We are excited to welcome our new Master, Roel Nuyts! Learn more about him below.
Tell us about yourself
Despite studying physics and arts in Antwerp, I allowed my tech itch to surface and started as a developer. After following a standard career of becoming an IT consultant working on Education, automotive, and Energy projects, I strayed from the path. This deviation brought me to the Netherlands, where I helped the Dutch Tax Office introduce new projects and platforms as both program and product manager. In 2010, with the launch of the iPad, I once more pursued technology and innovation and started Aliens Are Among Us, a mobile application development company, 30 people strong at its height. Aliens produced a spinout called Team51, which catered to Dutch and international educational publishers. Eight years later, my interest in innovation drove me to Silicon Valley, where I worked as Senior Director of product innovation for Health2047. I am currently back in The Netherlands managing a family office’s small deep tech fund and am the head of product for a distributed computing scaleup.
Why did you want to join Masters of Scale?
I get excited helping driven and smart people solve worthwhile and interesting problems.
Why are you passionate about entrepreneurship?
As an entrepreneur you are truly master of your own … direction. The agency to try and aim at something worthwhile is what makes me passionate.
What was the most defining moment in your career, and what did you learn from it?
My time in San Francisco spent with product peers from small companies to FAANG (or MAANG right now). It taught me focus, helped me relativate risk exposure and gave useful adaptive frameworks for making informed decisions.
What is your expertise and what are you known for?
My expertise is product strategy with a strong focus on novel technology. However I’ve helped startups to come up with alternative revenue plans, fundraise strategies, marketing strategies and internal and external organization design.
In what industries or settings can you add the most value?
I’m a generalist at heart and have worked for: Advertising, gaming industry, government, finance, IT infrastructure, energy and other industries. I believe I can claim deepest knowledge of the following verticals: EdTech & HealthTech and the following horizontals: UX, AI/ML & novel technologies.
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