Bastiaan Terhorst is a seasoned technology leader and Group CTO with 14+ years of experience building products, teams, and resilient systems across startups and scale-ups. He scaled engineering at WeTransfer from a small team to 100 engineers, improved availability to 99.95%, and led strategic modernization and M&A technical due diligence as CTO at Relive. Now at GRESB and running Map × Territory as a coach-builder, he combines hands-on architecture with a coaching leadership style that prioritizes people and sustainable team growth. His background as a founder and product-focused engineer informs pragmatic decisions around modularity, reuse, and cost-efficient infrastructure. Trained at INSEAD and in coaching and nonviolent communication, he brings uncommon emphasis on leadership development and organizational change alongside technical delivery. Based in The Hague, he quietly balances product craftsmanship with mentoring future leaders and shipping elegant, scalable solutions.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Product Management Executive Programme, Product Management Executive Programme at INSEAD
Coach Intensive, Coach Intensive at NONONS | Opleidingen Trainingen Coaching
BS Animation, BS Animation at University of the West of England
MSc Media Technology, MSc Media Technology at Leiden University
BDes Animation, BDes Animation at Willem de Kooning Academy
Nonviolent Communication Training, Nonviolent Communication Training at Connecting2Life
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