Product Designer and business founder
'Portier'
2020 - today
Producing high-quality educational resources and tools aimed at promoting mental health and supporting the educated use of psychedelic medicine.
Customers, experts, and researchers gave their input for a truly co-created toolbox that gives homages to pioneering psychedelic medicine, helping thousands of people who struggle with treatment-resistant depression, cluster headaches, or PTSD.
The products are fully self-designed and created overseas. I collaborate closely with warehouses and factories, but also with researchers and harm reduction experts in the field.
Result:
- Producing 550x World's first high-end psychedelic toolkits, delivering to a global customer base.
- Featured in numerous podcasts and news outlets.
- 5* star rating on Trustpilot
Podcaster
Psychedelic Health
I host both an American and a Dutch podcast, delving into the world of psychedelics to enhance our mental well-being. Tune in to hear from experts, researchers, entrepreneurs, and other pioneers who are making an effort for the safe integration of psychedelics in society.
Past projects:
Filmmaker & photographer
Freelance
Before COVID-19 I produced visual content for a variety of brands including Etos, O'Neill, and UNITEDPOP.
I donated my time to assist local organizations with content production. Together we uncovered the local challenges of remote tribes and NGO's in the in South America, Asia and Europe..
Result
- Raised over $1m+ for NGO's via targeted content.
- Helped Fortune 500 brands and startups create visual content to reach a global audience.
- Created 30+ content pieces for various NGO's like SoiDog (Picture), KCDS Myanmar, and NEXUS.
Co-Founder
Creative Residence
'PLAN 14'
2015 - 2020
After a winning pitch to the municipality of Amsterdam, I co-founded a local space with a team of other creatives. Together we built a unique creative environment in the center of Amsterdam for hundreds of artists to find a place to connect, live, and work. We built a central residence for talented creatives that included cowork spaces, ateliers, production studios, dance halls, and private dorms.
Results
+ Provide affordable spaces for 100+ talented creatives.
+ Enabled hundreds of multidisciplinary projects to develop between artists.
Founding Director
NGO
'Giving Platform'
2017 - 2021
I believe in the power of giving.
In my spare time I built and managed GivingPlatform, an online platform that enabled over 2000 poverty-stricken people to be surprised by strangers. The project was successfully crowdfunded and featured on multiple Dutch national radio stations.
I built a digital platform where a user could surprise 'strangers' with highly personalized gifts. I automized the entire logistical process was automated.
Result
Over 1000 Surprises sent in total to families in need and lonely elderly.
GivingPlatform is currently only in operation around the holidays.
iPhone app (iOS)
Founder & Designer
'Vida'
2011-2014
I designed and developed the productivity app Vida in 2013. The app had a unique approach to goal setting and to-do lists.
Vida was a completely unique ‘gamified’ productivity app. Users earned points and leveled up while working on their personal development. The app provided a clear overview of a person's life and achievements.
Downloads: 32k
Review score: 4.7/5
What touched me the most was the people sending me e-mails about how much it improved their lives.
I decided to sell the app to another company after it had reached thousands of active users.