Summary
Steven Nooijen is Head of Data & AI Strategy at Xebia, combining nine years of hands-on data science and engineering with management consulting to help organisations become AI-driven. He designs pragmatic, experience-based strategies and has led data platform builds, reorganised data science teams, and productionized models across retail, HR, finance and mobility clients. As a former Lead Data Scientist and founder of a data-driven travel recommendation startup, he brings both product intuition and technical depth—ranging from reinforcement learning experiments to scalable pipeline design. His academic background in financial econometrics underpins a rigorous, metrics-driven approach, and he selectively considers CDAO roles at mission-driven, sustainable organisations.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Grammar school Profile Science & Engineering, Grammar school Profile Science & Engineering at Johan van Oldebarnevelt Gymnasium
Master's degree Financial Econometrics, Master's degree Financial Econometrics at University of Amsterdam
Minor Real Estate, Minor Real Estate at National University of Singapore