Rien Bassa is an experienced engineer specializing in research and development, currently serving as an R&D Engineer at Innovatec Hatchery Automation since February 2017. Prior to this role, Rien worked as a Mechanical Engineer at Innovatec for a brief period in early 2016, following a research internship in the same company. Additional experience includes a mechanical engineering internship at Boreco from September 2014 to 2015, and temporary positions at Hoveniersbedrijf Jaap van Reeuwijk B.V. from July 2008 to August 2013. Rien holds a degree from Avans University of Applied Sciences, earned between 2012 and 2016, and completed secondary education with a VWO diploma in Nature and Technology at Heerenlanden College from 2006 to 2012.