Laurens van Alphen is an experienced technology professional currently serving as the Director of CloudBlue SaaS since January 2022, overseeing the architecture, operations, and delivery of the CloudBlue SaaS solution. Additionally, Laurens is the Founder and CTO of Keenondots, providing strategic cloud service advantages to IT partners and enterprise clients since January 2002. As the Founder of needmore.cloud, Laurens has contributed to cloud service delivery since March 2010. Laurens also founded and raced for Keenonracing from November 2009 to December 2020, competing in the Total Mazda MaX5 Cup. Previous roles include consulting for Gemeente Enschede, owning craxx, and working as a part-time IT operator at Universiteit Twente, alongside early experience as a software developer. Laurens holds a degree from the University of Twente, completed in 2006.