Meet the team

Abel Pruim

Online Marketeer

Abel learns by doing. His job experience as an SEA specialist has bolstered his online marketeering skills, which he now uses to make sure musicians are able to find Chordify in the Google Play Store and App Store. As it happens, it was this combination of music and technology that drew him to Chordify in the first place.

Andrea de Pater

HR Officer

Andrea’s passion is to inspire, support and facilitate people to use their talents, and do the work that energizes them. When she’s not striving to build the best possible career journey for us at Chordify, she takes long walks in nature, listens to 80’s tracks, enjoys good conversations, food and wine.

Andreia Ferreira

Android Developer

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Anna Gatzioura

RecSys Research Scientist

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Andrey Prokopenko

Back-end Developer

Born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia, Andrey dreamed about deep space research in galaxies far far away. After getting a degree in mathematics and programming, he turned his gaze away from the clouds and to the computer screen. When this wizkid isn’t building in Haskell, he enjoys playing the tin whistle and the jew’s harp, or reminiscing about his journeys through Latin America.

Ard Agteresch

Marketing Automation Expert

After studying journalism somewhere in the nineties, Ard firstly worked at some PR and advertising agencies, before becoming a content creation and content optimization ronin for 21 years. For the last 5 years he worked at Menzis, a health insurance company, where he learned the ins and outs of increasing engagement using automated marketing and campaigns.

Besides working, Ard loves to run, watch live music, travel on his bike, and make vague darkwave music with his band dort.

Avery Garnett

Back-end Developer

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Bart Laan

Front-end Developer

Like many at Chordify, Bart combines his passion for music with his tech savviness. He studied artificial intelligence and in his spare time he shreds the guitar in the progressive rock band Skylake. On weekends and holidays, he practices his fingers and grip with rock climbing and bouldering.

Bente van Oosterom

IOS UI Designer

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Dion ten Heggeler

CBDO \\ Co-Founder

Dion is one of Chordify’s co-founders. Admittedly, he’s not the best guitar player, but he can orchestrate a business strategy like Beethoven composes a symphony. As a skillful communication designer with over a decade of business experience and a passion for discovering emerging music and musicians, he’s the right guy at the right place.

Elena Vielva Gómez

iOS Developer

Having Elena on board is good news for every iPad and iPhone owner, because she makes sure our app runs smoothly on those devices. She applies all her knowledge from computer science and educational app building. After cooking up code for Chordify, she relaxes by watching other people work in baking shows.

Ewan Scholte

Online Marketeer

“Ain’t no business like the advertising business, cause the advertising business don’t stop.” And Ewan knows all about it. With his marketing insights, he safeguards the Chordify experience and makes sure our advertisements are unobtrusive and interesting. Besides that, he likes the good life, playing football and watching movies at the cinema.

Henry Churchill

Customer Support

When our users have questions about features, buttons, payments or other stuff, they come to Henry. Besides doing customer support for Chordify Henry also composes music. When he’s not office-bound he likes to go to gigs, and plan trips – traveling Europe and America are high up on his bucket list.

Jeroen Bransen

Back-end Developer

Jeroen is responsible for the back end of Chordify and codes mostly in Haskell. He holds a doctorate in functional programming and is a fan of the Dutch band Golden Earring. He’s always up for hackathons, bouldering, hiking, solving logical puzzles and spending time with his kids.

Jorine Witte

Head of Chordify Premium

Her entrepreneurial mind-set and on-top-of-things attitude make Jorine a skilled marketer. On weekends, Jorine likes to explore the outer corners of her spectrum of interests, be it at a punk concert, a techno club or a pop festival.

Julian Hindriks

iOS Developer

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Julian Lankhorst

Designer

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Marijn de Boer

Product Growth Architect

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Markus Klinik

Back-end Developer

As former embedded C++ developer turned PhD, turned full-time Haskell developer, Markus makes sure that the backend happily showers our frontends with JSON data out of the API endpoints. Besides that he analyzes, visualizes, and t-tests data. After work he enjoys hiking, biking, and cooking, especially baking bread..

Martijn Brekhof

Android Developer

Martijn loves writing software. He took his first steps in programming by writing games in BASIC for his Atari 600 XL. At Chordify he secures the smooth runnings of our Android app. In his free time he plays in a Dutch pop-rock band and spends time with his kids.

Menno de Boer

Back-end Developer

Menno is well-versed in mathematics and computer science, having obtained degrees in both fields. Add to the mix a passion for programming and music, and you understand why becoming a part of our back-end team was a no-brainer for Menno. He’s a musician himself, playing mostly piano but dabbling with drums, ukulele and guitar as well. Menno enjoys a good Netflix binge-session or trying his hand at a game of chess.

