About us

We are a fast-growing tech company on one mission: to bring data & AI skills to everyone. We help organizations turn data and AI from a boardroom ambition into something people do every day — through customized, hands-on learning they can put to work the very next morning. From global enterprises to fast-growing teams, we build the people side of every successful data & AI transformation. Our home base is the Jaarbeurs Innovation Mile in Utrecht, two minutes from Utrecht Centraal.

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Our story

From inside the world's most data- & AI-driven companies to yours

Data Booster started with an observation from the inside: the organizations that win with data and AI aren't the ones with the best tools — they're the ones whose people actually know how to use them.

After years at ING, I joined Uber — and I was struck by how deeply data was woven into every decision, at every level. Most large organizations I knew, including the ones I came from, simply didn't work that way. When I left Uber, I couldn't let go of one question: why can't every company build that kind of data & AI culture? I started Data Booster to make it possible — first as freelance work, then as a learning platform, and today as a full capability partner. Some of our very first customers are still with us 4 years on.
I've led HR and Organizational Development across several organizations, and I've seen first-hand what it takes to build lasting capabilities. Transforming an organization takes more than investing in new technology — to get real value from data & AI, your people have to learn to work in new ways. Technology, processes, culture and skills all shape how work changes. That's why Data Booster's focus on the people side — helping employees build new skills in an applied, relevant way, embedded in a wider enablement program — is, in my view, a key differentiator in driving adoption.

Our values

Our values determine how we act and decide

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Curiosity

We want to understand how our clients actually work before we build anything, and we keep learning fast.

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Ownership

We trust each other, take responsibility for our work and deliver on time.

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Passion

We work with data and AI ourselves, and we take others along in it.

Meet the team

Wouter Neef
Wouter Neef
Co-founder
Nanne Veldman, co-founder and CEO of Data Booster
Nanne Veldman
CEO & Co-founder
Anita Gwara
Anita Gwara
Video Editor
Ionut
Ionut Tolci
Senior Engineer
Sangwoo Yu
Sangwoo Yu
Data & AI Content Developer
Micaela
Micaela van der Heijden
Data & AI Adoption Specialist
Data Booster team
Berfin Yağız
Data & AI Adoption Specialist
Veronika
Veronika Shabanova
Video Editor
Yop
Yop Xue
Data & AI Content Developer
Lidija Haller, Data & AI Content Developer at Data Booster
Lidija Haller
Data & AI Content Developer
Afsal Noushad, Video Editor at Data Booster
Afsal Noushad
Video Editor
Annika Bünning
Quality Assurance Specialist
Anneleen Rummens, Data & AI Content Developer at Data Booster
Anneleen Rummens
Data & AI Content Developer
Daniel Taylor
Video Editor

Our Data & AI Advisory Board

Four data & AI leaders who have run these transformations themselves, and who keep us sharp.

Görkem Köseoğlu, member of Data Booster's Data & AI Advisory Board
Görkem Köseoğlu
Group Chief Customer & AI Officer at Network International
Daniël Bos, member of Data Booster's Data & AI Advisory Board
Daniël Bos
Data & AI leader at Just Eat Takeaway, previously at Coolblue
Ymke de Jong, member of Data Booster's Data & AI Advisory Board
Ymke de Jong
Lead Data & AI for R&D at NXP Semiconductors, specialised in AI governance
Viktorija Diestelkamp, member of Data Booster's Data & AI Advisory Board
Viktorija Diestelkamp
Head of Ops Planning – Airports at British Airways
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Working with leading companies within the data & AI ecosystem

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