Joost Boonzajer Flaes

Joost Boonzajer Flaes is a seasoned professional with a diverse background in data engineering, analytics, and software development, currently serving as a Technical Customer Manager at Elementary since October 2024. Prior experience includes leadership roles at IKEA as Data & Machine Learning Team Leader, Data Analytics Leader, and Senior Data Engineer from June 2021 to September 2024. Joost's earlier tenure at The HEINEKEN Company focused on global analytics as a Data Engineer, and previous positions at Twitter involved building data tools and performing data analysis. Joost's journey began with academic support at the University of Amsterdam, where a Master of Science in Information Studies was earned, complemented by entrepreneurial experience as a co-owner of KnappeKoppen-Amsterdam and involvement in various projects and organizations such as Enactus and de Volkskrant.