Serial expat, business traveller, former academic / researcher. Expertise: behavioural neuroscience, software development & product management. More...
Moving to London was all about starting over. This doesn’t necessarily mean letting go of anything and everything that meant something to me in the past. For...
I was lucky enough to attend the 2016 Everywoman Forum: Advancing Women in Technology (2017 event page is here) recently. Together with 600 other women, I piled...
Business is a dog eat dog world. No matter what field you decide to specialise in or what products or services you provide, there are bound to...
After ten years at the bench as a neuroscientist I took the leap into the private sector. However, never going too far away from research in some form: I worked for Papers as Head of Outreach, and have now moved into Product Management.
I continue to be passionate about helping researchers be productive, and science communication. I am by all accounts a tech evangelist, active spokesperson for women in tech, and an award winning public speaker. At heart I am Dutch, but raised to look far past the boundaries of my small country. As such, I became a serial expat. I've lived in The Netherlands, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and Canada, and travelled to many more. For many years, I have been calling Toronto "home".