Bob Van De Velde
Manager Data Science
Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolBob Van De Velde is a Manager Data Science with 11 years of experience building and leading teams that turn large, messy information into actionable insights for media and public-sector organizations. He has led end-to-end ML and data engineering initiatives—from Spark/PySpark recommendation frameworks and GCP-based pipelines to LLM-driven RAG and information extraction systems—focused on improving search, personalization and decision-making. At NPO he combined DevOps, product ownership and metrics design to raise recommendation quality beyond simple engagement signals, and at Elsevier he now applies LLMs to help customers surface critical knowledge from vast sources. His background blends a PhD in Organizational Communication with hands-on full-stack and security-minded engineering (including a data-donation pilot using async Python and Vue), giving him both research rigor and production sensibilities. He’s active in European broadcasting AI governance, translating technical work into strategic, ethical practice across organizations. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic architect who values measurable outcomes and thoughtful evaluation over flashy metrics.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Organizational Communication General, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Organizational Communication General at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)Propedeuse (60 ECTS) International Business Management Studies, Propedeuse (60 ECTS) International Business Management Studies at Amsterdam University of Applied SciencesSummerschool 2011 (A-) Global Media Industries, Summerschool 2011 (A-) Global Media Industries at London School of Economics & Peking UniversityMA Philosophy of a Specific Discipline (Social Sciences), MA Philosophy of a Specific Discipline (Social Sciences) at Leiden UniversityMaster Research in Public Administration and Organizational Science, Master Research in Public Administration and Organizational Science at Utrecht University
English, Dutch
Github Skills (44)
ancestry10
padding10
python9
data-management9
barrage9
hpc-applications9
etl8
test-data8
jupyter7
testing7
data-engineering7
sandbox7
jupyterlab7
faker7
keras7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bobvdvelde/SentiStrength_for_python
Sep 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:7 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
uvacw/osd2f
Nov 2020 - Nov 2022
Open Source Data Donation Framework
Contributions:4 reviews, 478 commits, 29 PRs in 2 years
data-sourcedata-managementpythondatahpc-applications
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