetings, tech talks, keynotes—I’m comfortable in all settings (and roles). Wherever I go, I strive to improve, adapt, and come up with creative ideas to stay ahead of the curve. Chasing deals & miles while having fun along the way. Committed to relentless growth. Growth doesn’t happen by chance; it’s the result of strategic forces working together, knowing exactly how, when, and where to enter the market. As a (Senior, I have gray hair) Business Developer, I continuously strive to innovate, improve, and craft new strategies to stay at the forefront of our industry. And when I'm not doing that, you can find me out in nature running (follow me on Strava: https://strava.app.link/ffcomfAFTLb), playing board games with friends, or driving around exploring new areas! ☕ In for a (virtual) coffee/chat? Want to explore the possibilities of working together? Send me a DM! ✉ Let’s connect and make things happen! #letsconnect *trailrunning in the Netherlands (running in nature is more accurate due to lack of mountains here, but not as captivating a term 😅)
Helping companies to expand, improve and accelerate their online business with the help of the 360 Google Marketing Platform. In today's fragmented marketing world, with ever changing consumer purchases funnels, marketeers are being forced to think more holistically and strategically. New laws & regulations with regards to data and privacy require planning ahead on how to market your products and services. In the role of Business Development Manager I help companies with my team to unify their marketing strategy (& tooling), improve their decision making power and increase revenue with the help of the Google Marketing Platform. As an official reseller of the GMP (see https://www.deptagency.com/partner/google-marketing-platform-reseller/), DEPT® is able to effectively reduce costs for you while increasing influence and revenue through advertisement.
As Business Developer eIdentity I was responsible for improving the eIdentity proposition called ‘IRMA’, creating a partner network and generating leads, direct and indirect. Tasks and activities ranged from the strategic (vision, mision, business plan, business cases) to the tactical level (lead generation, articles, podcast, sales calls, etc).
As business developer cybersecurity I contributed to the (commercial) success of CyberSterk, a new cybersecurity solution designed for small- and medium sized businesses.
Creating, defining and communicating. These three words describe my role in a nutshell. As Product Manager Cybersecurity I was responsible for the (international) success of AET's digital security products. Through market- and competitive analysis, customer interviews and product feedback I ensured the products remained relevant and in line with current and future market wishes, both within and outside of Europe. Tasks included, but are not limited to: - Development of platform strategy and vision - Creating and maintaining product roadmaps & backlog - Managing the impact of the roadmap on the organization and our partners - Feed development team with business requirements - Conducting market and competitive research - Engage in sales cycles - Partner support - Provide support to business development and marketing - Creating marketing collateral, product sheets & propositions - Setting the right priorities for all of the above In this position I worked closely with the teams dealing with business development, engineering, support and sales & marketing. More importantly, I was actively engaging with our partners and customers to ensure AET's products continued to meet (and exceed) their needs.
As Be Informed Specialist, part of an agile development team, I used the BPM software of Be Informed to create working applications based on user stories and functional requirements.
SYCOMM started out as a joint venture of AET Europe in May 2014. I was the company's first hire and helped out creating the company, focusing primarily on marketing, business development and recruitment. The start-up character of SYCOMM ensured I was able to perform a variety of tasks, among of which creating a Cybersecurity roadshow, setting up a three day course on BlueX, the eID Management system of AET, creating the website and doing product demonstrations. In the end, the decision was made to incorporate SYCOMM into AET where, after a short 'break' (assignment on the island of Curacao), I started in the role of BlueX Product Manager.