Marjo Staring

Marjo is Managing Partner and Co-Founder at DesignThinkers Academy. She holds a MSc in International Sociology & a Master of Arts in human-centered design.

Arne van Oosterom

Arne, Co-Founder at DT Academy, is considered a Pioneer & Thought Leader in Service Design and Design Thinking. Successfully merging Business and Creative Thinking.

Tim Schuurman

Tim, Co-Owner at DT Academy, has extensive experience in designing and implementing product/service concepts, holding a MBA & MSc in Business and Financial Management.

Anne-Marie Kaandorp

Anne-Marie is our Manager Operations, responsible for managing and developing our Curriculum to ensure it achieves the highest possible standards of excellence.

Thomas de Bresser

Thomas de Bresser, Senior Facilitator & Innovation Coach, extensive experience within large corporates like Philips and Canon services marketing and innovation.

Jeroen van der Weide

Jeroen, Senior Facilitator, has a MA in Dutch Theatre, Film & Communications. Facilitating teams and designing creative processes, brainstorm and positioning sessions.

Marcello Risolo

Marcello is an Italian & Swedish Service Designer and Facilitator at the DT Academy. He focuses on delivering the visual  aspect of our offering.

Daphne Lamberts

Daphne, Service Designer, optimises and implement course content. She delivers the methodology of DT in an informative and creative way towards DT’s clients and participants.

Kyra Pieters

Kyra, Marketing & Event Manager, responsible for our annual DT Conference and all marketing communications of DesignThinkers Academy world wide.

Ilana van de Boel

Ilana, Program Manager, is responsible for the international development and coordination of the DT Academy. She works on our program with our international hubs.

Jennifer Mathijssen

Jennifer is Executive Officer of the DesignThinkers Academy Head Office. She is our first person of contact and coordinates all our courses.

Hui Ling Fu

Ling, Service Designer, works on the development of our digital touch points and services, while keeping a strong focus on the clients’ perspective.

Maarten Jurriaanse

Maarten is senior facilitator at DesignThinkers Academy. He holds a MSc in corporate communications and a bachelors degree in arts & design.

David Kester

David is Partner of DesignThinkers Academy London. He worked in the creative industries for 25 years and is former Chief Executive of the UK Design Council.

Pedro Janeiro

Pedro is Head of Global Accounts for DesignThinkers and proud to have delivered trainings for corporations such as Coca-Cola, Nespresso, IBM, Sap & many more.

Arnoud Koning

Arnoud is an experienced coach & facilitator. He set up a global Design Thinking program within Procter & Gamble’s Global Business Services organization.

Marjolein van Eersel

Marjolein has a solid expertise in embedding innovative mindsets and ways of working in corporate environments, to organize Design Thinking courses.

Christof Zürn

Christof is Chief Design Officer of the Design Thinking Centre in Amsterdam, giving space to reflect, co-create and seek change & innovation.

Els Dragt

Els is a trend researcher with over fifteen years of experience in spotting and analysing seeds of change for (inter)national clients, from non-profit to commercial.

Marc Stickdorn

Marc is CEO of More than Metrics, a company creating software for Service Design. He helps organizations to embed Service Design in their processes & culture.

Cees ten Thije

Cees is a certified experiential coach & Design Thinking facilitator. He focuses on driving people and organizations to mind and positively impact their context.

Maaike Mintjes

Maaike is a Service Designer & Design Researcher. She supports human-centred design in the development of products and services and facilitates Design Sprints.