Dirk-Elias Scheele currently serves as Managing Director and Head of Strategy & Design at Hoppinger, a position held since March 2020, and previously held the role of Team Lead Digital Strategy. Prior to this, Dirk-Elias worked as Head of Product at Pararius BV from June 2016 to March 2020, where significant progress was made in transforming the company into the largest independent property platform in the Netherlands. As the Founder of Torosu from December 2013 to December 2016, Dirk-Elias established a holding company focused on online print and merchandise solutions. Earlier experience includes serving as IT & Contract Manager at BIJ12, overseeing the IT geo-services portfolio for the Dutch Government from February 2013 to December 2014, and co-founding MailWriter B.V., a company providing digital mailing services for SMEs from 2011 to June 2013. Dirk-Elias holds a Master's in Marketing Economics and both a Bachelor's and Master's in Financial Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.