Core Team


The Crownstone team is extremely well versed in a wide variety of skills. We all have been to Dutch or international universities and like challenges above anything else! To contact any of us individually, use our first name and attach @crownstone.rocks at the end.

Peet van Tooren

Peet van Tooren

CTO

Peet worked for a lot of international companies (Siemens, Philips) in the car industry, mainly on navigation software.

Teresa van Dam

Teresa van Dam

Senior Researcher

Teresa has a master's degree in data science and develops world-class AI algorithms that make our technology smarter.

Sander Steeghs-Turchina

Sander Steeghs-Turchina

Firmware Developer

Sander has a masters in Embedded systems and focuses on developing state-of-the-art firmware for our products.

Chiel van Diepen

Chiel van Diepen

System Engineer

Chiel has a masters in Embedded systems and focuses on electrical design and development of our hardware.

Crownstone Advisors and Experts


At Crownstone we have multiple advisors and experts who help us bring Crownstone to the market.

Jan Peter Larsen

Jan Peter Larsen

CEO Almende Investments

Jan Peter knows how to run a business. Crownstone benefits from his ample experience as managing director of Sense Labs, NiceDay, and Almende Investments.

Hans Abbink

Hans Abbink

Founder Almende Investments

Hans Abbink is a successful entrepreneur and investor in the Rotterdam region under the investment company Almende Investments.

Anton Montagne

Anton Montagne

Structured Electronic Designer

Anton Montagne teaches at the Technical University Delft and wrote the book on electronic design.

Alexander Weisz

Alexander Weisz

Business Consultant

Alexander Weisz is an expert in management and business development for starting companies such as Finch Buildings and Quantoz.

Berend Olde Rikkert

Berend Olde Rikkert

Partnership Director

Berend Olde Rikkert has ample experience in the energy sector as vice president Energy and Utilities at Capgemini as well as at the successful company

Interns


Our interns perform a wide range of tasks. They help people with advice on Crownstones, test all kinds of smartphone variants, organize hackathons, build a booth for trade fairs, desolder and solder electronic components, perform product assembly, and much more.

Pieter ten Velde

Pieter ten Velde

Engineering and Applied Science, Hogeschool Rotterdam

IoT Router Hardware

Adil el Haji

Adil el Haji

Engineering and Applied Science, Hogeschool Rotterdam

Solar tags

Ricardo Steijn

Ricardo Steijn

Communicatie, Media en Informatietechnologie, Hogeschool Rotterdam

Edge-computing

Hall of fame

For a nice overview of past employees and interns, who have worked at Crownstone, at our sister company DoBots, or at our mother company Almende, take a look at our hall of fame.

hall-of-fame