Team

Olivier van Hees

Founder and Director

Olivier founded Amsterdam Data Academy to make serious data and AI education reachable for working professionals. He sets the direction for the programmes, leads on accreditation and NLQF, and still takes study advice calls himself.

Nick Andriessen

Business Development

Nick is the first point of contact for organisations that want to train their teams. He translates a business question into a concrete learning plan, from a single course to a full in company bootcamp.

Roos Baak

Operations and Student Success

Roos is dedicated to the student experience. She works directly with participants to resolve issues, improve communication and refine internal processes, so you feel supported and heard throughout your learning journey.

Tristan Bains

Head of Technology

Tristan builds the technology behind the academy: our learning platform, the automations that keep everything running, and the adaptive learning work that personalises how you move through a programme.

Courses taught

Kamilla Kurt

Kamilla Kurt

Content Marketing

Kamilla makes the content you read before you ever talk to us: articles, outreach and the research behind the AI Workforce Report, from finding the right participants to conducting the interviews.

Lisa Stamm

Marketing

Lisa runs our marketing: campaigns, content and the channels where you first meet us. She spent ten years in B2B and B2C marketing at tech startups, including as founding marketer at Codam and head of marketing at Techgrounds, and now builds with AI as much as she writes about it.