My drive is fuelled by progress and innovation. I enjoy being part of a creative team developing new technologies. I have been working at the frontiers of ICT and have been involved in pioneering projects like a digital city in 1993. At Hewlett-Packard’s European research laboratory I worked as psychologist in a multidisciplinary team of engineers and designers to invent for the company’s future. I have travelled the
world speaking at seminars and attending conferences to get inspired and to share experiences with other professionals.
Hard working and flexible with excellent communication skills, I am a good manager for creative people. I am currently looking for new opportunities in a dynamic cultural organisation to maximise my experience and qualities. I have a friendly, outgoing and loyal personality and work equally well on my own initiative or
as part of a team. I have a broad experience of teaching at various colleges and universities in the Netherlands from 1990, lecturing about technology, music and media. I have a proven ability to organise and have worked professionally for more than 12 years in the (dance) music industry.
I have a good network in the music & multimedia industries and in academia; I like to link various disciplines together to create exciting projects. I feel inspired by developing new tools for young people to develop their creative potential, stimulate (intercultural) communication and raise social awareness, and introducing them to new knowledge and insights. I am a global citizen and I care about the world around me.
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THE MUSIC MAYDAY FOUNDATION, Amsterdam 2005 - 2007
Senior Project Manager at international charity - Managing cultural projects in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Eritrea; supporting the national management teams in human resource management, financial management, planning, monitoring & evaluation; administering budgets; coordinating international music and media activities & events (www.B-CONNECTED.to), involved in ‘interconnectivity’ (live streaming with FabChannel.com, chat with GlobalStage.TV); supporting national offices in Ethiopia and Tanzania for Dance4Life; supervising interns and
volunteers at the TMMF office - www.MusicMayday.org
HEWLETT-PACKARD EUROPEAN RESEARCH LABORATORIES, Bristol UK 1999 – 2005
Freelance researcher (Interactive Media Dept/User studies); Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), Digital City Bristol, experiments in vision lab for i-glasses, statistics (SPSS), Digital Music Systems, eBooks, speech technology, organising seminars about music and new technology; representing HPLabs at conferences.
BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL Consultancy Services, Bristol UK Sep 1998 – Dec 1998
Senior Research Consultant at IT department: Research into the use of public information kiosks for the project 'IT in the Community' and member of multi-disciplinary team for Digital City Bristol
DIGITAAL UTRECHT 1994-1996
Co-founder Digitaal Utrecht; developing concepts for a digital city in Utrecht; web design for cultural industry; working with 22 volunteers, managing the project and supervising interns and volunteers
M U S I C
HOPE RECORDINGS
2000 – 2002: Independent record label and Hope artist management in Bristol, UK; Part time office manager, royalties, licensing, publishing, webmaster, assisting in managing DJs
FIRM BOOKINGS
2002: DJ Agency in Amsterdam; booking DJs and live acts in the Dutch house scene
MOJO CONCERTS
1995 – 1998: Freelance tour manager for British bands and DJs touring in the Netherlands
P A R T T I M E L E C T U R E R F R O M 1 9 9 0
HOGESCHOOL VOOR DE KUNSTEN, the School of Arts & Technology, Utrecht/Hilversum
HOGESCHOOL INHOLLAND, International Music Management, Haarlem
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT, Multimedia & Culture, Amsterdam
UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM, Communicatiewetenschap
FONTYS ROCK ACADEMY, Tilburg
ARTEZ, Conservatorium Arnhem
HOGESCHOOL UTRECHT; School voor Communicatiesystemen
HOGESCHOOL EINDHOVEN; College of Social Studies
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