Who is (y)our Business Developer
Hi all
Although I did some –very occasional- blog posts here, my colleague Tatiana asked me (many times already) to also ‘officially’ introduce myself. My name is Martijn, 30 years old. I work on i.materialise business development. My days are filled with exploring and shaping new products, collaborations and partnerships.
I Live in Antwerp (great city -but unfortunately- far away from Materialise). They say people from Antwerp are very ‘chauvinistic’. I don’t think I am, but we did create a vase once based on the logo of the city and presented it. We never got it back : )
I studied Product development at the academy of Antwerp – and followed an additional year in product Innovation. It feels like a long time ago. But fun it was.
I started working at Materialise, in the –hold on- ‘Rapid prototyping and manufacturing software department’ as the first business developer. Shortly after, the 3Dprinting virus bit me and we started looking into new ideas/products & market. Especially disruptive ideas have always triggered me.
One of those ideas was about ‘making 3Dprinting accessible for everyone’. Off course, more people within Materialise shared this dream. It was a beautiful day when we teamed up and started working on i.materialise .
Above you can see probably the first mockup of i.materialise. Luckily we have evolved a lot : )
It has been an amazing journey since then and it is great to see what you all are creating with 3D printing!
In my free time, I enjoy traveling (to see new places, cultures and food!), having a beer with friends (or coffee, or wine). I also like to read books (on design, companies and biographies), listening to music (In Belgium, we are spoiled with many great festivals!) and watching all kinds of movies. As I am also moving in an old house, which needs a lot of work, I don’t have a lot of free time currently though…
That’s it! I hope to meet you soon & keep on amazing us with your designs : )
Martijn
Martijn.joris@materialise.be
@martijnj
