Ali Niknam is the founder of Bunq, the first fully digital bank of the Netherlands. In this podcast we discussed all the challenges that were faced by Ali and his team in creating and starting a tech company in one of the most regulated sectors in the world. Other topics in this podcast are cryptocurrency, […]
Jochem Verheul is the CEO and co-founder of VMC, an innovative platform based on blockchain technology used in multiple projects. Their goal is to create a platform where mobility providers can connect to and use, for example for payments but also for ride information. We also talk about blockchain in general, and the confusion and […]
Arnoud Martens is the Managing Director of Valtech Netherlands, which in turn is part of Valtech, a large digital agency with more than 2500+ people employed in 16 countries. Valtech Netherlands was created by the acquisition of eFocus. And we talked about this transition, what it meant but also the bigger strategy behind this acquisition. […]
Tim Zuidgeest is the co-founder of ST&T Research. They specialize in a new form of measuring the impact of marketing called neuromarketing. They use multiple techniques like eye-tracking but also EEG (Electroencephalography). EEG used to measure electrical brainwaves to see how people respond to certain bits and pieces of for example advertisement. Another field they […]
Ohad Gilad is the co-founder at Keadyn, an investment company that invests in numerous technological startups. He is also one of the founders of WeTechRotterdam, a startup hub that tries to bring together startups from Rotterdam under one roof. We talked about startup investment and also what the dynamic is of being an investor. And […]
Paul Manuel is one of the founders of Dept, a large full-service digital agency. They have grown a lot over the last few years, buying companies with different focusses and bringing them al together in Dept. Some of Dept’s clients include Microsoft, Adidas, Philips and many more. We talked about their strategy and also some […]
Ron Kersic is Enterprise Architect at ING. His role primarily revolves around helping creating a company culture that is rooted in platform thinking. He is also co-author of the ING platform architecture curriculum. We discussed how he has contributed to changes within ING, but also company culture in general and also the challenges banks face […]
Stefan Leijnen has been CTO for ‘Can’t Wait to Learn’, a programme developed by War Child Holland and its partners, since August 2017. Can’t Wait to Learn aims to provide quality education to children affected by conflicts. By playing educational games on tablets, children can keep on learning mathematics and reading. Working in resource constrained […]
Lara Ankersmit is Head of Digital at NOS, a public broadcaster in The Netherlands. For the last few years they have made a switch to a more digital platform with a website that delivers the news and features a lot of innovations especially in the area of events. During the World Cup Soccer in 2018, […]
Michiel Fokke is CTO at Quby, a company that has created Toon, a display placed in the spot you normally have your thermostat. A lot of people in The Netherlands know Toon as a smart thermostat, but it’s a lot more than that. Quby, with Toon, aims to show you energy consumption of your appliances […]