Thomas Leliveld

Thomas Leliveld has over 30 years of experience in sales, marketing, and operations in the tech sector. Thomas began their career in 1991 as a Director of Operations for Product Strategy & Planning at Philips. Thomas then moved on to become a Senior Product Manager at Philips, followed by a Marketing Manager role in the same company. In 1999, they became the VP and General Manager of Global Sales & Marketing at Sendo Mobile Phones. In 2005, they joined gate5 AG as SVP Sales and Marketing, before moving to Nokia in 2006 as Director, Global Sales and GTM Software and Services for Nokia Maps. In 2011, they became the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Commercial Officer of txtr. In 2014, they founded and became the CEO of Blloon, followed by becoming the Co-Founder and CEO of UpGreatLife in 2016. In 2018, they joined TJBERLIN as a Consultant for strategic digital and operational company building. Most recently, in 2020, they became the Head of Global Sales at German Bionic.

Thomas Leliveld graduated from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1991, having studied Business/Managerial Economics from 1984.