Maak kennis met Evert, Marieke, Monique en Theo!

Na een dag werken aan WordPress is het op zaterdag 2 september tijd om elkaar nog meer te leren over WordPress en alles daar omheen. We stellen jullie daarom graag voor aan de sprekers van WordCamp Nijmegen. Dit doen we in vijf berichten. Dit is het tweede bericht uit de serie.

Monique Dubbelman

Monique started working as a graphical designer and engineer somewhere in the 20th century. She discovered the web in the early 90ies and has been online ever since, exploring new possibilities. Her expertise shifted towards marketing, communications and web design. About 10 years ago, she started selling online and therefore built and designed her own webshop. She works as an entrepeneur in her own company BOE!media since 2011, advising sme’s on their digital (marketing) strategy. In 2016, she graduated from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences as a bachelor in information management. Building websites with WordPress is an important part of her work. When she’s not glued to her phone or computer, this mudface likes to whisper to earth worms on her allotment.

Evert Semeijn

Dr. Evert Semeijn is neuropsychologist and co-founder of Neurofied. He is responsible for the execution of neuro-research and applying neuromarketing to WooCommerce websites. In doing so, he helps impact-driven startups and large companies to increase their revenue.

He is working with WordPress for almost 15 years and is the only WooExpert in the Netherlands. He also organises the official WooCommerce Amsterdam meetup and shares his knowledge and experience during WordPress and WooCommerce meetups.

Marieke van de Rakt

I studied Sociology and Communication Sciences at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. I obtained my PhD in Social Sciences in January 2011. Since then, I worked as a researcher as well as a teacher at multiple universities. Since the beginning of Yoast, I have been involved in the company. As of September 2013, I gave up my position at the university and decided to focus solely on my activities at Yoast.

I am now one of the partners at Yoast. Together with Joost, Michiel and Omar, I run Yoast. My main focus is on Academy; I develop products that help people to set up their own SEO strategy. I write blog posts, eBooks and develop online courses. My expertise is on SEO copywriting and site structure.

I’m married to Joost de Valk and we have four amazing children together.

Theo van der Zee

As the founder of MonitorMore, Theo van der Zee helps organizations to improve and maintain the quality of their websites through automatic recurring website audits. Theo is a psychologist, keynote speaker and loves spending time at the beach.

Over Taco Verdonschot

Hi! I'm Taco and yes, that really really is my given name. I'm married to the most amazing wife and proud father to two amazing daughters (2016 and 2020). Besides family life and spending time on my amazing job as the head of relations at Yoast and all the things in the WordPress community, I love to ride my trials bikes and organize LAN parties (computer events).