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.

Edoardo Costa

Edoardo, Service Designer, brings a multidisciplinary approach to Service Design in order to conceptualize and visualize Service Concepts with a human-centric perspective.

Anne-Marie Kaandorp

Anne-Marie is our Chief Executive Officer, 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.

Sam Stevens

Sam is Project Manager at DT Academy, responsible and 1st point of contact of the planning, procurement and execution of incompany Design Thinking & Service Design projects.

Daphne Lamberts

Daphne is Service Designer and Project Manager at DT Academy, working on optimizing internal processes and updating course materials to keep moving forward.

Vicky Stor

Vicky, Project Manager at DT Academy, is responsible for innovating and creating operations like DDNA & the DT Conference, to bring Design Thinking to a broader audience.

Marcello Risolo

Marcello, Service Designer, finds himself at the intersection of Design Thinking Research and Visualizations to adress complex problems in a human-centred way.

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.

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.

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 the Co-Founder and CEO of More than Metrics, a company creating software for service design. He helps organizations to sustainably embed service design in their processes & culture.

Cees ten Thije

Cees is a certified experiential coach & DesignThinking facilitator. He focusses 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.