dear digital

With dear digital we want to help e-commerce companies grow in Europe by being the best possible partner for them. We offer both digital marketing and development services.

As a Technical Lead I focus on creating the best performing websites for our e-commerce clients.

Co-Founder

Jaswig

*Aquired by fully*

- Starting a company from scratch
- Building supply chain
- Building website with e-commerce capabilities
- Setting up connected ERP system
- Successful crowdfunding campaign launch
- Building sales partnerships
- Sales pipeline and sales management
- Brand building
- Selling Jaswig to large US based ecommerce company, Fully

An ergonomic furniture startup changing the way we learn, educate and work. We make standing desks that help you and your kids create a more healthy and active lifestyle.
We stand up for our future.

Co Founder

Fully

Fully is a B Corp. For us, B Corp certification means an opportunity to grow and learn with a community of like-minded businesses; companies that not only take responsibility for our own social and environmental impact, but also seek out suppliers and manufacturers who do the same.

Member of Fully's B Corp Committee

- Launch, set up, maintenance and growth  of fully customised multi currency Shopify Plus store
- Launch, set up, maintenance and growth of fully customised international and multi currency Magento 2 store
- Set up and maintenance and customisation of Netsuite ERP system
- International SEO
- Connecting ERP and e-commerce platforms for automated invoicing in multi country VAT setup
- Implementation of fraud detection tools
- Front end and back end project management
- Localisation of website in different language

The idea behind Fully is simple: Movement is good. When you move, when you are fully in your body, you feel more present, engaged, and alive. More of you shows up to work, to relationships, to life. This is where to find desks, chairs and things that help us move, work and live more fully.

Systems Coordinator

Le Signal de La Grave

Le Signal de La Grave is a non profit that wants to drive sustainable development in the 12th century village of La Grave, France. We launched a crowd fund campaign to build some momentum and will now support sustainable grass roots initiatives.

Stays.green

The most beautiful silk flower bouquets and curated artificial plants. 

Fast shipping, right to your door. One time purchases or subscriptions.

Sticker Pet

Sticker Pet makes custom products of your pet.
1% of the turnover goes to charity.
Check it out on stickerpet.com.

Bombay Studio

*Merged with dear digital*

Help shape, launch & scale ecommerce brands internationally. We also invest.

We can guide you from idea to a beautiful site, scale you from a local to an international business and let your systems work together seamlessly.

Generation T 2015

Generation T is a Belgian initiative powered by sustainability network The Shift and youth organisation Act4Change, aiming to build a community of youngsters with a heart for sustainability. Share your ideas, take action with us and show us the role you play in the transition to a more sustainable society.

Member of Generation T

Ghent University

PhD research on scour around offshore monopiles at Coastal Engineering, Bridges and Roads.

PhD student

Bubble Post

*Aquired by bpost* 

Environmentally friendly last mile delivery in European city centers. Making use of warehoused at the edges of cities and developing custom logistics software to optimize delivery routes and schedules.

Sam is the Co-Founder and the Shopify enthousiast at dear digital - a leading Belgian agency specialising in scaling European e-commerce businesses.

With a strong background in engineering and e-commerce, Sam is a trusted partner for growing online brands and organizations.  His weapons of choice: Shopify and Odoo that merge data-driven analytics with innovative approaches. The result is a scalable set up that generates tangible growth and greater brand recognition.

Starting his career as an entrepreneur after a little detour in academia during his pursuit of a PhD in Civil Engineering, Sam played on his passion for innovation and automation. He rocketed his way through a variety of successful businesses, like:

🚲 Co-founding Bubble Post, a logistics company later acquired by bpost
👩🏼‍🚀 Co-founding Jaswig, later acquired by Fully, which landed him two prestigious awards and put him on the European e-commerce map
🛒 Co-founding dear digital - a leading Belgian e-commerce agencies
💙 Co-founding a couple of e-commerce brands and a project to take over a ski area in France

He quickly distinguished himself by delivering exceptional results for clients across various industries, generating an impressive portfolio of completed projects.

