Result driven, perseverant (a ‘getting the job done’ mentality), pragmatic, creative, transparent, accurate, reliable, sociable and a strong team player.

2011 - present Inspiring People
Consulting firm on bottom-up strategy building; at the same time product owner of collaboration tool software
Entrepreneur / Founding Partner / Principal; Industries: Energy (60%), Financial Services (40%)
Business Development
• Co-developed a niche consulting proposition based on coaching and empowering people, building strategies bottom-up, and by doing so creating self learning organisations; turnover of €200k per consultant per year
• Managed 6 people on the proposition, conceptual design and development of Online Team Meetings, a web tool to meet independent from place and time; key accounts are APG, Attero and TNO
Strategy and Change Management
• Defined the strategy of a commercial utility grid company - covering three different entities, by means of a bottom-up approach; all employees were asked, 70% participated voluntarily; the subsequent integration and implementation were prosperous and improved customer and employee satisfaction, thus improving organisational performance

2009 - 2011 Quintel Intelligence
Quintel Strategy Consulting spin-off, aimed at the development and exploitation of the Energy Transition Model; an independent, comprehensive and fact-based model that is used by governments, corporations, NGOs and educators in various countries; backed by more than 20 trusted partners (among others E.ON, GasTerra, GasUnie, Philips, Shell)
Entrepreneur / Founding Partner / COO
Software Development and Operations
• Founded company and software; led the development of the internationally acknowledged web application
• Managed operations, responsible for research, maintenance, development and client projects (13 people)
Sales and Client Management
• Created an initial turnover of €300k to get started and generated the key 2010 lead (€700k)
• Generated the key lead accounting for a turnover of €1M each year for five years (2011-2015)
• Managed various highly successful projects resulting in a major contribution to the national agreement for sustainable growth (“Nationaal Energieakkoord 2013”) led by The Social and Economic Council (SER)

2005 - 2009 Quintel Strategy Consulting
Dutch strategy consulting firm, a 2001 Arthur D. Little spin-off, merged with A.T. Kearney Netherlands in 2011
Consultant (2005-2006), Senior Consultant (2006-2007), Manager (2007-2009)
Additional jobs: Financials (assistant to the CFO); Recruiting (2nd round recruiting interviews)
Energy (70% of all assignments)
• Prepared and executed seamless migration of 1.4 million B2C customers representing a value of more than €2B
• Performed due diligence and pre merger integration including organisation blueprint and synergy capture
• Defined strategy for unprofitable CHP division and supported implementation of investment decision making, energy management, propositioning and contracting, turning it into a viable business
• Designed updatable Activity Based Costing tool for B2B energy supplier and improved product and pricing strategy
Industry Services (15% of all assignments)
• Coached management of industrial equipment supplier in strategy building and co-created strategy and roadmap
Transport (15% of all assignments)
• Defined a blueprint for a large contractor reducing overhead by 20% and increasing load factors by 15%

2003 - 2004 Flex/the InnovationLab
Leading Dutch design office in consumer goods and innovation services
Business Developer (9 month internship position)
• Researched and implemented best practices to gain insights in consumer behaviour
• Developed the DesignGame® tool for customer co-development; achieved significant better consumer scores in later phases of the design process, preventing from rework, satisfying clients and boosting sales by 30%

• Music: Cello
• Sports: Soccer (former 1st league player, DHC), Tennis, Boxing, Skiing, Snowboarding, Ice Skating, Cycling, Rowing, Running, Swimming, Kitesurfing, Yoga