Jan-willem Manenschijn is a creative technologist and CTO with 11 years of experience turning education and social challenges into engaging, narrative-driven learning products. He co-founded and led Raccoon Serious Games and multiple startups, building playful, impact-first solutions—escape rooms, serious games and interactive curricula—that scale classroom engagement and corporate learning. Based in Rotterdam, he combines Delft Computer Science rigor with business and strategy minors to bridge pedagogy, prototyping and sustainable business models. Known for rapidly turning vague ideas into smart prototypes, he focuses on societal impact over profit while ensuring viable teams and revenue models to make that impact last. Colleagues describe him as an optimistic facilitator who designs with people first and tests concepts through clever, fast experiments.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
VWO, VWO at College het Loo
Minor | Strategy Consulting, Minor | Strategy Consulting at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Minor | Research Based Business, Minor | Research Based Business at Leiden University
Bachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at Delft University of Technology
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Jan-willem Manenschijn - Chief Technology Officer at De Creatieve M(a)an