I'm Stijn Bakker

Digital Product Executive for technical projects and new product development

Experience

RB2 Technical Development Agency

Director Platform & AI Engineering • 2023 - 2025

  • End-to-end responsible for vision, execution and commerce of CoreConnect; modular platform for complex eCommerce
  • Leading team of 20 engineers in various roles as product manager and engineering manager
  • Hands-on development experience as full-stack engineer
  • Kickstarting transformation of agency model by prototyping custom AI tools in separate engineering team

Head of Strategy • 2023 - 2025

  • Responsible for closing biggest ever deal for RB2 at €6M+
  • Vision, strategy and change management for transformation to full-service agency and group
  • Responsible for various business development initiatives and consulting projects

Technical Consultant • 2021 - 2023

  • Responsible for technical architecture, strategy and project execution for various projects, including Gadero, EuroParcs and TotalBookings
  • Combining roles of consultant, analyst, product owner and designer

Team Blue / TransIP

Chief of Staff for NL • 2020 - 2021

  • Facilitating Dutch MT in group strategy and decision-making.
  • Responsible for designing and implementing portfolio strategy and operations
  • Responsible for various strategic initiatives and assistant on various M&A projects

KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines

Strategist & co-founder of corporate venture • 2018 - 2020

  • MT-member of new Operations Decision Support department, role as strategist and right-hand to Vice President
  • Vision for new department within KLM to digitalise and partially automate complex operational decisions.
  • As strategist, removed obstacles for a new department within KLM, facilitating growth of the department.
  • As product owner, steering multiple teams for new tools and processes.

Graduate Intern • 2018

Freelance Consultant • 2017

Boston Consulting Group - partnered with KLM

Associate • 2018 - 2020

Various internships, traineeships and student assistant jobs

2013 - 2017 • Various

  • FlensBV furniture factory as mechanic and management assistant (2012)
  • VanBerlo design agency as hardware engineering intern (2014)
  • Good Hotel London as industrial designer (2015)
  • Pezy Group engineering agency as industrial designer & strategy trainee (2016)
  • Research assistant for various PhD projects (2016-2017)
  • Assistant teacher for Business & New Product Economics (2017)

Introduction

I bridge the gap between cutting-edge engineering and real-world applications, combining industrial design and (mechanical) engineering foundations with software development and strategy expertise.

From operations algorithms to generative AI, I've built tools that manage airlines, power e-commerce, and optimize logistics, with success across aviation, cloud, and private equity sectors.

Personalia

Stijn Bakker (33)
Based in Deventer, NL
+31 6 30 51 92 48
[email protected]

Education

Masters degree in Engineering and Management at Delft University of Technology

September 2016 - October 2018 • Strategic Product Design • cum laude

Bachelors degree in Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology

September 2012 - November 2015 • Industrial Design Engineering • cum laude

Skills and specialisations

  • Specialisation 1: facilitate strategic meetings, build understanding, consensus and enthusiasm for new concepts and ventures. Create buy-in and a trustworthy cadence of weekly updates to deliver on the original vision.
  • Specialisation 2: keep the conversation simple, meanwhile managing an incredibly complex technical architecture and engineering management challenge. Absolute clarity in translating back and forth between software engineers and business.
  • Specialisation 3: turning a one-dimensional idea, into a coherent and complete product integrating good design, usability, architecture and business model.

Interest and hobbies

  • Special interests: everything technical about concerts, tech philosophy, design of all sorts, and DIY/craftmanship projects
  • Writer of blogs with unsolicited advice and tech explainers
  • Hobby chef
  • Outdoor swimming and fitness