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Industry fields of expertise
Jaron in a few words
15 years of middle- and c-level product management experience at Scale-up Booking.com, as Founder and CEO / CPO / COO at E-commerce Start-up Traveldeal (sold in 2019) and as Senior Product Director at Tripadvisor. As freelance Product owner/director/advisor worked for KLM, RoyalFLoraHolland and PostNL.
Excellent communication skills at all levels in business and IT. Able to create a strong strategy and implement an excellent execution of it in to the daily operations and business.
Head of Product | VP Product | Product Manager | Product Consultant | Management Consultant | Project Management
Experience
- JNB ConsultancyProduct management and Innovation consultantCONSULTING & AUDITSApril 2019 - Today (6 years and 2 months)Amsterdam, NetherlandsOn interim basis I help organizations speed up their growth and improve or scale their (new) product or service.- In the role of Management and Innovation Consultant with an agile view- In the role of interim Head of Product/ Product Lead / Product Owner (or equivalent) Examples are finding a product- market fit, improving growth strategies, working towards an MVP or setting up KPI's, OKR and dashboards. Portfolio: KLM, PostNL and Royal Flora Holland
- TripAdvisorSenior Product DirectorSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGJune 2021 - December 2022 (1 year and 6 months)Amsterdam, NetherlandsSenior Director of Product, innovation of supply, pricing and content for Trip Plus, the travel subscribtion by tripadvisor. Managing the distribution/logistics side of the product with a team of 60 in Product, Content, Data, UX and (API) Development. Managing Directly (Senior) Product managers, Analysts, UX designers.
- TraveldealCEO / CPO / COO en Founder (verkocht)E-COMMERCEJune 2014 - May 2019 (4 years and 11 months)Amsterdam, NetherlandsIn de dubbelrol als CEO /COO enCPO (Chief Product Officer) verantwoordelijk voor go to market en product strategie van het bedrijf en het team tot aan een jaarlijkse omzet van bijna 10 miljoen euro met een team van 20 medewerkers. Er zijn meerdere investeringsrondes door mij geleid alsmede de verkoop van het bedrijf aan Bookunited in 2019.
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Education
- Bachelor HotelmanagementHotelschool The Hague2009Bachelor of Arts - BA, Marketing, Finance,
- VWO, Economie en MaatschappijDe Nieuwe School2002VWO, Economie en Maatschappij
Certifications
- PSPO 2Scrum.org2021
- PSM 2Scrum.org2021