Marjo Staring

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

Jeroen van der Weide

Jeroen is Partner & Senior Facilitator, facilitating teams and designing creative processes and brainstorm sessions. He has a MA in Dutch Theatre, Film & Communications.

Tim Schuurman

Tim, Co-Owner at DT Academy, has extensive experience in designing and implementing 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.

Alwin Put

Alwin is founder of DesignThinkers Belgium and an experienced facilitator across the Benelux. He has years of experience in corporate environments and hospitality industry.

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.

Daphne Lamberts

Daphne, Service Development Lead, optimizes course content and is an enthusiastic facilitator of (online) programs with a MA in Concept Development & Trend Research.

Marcello Risolo

Marcello is UX Researcher & Designer at DesignThinkers with an Italian/Swedish background and a degree from TU Delft and Politecnico Milan.

Ilana van de Boel

Ilana, Client Strategy Lead, is first point of contact for clients and in charge of the development of our incompany services, with a MA in Cultural Management.

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.

Tara Velis

Tara, Client Strategy Lead, is first point of contact for clients and aligns client’s current demands with our service offering. She holds a MA in Digital Management.

Lara Deutz

Lara, Social Media Manager, is responsible for the Social Media Strategy in order to optimize our content continuously. She has a background in Online Marketing & Design.

Thomas de Bresser

Thomas de Bresser is Senior Facilitator & Innovation Coach with extensive experience within corporates such as Philips and Canon in marketing and innovation.

Arne van Oosterom

Arne, Co-Founder, is considered a pioneer & thought leader in Service Design and Design Thinking, successfully merging Business and Creative Thinking.

Marjolein van Eersel

Yuen Yen Tsai

Yuen Yen is Senior Facilitator with extensive experience in helping ‘fixed’ mindsets in organizations become ‘growth’ mindsets using playfulness and creativity.

Maarten Jurriaanse

Maarten is Senior Facilitator at DesignThinkers Academy. He has a background in branding strategy with a MSc in Corporate Communications.

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.

Arnoud Koning

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

Christof Zürn

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

Els Dragt

Els is a Trend Researcher with over fifteen years of experience in spotting and analyzing 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.