Stephen Van Der Heijden
Chief Innovation And AI Officer
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolStephen Van Der Heijden is a growth-focused technology executive and founder with 8 years of experience building and scaling digital marketplaces and product-led businesses. Currently Chief Innovation and AI Officer at Sendmarc and founder of a microSaaS connecting WhatsApp to HubSpot, he blends hands-on product, AI and automation work with strategic clarity to accelerate customer value. He has led cross-functional teams of engineers, designers, BI and data scientists across startups, scale-ups and corporates, most notably growing OfferZen through senior product and growth roles. Based in Amsterdam, he’s now building what he calls “Middle Earth’s biggest software talent marketplace,” demonstrating both global ambition and operational execution. Unusually for a growth leader, Stephen pairs a legal/accounting education with deep technical empathy, enabling him to translate complex product and data trade-offs into commercial outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BAccLLB Accounting and Law, BAccLLB Accounting and Law at Stellenbosch UniversityHigh school, High school at Hilton College
English, Afrikaans, Spanish, Dutch
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Github Skills (8)
api7
cryptocurrency6
finance6
nlp6
conversation6
chatbot5
open-source5
dialogflow5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
OfferZen-Community/dino-referrer
Mar 2023 - May 2023
A chrome extension where developers can turn reach outs from recruiters into rewards.
Contributions:2 reviews, 5 PRs, 24 pushes in 1 month
suitophobia/thrive
Mar 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:3 PRs, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
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