Hein de Wilde

Hein de Wilde

Amsterdam 🇳🇱

Projects

Ongoing

Occasionally doing freelance work through my tech, research & media agency called Brainpower. Mainly for clients in the earth observation sector, but open to anything that sparks my interest.

Ongoing

I send a monthly roundup of interesting things I've come across to my (small but growing) newsletter audience. My goal is to help you find unique insights that make you just that little bit smarter.

Ongoing

My flagship project that's currently still work in progress. Looking to launch in Q2 2025, but you can already sign up to the waitlist :)

Work Experience

2024 — Now
Amsterdam

Working at the intersection of strategy consulting and data science. Completed several business analytics and (generative) AI projects for clients from various sectors, including retail, consumer, and energy.

2023 — 2023
Amsterdam

Used geospatial and meteorological data to predict phenological processes. Concluded the internship with a working prototype of a prediction algorithm, which improved upon previous work in the field.

2021 — 2021
Amsterdam

Connected startups and scale-ups with corporations and governments to form strategic tech partnerships. Worked on projects for Adyen, Nestlé, Rabobank and Pon.

2020 — 2020
Amsterdam

Supported the team with implementing their product (for detecting fraud, money laundering and terrorism financing) into the architecture of payment service provider Mollie.

Volunteering

2023 — Now
Data Analytics at Volt Europa

Contributing where I can to build Europe into the strong, innovative, democratic and safe continent that it deserves to be.

Education

2022 — 2023
MSc Data Science (cum laude) at University of Amsterdam

Did some more advanced number-crunching.

2017 — 2022
BSc Information Science at University of Amsterdam

Learned the ropes of crunching numbers.

Side Projects

Ongoing

Logging what I watch and realizing there's still so much to watch.

Ongoing

Oh my, there are even more books.

Awards

2024
T500 from TNW x Financial Times

Selected as one of the top 500 digital minds under the age of 30 in the Netherlands.

2023
T500 from TNW x Young Creators

Selected as one of the top 500 digital minds under the age of 30 in the Netherlands.

Contact

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