Gerbrand H.A. van den Eeckhout

Ontwikkelmanager (Business Development Manager) for the Arriva Limburg Multimodal (Bus & Train) Public Transport Franchise. Responsible for all long term development of the Franchise (Mobility, Commerce, Digital).

Co-Founder & Project Manager of VotaSabí and Independent Political Scientist based out of Willemstad, Curaçao Setting up a Voting Advice Application for the September 30th Parliamentary elections, with over 14.000 advices given within 2 weeks, and almost 20.000 unique visitors. This all on an island with about 120.000 voters. Launched a second version for the snap elections of April 28th, 2017 with improved theses, UI and marketing & PR in 1 month.

Working as Sales manager to develop the market for the secondment and Professional Staffing brand (since then rebranded as Modis) of the Adecco Group Netherlands.

Working as Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Consultant for all clients of Yoores Recruitment Solutions. Helping to attract the best possible talent for all our clients, advising them on the right strategies for doing so.

Consulting FD Mediagroep in finding the right IT profiles (Java and PHP) for their labels (Financieel Dagblad, BNR Nieuwsradio, Webservices and Company.info).

Junior Consultant for Change Management and Improvement Projects for the Governement of Curacao

Building up the market for Quality Assurance, R&D, Operations and Production within the Medical Devices industry in Switzerland and Austria. Combining the functions of Account Manager, Recruitment Consultant and Field Manager in a 360-degree role. Advising clients on current available talent and difficult to fill positions (both permanent and freelance).

Two year combined Political Science and History MA programme (known as "Central European Comparative Studies") about contemporary (since 1850) history, politics and culture of Central Europe in Prague, Czech Republic.

Bachelorstudies in Political Science (Politicologie) at the Faculty of Social Science in Leiden, the Netherlands

Studies in Architecture (Bouwkunde), ended prematurely to start studying Political Science at Universiteit Leiden