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I love working with amazing people, I love solving problems, and I love meeting new folks from everywhere in the world. Currently, I have the privilege of leading a fantastic team of engineers and business leaders. Together we're driving the future of brand-consumer relationships. We're building SaaS that helps brands uncover authentic conversations at scale and help them put the most effective marketers front and center – everyday people like you and I, with 4-8x better engagement on vertical video than produced, branded content. Zelf brings together my long-time passions. Originally from the Netherlands, I studied astrophysics while dipping my toes in video-making and progressive political activism. At the age of 9, I had my first entrepreneurial venture and had the fortune of living various lives since: from popcorn baker, to video editor, to sustainability activist, and eventually joining the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, before founding my first company. McKinsey allowed me to see the workings of a wide array of industries (consumer goods, e-commerce, retail, food, finance, etc.), took me all over the world and allowed me to live and work on all of the six major continents, with most notably business building adventures in Vietnam, Thailand, Sydney, Madagascar, Colombia, and the US, all with fantastic people. From there, I had the honor to pursue my MBA at MIT Sloan — where I founded Alfie as one of the first movers in ISAs (Income Share Agreements) and through which I met so many of the amazing people that are now helping me build Zelf.