Experience

F&A Next

• Netherlands
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Organization Committee

  • Oct 2023 - Present

  Netherlands



Anterra Capital

• Netherlands
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment team

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Advisor

  • Mar 2022 - Jul 2023

• Investment team

  • Nov 2017 - Mar 2022

  Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Specialist venture capital investor in technology driven companies across the food and agriculture supply chain.



Rising Tide Collective

• Belgium
• Non-profit Organizations

• Co-founder & Member

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  The Rising Tide Collective helps founders who are addressing the greatest challenges of our generation and are striving to make a positive impact on the world.



Nom Nom Nom

• Serbia
• Food & Beverages
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder & CEO

  • Mar 2022 - Aug 2023

  Amsterdam Area A new era of health food. Redesigned fast food classics made solely with veggies, fruits, legumes and whole grains. No animal products. No added sugar or sweeteners. No deep-frying. Nothing artificial. We call it fast food as it should be.

• Organization Committee

  • Mar 2018 - Mar 2022

  Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands F&A Next is an initiative by Rabobank, Wageningen University & Research, Anterra Capital and StartLife. It brings together startups, investors and corporates in one and a half day of networking, pitching and debating the dynamics in food and agriculture.



La Fourche

• Belgium

• Board Observer

  • May 2021 - Feb 2022

  Paris, Île-de-France, France



Columbia University in the City of New York

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher - Digital Manufacturing of Food

  • Mar 2017 - Jul 2017

  Greater New York City Area Research position at the Creative Machines Lab of prof. Hod Lipson - Data Science Institute of Columbia | Engineering. Development of novel cooking techniques for 3D food printing. Pioneering research into the application of laser technology for cooking, baking and preparing foods. The work has been patented and published in several journals, including Nature.



Cargill

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product and Process Developer

  • Mar 2015 - Jul 2015

  Gerkens Cacao in Wormer At Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate: Product and Process Development. Successful development of new analysis method to predict cocoa powder color from the raw bean (Rsq>0.97).



H.J. Heinz Company

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Process Technologist

  • Feb 2014 - Jul 2014

  Utrecht en omgeving, Nederland - Development and implementation of measurement systems for quality assurance - Recipe optimization: quality improvement while reducing processing time by 40% - Process improvement: significant energy and labor cost reduction by cutting total production time by 30%