Mette Willemoes

Head of Commerce

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Nick Ogden

DevOps Engineer

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Patrick Loonstra

Designer

In his free time Patrick is a designer and at Chordify he is … well, a designer. He takes care of Chordify’s look, feel, and clarity. His hobbies are hiking, camping, and cooking outdoors. He also loves making maps, and every week he crafts a newsletter chock-full of inspiration for designers and design-minded people.

Rik van Toor

Back-end Developer

Rik started building websites at the tender age of ten, long before he ever obtained his master’s degree in computer science. These days, he looks after and improves Chordify’s servers as a Back-end developer. When he’s not immersed in programming, Rik plays guitar for various bands and enjoys live music.

Rommie Schilstra

Designer

Rommie keeps Chordify looking polished and pretty, with more than ten years of experience as a designer. Because she loves combining her passions, she also designs and screen prints gig posters. In her free time, Rommie loves dancing and ice skating, and knows that the finer things in life are best to be enjoyed with your loved ones. Cheers!

Sheina Krasnapolsky

UI Designer

As a UI Designer, Sheina is all about visual communication and squeaky clean, beautiful designs. She has more than a decade of experience, ranging from Graphic and Web Design to User Interface Design. It comes as no surprise then, that Design is her #1 passion, closely followed by music. When Sheina is not busy maintaining Chordify’s look, she enjoys traveling, horseback riding, climbing, surfing, and painting.

Sjoerd Tieleman

CTO Learn & Tune

Sjoerd is the person who’s responsible for all the technical and strategical things surrounding our chatbot teacher. He loves AI as no other, grew up on Nirvana and the Smashing Pumpkins, and when he’s not tweaking L&T you can find him creating ambient drones and noises on his synths.

Tijmen Ruizendaal

CTO // Co-Founder

Tijmen implements his passion for music and technology at Chordify, where he’s CTO and co-founder. He plays drums in two bands, DJHAGY and Car Pets, and also played in a band with Bas during the early days of Chordify (that’s how they met!). Whenever he’s not coding or jamming, he solves physical puzzles at the boulder gym.

Wouter Hemel

Growth Marketeer

Wouter’s a quotidian life hacker, but at Chordify he focuses on growth. He aims to understand what people like about our service, so we can optimize the Chordify experience. As a founder of two companies in entertainment and financial product comparisons he brings a stack of industry know-how to the table.

Ans de Nijs

Front-end Developer

Being a fan of Pikachu doesn’t really help Ans with her tasks as a front-end developer. Luckily, she doesn’t need any help with that, because she has a master’s degree in information studies and a bunch of experience under her belt. If you hear Disney tunes coming from the kitchen, it might be Ans sneaking in a little karaoke practice.

Arjen Sol

UX/UI Designer

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Bas de Haas

CEO \\ Co-Founder

Bas wrote the first version of Chordify’s algorithm and after finishing his doctoral thesis in computer science in 2012 he didn’t want his work to get lost in a dusty closet with other dissertations, so he put together a team of music enthusiasts to create Chordify. Bas is passionate about music, playing guitar, new technologies and entrepreneurship.

Daan Rijks

Back-end Developer

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Eleanor Lindhout-Faas

Legal Affairs

With her communication and organizational skills, Eleanor manages our Utrecht office and prevents chaos from ensuing in the daily hustle and bustle at Chordify. She also knows the ins and outs of the music industry, often has good hunches about legal matters and is obsessed with sports and traveling.

Eren Özilhan

Guitar Educational Expert

After Eren heard the sound of a Big Muff fuzz pedal for the first time at a The Von Bondies concert, his life was never the same again. When this guitar virtuoso isn’t pouring his skills into Gituru, you’ll find him working on his own musical projects, or taking long walks in nature to clear his mind.

Gijs Bekenkamp

COO \\ Co-Founder

Strategist, pace setter and co-founder Gijs spent ten years of his life playing drums in a band with Bas. He doesn’t play anymore, but he still loves the beat of KPI crunching in the morning. When he’s not mastering scalable plans, you can find Gijs running half marathons or sipping a beloved sauna flip.

Herman Blaauw

Bookkeeper

Our bookkeeper Herman has a passion for numbers which comes from the drive to make a company thrive. He is also a vinyl guy who loves his rock and electro albums. When Herman’s not cranking numbers, and listening to AC/DC, The Vices or Kraftwerk, you can find him cooking up some awesome stew on his Kamado.