You can expect a tailored and results-driven approach when working with Sam and his team at dear digital. This ensures you stay ahead of the competition and achieve your business objectives. As Technical Lead, he makes sure the right tools are integrated in the most efficient and profitable way. He's a big advocate of the MACH-architecture. Sam's expertise and his team's dedication to delivering exceptional outcomes make them invaluable partners.

If you are looking for a visionary tech expert with considerable resources to help scale your business and drive your success in the e-commerce world, connect with Sam and book a call with his team. Click here to schedule a call: https://calendly.com/john-galeyn/meet-dear-digital

Samuel Rieder

Gadget

Employee number 10 at Gadget, the software development platform that makes building Shopify apps and functionality really fast. Explored how many tools my Swiss army knife has by doing something new almost every day, trying to make the Gadget team and our users go faster.

Data, marketing, content, research, support, operations, inbound and outbound sales, and anything else needed to help the company move forward -- I did it all. Left to take a break, and yet to figure out what to do next.

Generalist

Shopify

Dreamt up and built out the product and business case for Shopify Protect, Shopify's free fraud protection, which my old team launched a few months after I left.

Was "parachuted" in to help on different crunch-time projects outside my domain. E.g. on key strategic projects involving Stripe, Google, and Meta.

Senior Product Manager

Product manager of Shopify's payments risk products, helping to prevent and protect 1,000,000+ merchants from fraud. Built and launched Shopify's Fraud Protect paid chargeback protection product, and the free fraud analysis feature.

Product Manager

Klarna

Product manager/owner of Klarna’s global automated real-time decision systems in identification, fraud and credit assessments, helping drive innovation at the heart of the company’s value proposition. Part in establishing the Risk domain product team, formulating and driving the Klarna Credit Risk product vision and strategy, prioritization and execution on complex domain and cross-domain projects.

Product Manager, Automated Real-Time Decisions

Manager of the Data Source team at Klarna’s Credit Risk department, responsible for external information supplier analysis, procurement, maintenance, development and reporting. Cost center and staff responsibilities, developing Klarna’s external risk data strategy, optimizing on KPIs and supporting roll-outs in new markets.

Data Source Manager

Risk analyst with the Data Sources Team at Klarna's Risk Department.
- Behavioral pattern monitoring and analysis
- Cost forecast modelling and provisioning 
- Report/dashboard development (PHP/Postgres/plpgsql/Excel/VBA)
- Supplier testing and performance evaluation (Postgres/R/Excel)
- Data visualization (PHP/Javascript/Python)
- Information sourcing and procurement

Risk Analyst

CIMknows

Research Analyst at CIMknows (equity market analysis software)
- QA of data and model behavior
- Preparing and holding sales pitches for HNWI investors
- Model development and analysis for hedge fund project. 
- Author of bi-weekly market analysis newsletter
- Part in product development projects

Research Analyst

LINC - Lund University Finance Society

Head of Education and IT-systems at LINC
- Responsible for information databases
- Organizing educational events (Excel/VBA, Datastream 5.0 Thompson Reuters Kobra 3000Xtra)
- Maintaining the organization website (Drupal)

Head of Education & IT-systems

OSCUS Cooperativa de Ahorros y Crédito Ltda

Internship at Ecuador’s fifth largest micro finance institution (100 000+ clients)
- Programmed VBA-macros that analyzed internal transactions. 
- Gained insights into the micro finance industry

Business Intern

Apoteket AB

Inbound/outbound call centre with Sweden's largest pharmacy chain. Handling calls from costumers, healthcare officials and pharmacy companies; answering questions and placing orders.

Customer support

Trance.nu

Co-founder of online dance music community and news portal www.trance.nu. The website was the world's largest dance music portal and won multiple industry awards as website of the year. Co-developed the concept from scratch, head of PR, advertising sales, leading strategic cooperations, developing synergies and more.

Co-founder & head of PR

Threshold Music / Sacred Sounds Promotion

Founder of artist agency that promoted unsigned or upcoming music producers' productions to established record companies. Companies signed to include Black Hole Recordings, Anjunabeats, ATCR, Joof and Discover Records.

Founder

Surface Recordings

A&R for the first two releases of ATCR sister-label Surface Recordings.

Currently on a break from employment, spending much of my time coding/building because it's fun. Reach out if you want to chat.

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