Joost Rutgers

Joost Rutgers has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries and roles. Joost is currently serving as the Global Sales & Marketing Director at INDICA, where they are responsible for managing data risks and identifying privacy, financial, and business information. Prior to this, they worked at Rabobank Salland as a Member of the Supervisory Board, overseeing strategic, financial, and HRM matters.

Joost also held positions at IFS, where they served as the New Business & Business Development Director, and at SAS, where they worked as the Head of Business Development and later as a Senior Account Director. Joost gained experience in user experience analytics as the Territory Manager Benelux at ContentSquare and as the Sales Director at Conclusion.

Earlier in their career, Joost worked in partner and relationship marketing at Drukwerkdeal.nl and as a Partner at Lab20, a media-communication company specializing in marketing and communication strategies. Joost also founded and served as the Founder of AppyThings/ AppyKnows, a company specializing in app development and API management.

Joost's entrepreneurial spirit led him to found CustomerDreams BV, which later merged with Lab20. At CustomerDreams, they focused on expanding and optimizing organizations' success with their customers through in-depth understanding of customer needs and experiences.

Joost Rutgers completed their Master's degree in Commerciel Economie from Saxion University of Applied Sciences, where they studied from 1988 to 1992. Prior to that, they obtained their Bachelor's degree from Geert Groote College, where they were enrolled from 1981 to 1988. Joost'searlier education can be traced back to St. Bernardus de Broederenstraat from 1975 to 1981, although specific degrees or fields of study are not mentioned. In terms of additional certifications, Joost obtained the IFS Learning Achievement - Business Value Engineering from IFS in March 2021.