Maarten ‍

Maarten Dijkema ᴳᴹ👨‍💻 is a dedicated professional with a mission to help in experimenting and producing calculated innovation.

His guiding principles include understanding before making oneself understood, focusing on winning the day, maintaining consistency, being a good listener, working with orderliness, humility, honesty, helping others genuinely, staying positive, and avoiding complaints.

With a background in MSc Management with Distinction from Loughborough University School of Business and Economics, a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Vatel France, and Baccalauréat from Ecole Suger, Maarten has a solid educational foundation.

Maarten Dijkema has held various roles in notable organizations, including being a Key Account Manager EMEA at Testbirds, Community Manager at Aurus Technologies, Associate at Time for the Planet, Sales Representative at Appco Group Australia, Food And Beverage Supervisor at Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, Receptionist at Le Méridien Etoile, and Assistant Chemist at CHRYSO.

Currently, Maarten is leveraging his expertise at Testbirds, where he collaborates with digital product teams from renowned companies like Kering, Thales - Gemalto, Swedbank, Renault Nissan, and Ingenico Payments using a crowd-based approach, QA, and UX insights for digital development acceleration and data-driven decision-making.

His work at Testbirds helps businesses achieve cost reductions, faster development cycles, and make data-informed decisions in the realm of technology, digital transformation, QA, UX, IoT, Ecommerce, tech, IT, user research, usability, fintech, and digital products.

Maarten's professional interests and skills revolve around technology, digital transformation, product development, QA, UX, IoT, crowdtesting, data analysis, product ownership, user insights, usability testing, and user research.