Bernd Oostrum is a senior IT product lead focused on turning emerging AI and blockchain technologies into real-world products, with 11 years of experience across startups, consulting and corporate innovation. He has founded multiple ventures and led AI and blockchain initiatives—from building insurance-grade blockchain solutions at a.s.r. to advising Red Bull Racing on innovation and co-founding Tezos India Foundation. Now based in Leiden, he combines hands-on technical roots in software engineering with product leadership at Odido Nederland, bridging research, go-to-market and scalable delivery. His background in entrepreneurship (Draper University) and machine learning training at Stanford give him a rare mix of startup grit and ML literacy, and he often operates at the intersection of economics, token design and applied AI.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Entrepreneurship Training Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship Training Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Draper University
VWO Natuur en Techniek, VWO Natuur en Techniek at Da Vinci College Leiden
Bachelor of Science - BS Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Software Engineering at Hogeschool Leiden
NDO Machine Learning, NDO Machine Learning at Stanford University
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Bernd Oostrum - Senior IT Product Lead AI at Odido Nederland