Kirsten Kniep is an experienced information analyst currently working at Groupcard since September 2024. Previously, Kirsten held the position of senior software engineer at Lensor from October 2022 to September 2024. Prior roles at Pon included data scientist from May 2019 to September 2022 and trainee data scientist from March 2018 to March 2019, during which practical work experience was gained while pursuing academic studies. Kirsten's earlier experience includes serving as a teaching assistant for the Databases course at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2017 and as a trainee at Veenlanden College as part of a Mathematics Minor in Education. Additionally, Kirsten worked as a part-time receptionist at a retirement home from June 2015 to August 2016. Kirsten holds a master's degree in Econometrics and Operations Research and a bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, both from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and completed pre-university education with a focus on Science and Health, Science and Engineering at Hermann Wesselink College.