About
Strategy consultant for brands playing in creativity and culture
28 years of building global brands—and counting. I have an avid interest in the way people think, feel, and behave, the worlds in which they live, and the cultures that connect them.
Aspiring television and film writer.
Nationalities: American & Dutch
Work Experience
- 12.2017 – PresentFreelance StrategistClients: adidas Brand Design; United Imaginations for Wolt; DEPT for Philips; Calvin Klein; Miniac; R/GA for Siemens; DesignBridge for Lipton; BFD, Inc. for Twitch; 180 Amsterdam for PlayStation and Lay’s; Seventy Agency Stockholm for Ericsson; Tommy Hilfiger Pitches won: Twitch EMEA
- 4.2011 – 12.2017Strategic Planning Director180 AmsterdamClients: Sony PlayStation (PS4, PS VR, games), Hewlett-Packard, Diageo, Lilly Diabetes UK, ASICS Pitches won: Ketel One, Sky, Lilly, Replay, Qatar Airways, Al Jazeera, VAT 69, PlayStation
- 9.2007 – 4.2011Strategic Planning DirectorWieden+Kennedy, AmsterdamClients: EA SPORTS FIFA, BASF, Nokia Pitches won: BASF
- 3.2005 – 6.2007Planning DirectorSaatchi & Saatchi, LondonClients: Dr. Martens, T-Mobile, Sagatiba
- 12.1999 – 3.2005Senior Account PlannerGoodby, Silverstein & Partners, San FranciscoClients: Hewlett-Packard (HP), Saturn (a division of GM), Frito-Lay, Hotwire.com, Epinions.com
- 1.1998 – 12.1999Account PlannerFoote, Cone & Belding, San FranciscoClients: Sega, MTV, Slates (a Levi-Strauss & Co. brand)
- 9.1995 – 12.1997Market Research/Product DevelopmentLambesis, Inc., Del MarClients: Cadillac, Airwalk, The NFL, Rossignol, Mattel, Columbia-Tristar, Calvin Klein
Awards & Recognition
- 2014/15Grand Prix and Gold Euro Effie, and Global Effie FinalistPS4: This is for the Players
- 2013Bronze Cannes LionCould you be the Last of Us?
- 2010Silver Euro EffieFIFA 10: How Big Can Football Get?
- 2004Campaign Magazine’s “International Advertiser of the Year”Everything is Possible
- 2003Creativity Magazine’s “Campaign of the Year”Everything is Possible
- 2000/01Bronze and Silver North America EffiesIt’s Thinking
- 1997Mentioned in the New Yorker article “The Coolhunt”, by Malcolm Gladwell