Guest speakers

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  Gerbert Oude Velthuis

  General Manager

  Over 25 years of experience in several leadership positions. After working for an international IT company, where he built up several teams around the globe, Gerbert started his own software ventures.

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  Jago Philippens

  Head of Engineering at TicketSwap

  With a background in HR, linguistics, and Artificial Intelligence, he focuses on strategic and tactical transformation management, as well as people management. He has worked with start-ups, scale-ups, as well as grown-ups, and strongly believes in bottom-up and middle-out ownership.

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  Matthew Knapp

  Director Of Product Development at College H.U.N.K.S. Hauling Junk and Moving

  As Director of Product Development, Matthew provides strategic guidance for the organization and the advancement of all IT systems. He vehemently studies the customer journey and looks for out of the box ways to improve customer experience. Their development team handles customization of their platforms including APIs, web-based scheduling platform, and their proprietary mobile app. In 2019, he was fortunate enough to be recognized as a 2019 CIO of the Year honoree by the Tampa Bay Business Journal.

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  Ilkka Auer

  Transformative Digital Leader, Chief Digital Officer at Smartum

  More than 12 years of experience in digital services and e-commerce combined with a strong understanding of tech makes him a versatile executive professional. He has been helping companies to build new digital services, improve business models and increase digital sales revenue. He has been working with companies ranging from start-ups to corporations like Microsoft and Kesko. He has also been lecturing at universities on service design and data analytics.