Jon Spruyt

UX Designer

Like any good UX designer, Jon could make a door without a handle easy to open. At Chordify he uses his talents to make Chordify easy to use and approachable; for “chordiveterans” as well as “chordinewbies.” We can always count on him when it comes to bolstering the office’s musical pallet with afrobeat, jazz or funk.

Jonathan Driedger

Head of Research

Jonathan, a.k.a. “the man behind the algorithm.” He holds a doctorate in music information retrieval and is skilled in the computer-aided analysis of music. He doesn’t have to leave the house for a jam session, because he and his wife love playing music together.

Jihad Waspeda

Front-end Developer

As a front-end developer, Dewey delivers a smooth experience for our users. With a background in computer science and a passion for programming, he knows the coding business like the back of his hand. He’s also fond of biking, gaming, (Dutch) architecture and urban planning.

Jorn van Wijk

Back-end Developer

As a back-end developer Jorn makes sure Chordify’s database and underlying systems operate smoothly. After finishing his master Programming Technology at Utrecht University, he thought working at Chordify was the perfect way to combine his love for music and programming.

Jose Lopez Santacruz

Music Information Retrieval Researcher

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Maaike de Haas

Office Manager

“Lively up the office” is every office manager’s mantra. The sum of Maaike’s daily tasks at Chordify form the backbone of our healthy office. She is responsible for the administrative and organizational activities. Above all, she is always on the brink of picking up an instrument and learning how to play it.

Manolis Fragkiadakis 

User Data Scientist

Manolis holds a BSc in Computer Science, a MSc in Media Technology, and is currently finishing up his PhD in which he developed machine and deep learning tools for research on sign languages. When not writing python scripts or making visualisations, he plays guitar, bouzouki and lute. Does some bouldering and tries to build guitar pedals. His latest addiction is gypsy jazz.

Matúš Tejiščák

Back-end Developer

A true computer whiz kid, Matúš did a Ph.D. in compilers and before working at Chordify he wrote software for embedded devices. Like many of us at Chordify Matúš plays an instrument, so when he’s not at the office cracking code, he kicks back with his bass to play some jazzy tunes.

Mikołaj Michta

User Researcher

Mikołaj graduated in the field of Cognitive Science. Before joining Chordify he worked as a research assistant at the Adam Mickiewicz University, and after moving to the Netherlands as a user researcher and frontend developer. Mikołaj is interested in psychology and philosophy. After work he loves gaming with his friends, playing and training with his dog, or going on endless wikipedia reading sprees. 

Mina Bodegom

External Communications Specialist

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Pierre van de Velde

Front-end Developer

He is Pierre, our front-end developer at Chordify. After studying in Paris, he took off to Amsterdam and now lives in Berlin. He loves climbing and playing guitar, science and science fiction, books and video games, food and beers. But most of all, he likes to share those hobbies with his homies!

Pim Spoor

UX Designer

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Rob Wegter

User Researcher

Rob takes care of our Premium users by getting know them better every day. In his free time, he likes bouldering, watching films and series, and cycling. He’s also an amateur guitarist, so he knows a chord or two.

Rogier Broekhuis

Marketing Automation Expert

Rogier’s greatest passion is music. At Chordify, Rogier is responsible for creating engaging e-mail campaigns. Outside of the office you’ll find him jamming with friends, producing new music or going to concerts to soak up inspiration. He also spends his time working on Wheel of Fifths, where he helps people learn music theory.

Sergi Mascaró Padros

Android Developer

Sergi was born and raised in Barcelona. After creating his first big application as his final degree project, he decided that developing Android apps is what he wants to do for a living. These days, he makes sure to deliver an excellent experience to our Android users. When he’s not fine-tuning our app, he plays electric guitar, goes hiking, or obsesses over cats.

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Teo Lazarov

Copywriter & PR

Yes, Teo creates content, which means he writes, a lot, about music, and all things interesting. He’s been a journalist since 2006, working for different magazines, newspapers and online media. He also founded his own magazine, DATmag, for creative entrepreneurs. In music, his weapon of choice is a bass guitar.

Tomas Klingen

Front-end Developer

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Victoria Sochirca

iOS Developer

Victoria was born and raised in the Republic of Moldova. After finishing her studies in programming she started working in Romania. With some experience in backend and Android, Victoria is much more than just an iOS developer. When she’s not solving some programming riddle, she loves to read, listen to music, cook and travel.

Yeonjoo Lee

Customer Support

As a kid Yeonjoo always wanted to become a film director, but she graduated in International Communication and Media instead. When she’s not helping out our customers to get the most out of Chordify, she loves playing the classical piano, watching Ridley Scott movies, dancing to tunes that vary from dark disco to world music, or cooking some awesome spicy dish.