Over the past nine years, Stijn helped build Xebia’s Data & AI practice. Starting from a small team at GoDataDriven, he led the transition to Xebia Data as Managing Director and grew the team to over 100 Data & AI experts. That team delivered data and AI work for companies like ING, Heineken, Albert Heijn, ASML, and Vattenfall.
We know that hands-on experience combined with a roll-up-your-sleeves mentality makes the difference when bringing our customers’ data & AI initiatives to life. Stijn has a rare track record of working with large teams on complex data projects, and he has the technical depth to build with data & AI himself.
Stijn has been developing AI models since before you could get them from vendors like OpenAI or Google, back when you still had to build everything from scratch. Before Xebia, he worked at Distimo and later at AppAnnie/Data.ai, where he created the first machine learning models that reliably predicted key metrics in the mobile app space. Those models mattered a great deal to the business.
There are a few people in your career you’d work with again in a heartbeat. After Gert Jan and Vincent worked with Stijn for several years at Distimo, he was at the very top of that list. So we couldn’t be happier to be working together again on the future of Mozaik.
For us, the timing is right. There is a lot of momentum for data and AI in virtually every organisation, but making a real difference takes a mix of vision, expertise and experience. With Stijn on board we strengthen our team in those areas and bring in a leader who can help us and our customers grow.
Welcome aboard, Stijn. Let’s start building!
