Dutch entrepreneur with a strong focus on Technology and Media, and a passion for building companies from scratch. My work reflects my interests in various technological fields, including Data Forensics & Data Recovery, Automotive Tech, IT Outsourcing, Financial Markets and Algorithm Trading (specifically in US Derivatives), Media & Television, Data Insurance, Data Privacy and Cyber Security.
October 2022 - Present
Pontiac, Michigan, USA | Amstelveen, Kingdom of the Netherlands | Johannesburg, South Africa
Automotive cybersecurity consulting and pen testing company serving US and European vehicle manufacturers and aftermarket vehicle product developers in the US, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
December 2023 - Present
July 2023 - November 2023
October 2022 - June 2023
October 2014 - October 2022
Barranquilla, Colombia | Panama City, Panama
Company designing automated trading systems for futures spread trading and commodities trading.
October 2014 - October 2022
May 2008 - Dec 2013
Barranquilla, Colombia | Willemstad, Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Company providing data insurance.
May 2008 - Dec 2013
May 2001 - April 2009
Utrecht, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Leading Data Recovery Company providing data recovery and data forensics services in Europe. As the founder of the company, I was responsible for starting, setting up and leading the international expansion towards 9 countries in Europe - with 14 branches – serving customers in 6 different languages. My primary focus was in the sales and marketing side and, I was also responsible for writing and production of the web-commercials. I enjoyed success in designing a “search engine marketing strategy”; reaching Top positions in all European countries. Further, I was responsible for designing the process management system that enabled our team to work highly efficient helping us to have a very profitable business, although having only a couple of staff members. In general, I dealt with all of the business related aspects; from development to expansion. RSE gave me the opportunity to learn about all aspects of a company; from the very beginning throughout all its stages and ending with the acquisition by Stellar. Customers included; Coca-Cola, SAP, Sony, Shell, BP, Capgemini, Accenture, Philips, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Getronics, Microsoft, McDonalds, ABN AMRO, Siemens, Fujitsu, Goodyear, IBM, ING Bank, Alcatel, Lucent, TomTom, Vodafone, Endesa, E-On, Akzo Nobel, Lufthansa, PricewaterHouseCoopers, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, AirFrance, Total, Renault, Sun Microsystems, Orange and many more companies; including Universities, ministries and other government institutions.
May 2001 - April 2009
May 1999 - April 2009
Utrecht, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Computer hardware and services company I setup under the name RSE Multimedia offering hardware and software replacement solutions to the ‘millennium bug’. In 2000 it was converted into an IT Outsourcing Company where I was responsible for the sales and recruiting the software development team for IT outsourcing. We served known companies, including Booking.com, Mars Inc. and Vlaamse Media Maatschappij (the Largest national television company in Belgium).
May 1999 - April 2009
October 2001 - April 2004
Amsterdam | Antwerp | Brussel | Madrid | Barcelona
Hessing Events is the first company to introduce the popular “Speed Dating” concept to the Netherlands and Belgium. The events have been covered by many media outlets including RTL Boulevard (RTL 4), 2 Vandaag (Nederland 2), NOS Journaal, Lijn 4 (RTL 4), AT5, Parool, SP!TS, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Dagblad de Limburger, Viva, BN DeStem, 3FM Ruud De Wild, and over 120+ other publications. FastDating became the leader in dating events in The Netherlands and Belgium for many subsequent years.
October 2001 - April 2004
October 1998 - January 2001
Nieuwegein, Kingdom of the Netherlands
I started a production company, exploiting events. During the first year, it sold over 21,000+ tickets and over 86,000 consumptions at events including Summerdance, Christmas Love, Schooljam ‘98, Edition 25 Crazy Dance 2000 and many other events, etc.
October 1998 - January 2001