Samuel Beek
Founder & CEO at Schematik
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolSamuel Beek is a product-led founder and executive with 12 years of experience building consumer-facing products and scaling teams from early startups to 200-person companies. He combines a hands-on engineering background—demonstrated by iOS contributions like refactoring the Helium floating browser—with strategic product leadership roles at VEED.IO and WeTransfer where he grew revenue and user bases substantially. Trained in growth and retention at Reforge and in leadership and strategy at Stanford GSB, he blends user research, growth tactics, and people management to turn insights into measurable product impact. Now leading Schematik to apply AI to hardware, he brings an entrepreneurial flair and a taste for design, food, and art that shapes empathetic, usable products.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
DY/DX, Leadership, Business & Strategy, DY/DX, Leadership, Business & Strategy at Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessGrowth, Retention and Engagement , Growth, Growth, Retention and Engagement , Growth at ReforgeArtificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence at University of AmsterdamHigh School, High School at Barlaeus Gymnasium
English, German, Latin
Stackoverflow
363reputation
109kreached
6answers
3questions
Github Skills (13)
wkwebview10
swift10
ios10
strings9
text-manipulation9
user-interface8
graphical-user-interface8
ui-design8
xcode6
unit-testing6
cocoa-touch6
apple-push-notifications6
ios-simulator6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
JadenGeller/Helium
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
A floating browser window for OS X
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Samuel primarily focused on refactoring and restructuring code within the iOS application, Helium. They improved code readability by removing unused functions, making functions private where possible, and moving string extensions to a separate file. Additionally, they enhanced the application's functionality by implementing URL handling and modifying the app's behavior, including adjusting translucency preferences and full-screen app behavior. These changes contribute to the overall maintainability, clarity, and user experience of the application.
browserbrowser-windowfloatingwindowweb-browser
samuelbeek/SMBInternetConnectionIndicator
Mar 2014 - Jun 2021
Contributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 7 years 4 months
connectioniosinternet-connectioninternetios-application
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