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Location Netherlands
Current Role(s): 
CEO
Craftmore, creative digital agency
CEO
Ablestar

Professional Info

Companies Worked For
Industries Worked In: 
Advertisement, Cosmetics, Media and Entertainment, Telecom, Healthcare, Logistics, Pharmaceutical

Personal Info

Primary language: 
Dutch
Other languages: 
Dutch

On Drupal.org for 12 years 10 months

Bio: 

Owner and Founder of Craftmore, a creative and digital agency based in the Netherlands. We create authentic and creative digital brand experiences that convert. From campaigns and campaign sites to creative e-commerce sites. I was the co-founder of One Shoe (successfully sold in 2020) and become Managing Director of iO campus Utrecht. I have been a board member of the Drupal Association, responsible for governance, the local association program and marketing of Drupal. I am also one of the founders of the Dutch Drupal Community and SDBN, Stichting Drupal Bedrijven Nederland (The Dutch Foundation of Drupal Companies) and the German Drupal Business Association (Drupal Business Verein and Drupalagenturen.de). I've organized DrupalJams, Drupal Splashawards, Drupal CXO events and am the founder / organizer of the Drupalcafe's. I am a regular speaker at the Drupal Business Tracks of Drupalcon. I co-organize the Drupal CEO diners at the European Drupalcons and the Drupal CEO survey.

Contributor roles

  • Drupal Association board member CreditAttribution: iO
    From 2018-01 to present
  • Drupal Ambassador CreditAttribution: iO
    From 2007-03 to present
    Organizing tech events to promote Drupal (drupaljam), setting up the Drupal Business Foundation to promote Drupal at tech conferences, organizing the Drupal CEO network and distribution of the Drupal CEO survey to tech media.
  • Drupal meetup organizer CreditAttribution: iO
    From 2012-07 until 2018-10
    The Drupal User Group Netherlands is a monthly meetup or so called "drupalcafe" in Utrecht the Netherlands. The cafe is aiming at sharing knowledge and tricks of the trade of Drupal, share a techtalk or do a codesprint whilst enjoying a drink!
Drupal Contributions: 

Board Member of the Drupal association.
Setting up the Dutch Drupal Business Foundation
Setting up the German Drupal Business Verrein
Organizing Drupal CEO Dinner (2011 - 2025)
Organizing Global Drupal Business Survey (2016 - 2025)
Running the Drupal executives network (2016 - 2025)
Organizing Drupal Marketing Initiatives
Co-organizing German Splash Awards
Co-organizing Global Splash Awards

Events volunteered at

Events spoken at

Areas of Expertise: 
Drupal
Drupal Marketing
Drupal Business
Drupal Sales
Drupal Community improvement
Drupal events: 
Drupal conference 2006 (Brussels, Belgium)
DrupalCon London 2011
DrupalCon Munich 2012
DrupalCon Prague 2013
DrupalCon Amsterdam 2014
DrupalCon Barcelona 2015
DrupalCon Dublin 2016
DrupalCon Vienna 2017
DrupalCon Nashville 2018
Drupal Europe 2018
DrupalCon Seattle 2019
DrupalCon Amsterdam 2019
DrupalCon Minneapolis 2020 (was planning to attend)
DrupalCon Global 2020
DrupalCon Europe 2020
DrupalCon North America 2021
DrupalCon Europe 2021
DrupalCon Lille 2023

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Projects maintained

Drupal Association #DrupalCares Supporter
My mentors: 

2 people list michel van velde as a mentor

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