Max Kreijn is a tech entrepreneur and strategic leader, known for co-founding NearSt, a revolutionary platform that connects nearby brick-and-mortar stores to online inventories. He holds a Master's degree in Entrepreneurship & Business Planning from Universiteit Maastricht, and has studied Marketing Communications at the London School of Marketing. Kreijn specializes in creating tech innovations that deliver value to traditionally non-digital markets and companies. He has previously worked as a digital strategist at Ogilvy & Mather, and as a junior strategic planner at Lemz Advertising. Kreijn is also the founder and former digital strategy consultant at Open Activation, and has won multiple awards, including 'Europe's Hottest Retail Tech Startup' at TechCrunch's The Europas Awards, and 'In-Store Technology of the Year' at the Retail Systems Awards for his work on NearSt's technology.