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Personal Information

Name                drs. Viola Elise van Alphen, MBA

Date of birth             24 april 1979

Nationality                Dutch

Website                     www.changeisgood.nl

 

 

 

The past is a kind of future that has already happened ..*

 

 

 

Education

 

Master Business Administration, Economic faculty, VU University Amsterdam. MSc. Focus on Strategy, Marketing, International Business Law, Business Intelligence.
Extra courses: New Digital Media, Psychology, History, Political Sciences, Sustainable Development Policies 05-10. Parallel study: two years Communication Sciences 05-07

 

High Mathematics and Computer Science: University Nijmegen (KUN) 95-96

 

Art school from Arnhem, Nijmegen 95-97

 

Project Architecture and Design, HBO, Linnartz Private School, Nijmegen 03-05

 

BedrijfsHulpVerlening(07), Middenstandsdiploma(04), MBO+ Accountancy(04), MBO+ Management(05), Commercial techniques(05), Sociale Hygiene(10) etc etc.

 

VWO (incl organising activities, managing editor of the student newspaper, contacts with Mojo concerts, Warner Bros) 91-97

 

 

Work

 

Management and consulting:

 

Marketing & Strategy consultant freelance, i.e. marketing plans and creative plans + realization for health care, ict and new media (viral, communities, mass creativity) 07-
Working in China 05

Childservices own business Nijmegen 94-99

Elderly services advisory business Groesbeek SIWOG 02-

Management Radio WANklank (board + cofounder free radio) 02

Architecture Business “Binnenhuisarchitectuur Nijmegen” creating healthy working and living environment. For individuals, estate agents and architects (clients i.e. Essent) 05-08

Board Functions:

Board member and Treasurer, CGO/COAX: Chello. 99-01

Coordinator KeerHetTij Nijmegen. Public relations, photographer, coordinator core group 03-05

Chairman Stichting Pangea. Foundation in Nijmegen that encourages cultural initiatives and decreases gap between government and initiatives 06-

Ideas Waiting to Happen. Bringing together artists, scientists, designers, technicians, to collaborate and develop new applications for new technologies, LED-light, for PHILIPS R&D 12

 

 

 

Communication and Technology:

 

Managing Director, organiser and project leader PLANETART multimedia organization: developing projects, project based teaching at schools, Rietveld Art Academy Amsterdam, Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam, strategist, publicity, lectures in Italy (ToShare) and Singapore (International Symposium on Electronic Art), Germany (transmediale.09), WorldExpo Shanghai, International Filmfestival Moscow, Conflux New York, MoMA New York, Japan Media Arts Festival, Techfest Mumbai, OHM, etc. www.planetart.nl 07-15

 

Co-organiser Technology & Multimedia festival GOGBOT: organiser academic symposium, finance, communication, coordination, design, technics, photography, etc. www.gogbot.nl 07-15

 

Managing Director Twente Biënnale www.twentebiennale.nl  09-15

Managing Director TEC ART - Art Rotterdam Week www.tecart.nl 13-

Organising project at Mediamatic about online self representation www.mediamatic.net 08

Teacher University of Twente – Creative Technology 09 - 14   & Guestlecturer Creative Ethics, VU University Computer Sciene, Marketing, Guestlecturer KABK Royal Art Academy Den Haag, ArtEZ Academy Enschede...

Teacher: MAVO/HAVO/VWO classes mathematics and computerscience “Eigenwijs” for difficult children (+implementation ICT) www.eigenwijs.org  00-01

Co-development Atompunk  theme with sci fi author Bruce Sterling 08

 

Internetspecialist: interviews about internet and women. First person in the Netherlands to have her own .nl domain name. Active on irc, twitter, facebook, flickr, vimeo, youtube, hyves, revver, usenet (first with own group in nl.* hierarchy), second life, the palace, cu2, lycos, happyvpro, paiq, linkedin, xing, chatme, as, aol, yahoo, google groups, volkskrantblog, web-log, wordpress, academic wordpress (uniblogs), icq, msn, yabber, twitter, etc etc etc. 97-

 

Wesseling Elektronica: network design, Novell, NT, MCSE 98

 

Programmer for Client Solutions, Tiel (including education Synon systems, now: Ordina consulting, ICT, outsourcing) 97

 

Journalist: HN-magazine, Impuls, several radio stations, economics magazine Avenir, also English and French articles. (Hans Teeuwen, Madonna, Rammstein, Marcel Wanders, travels to France, political situations, economical, design, new media) 94-

 

Media and Television:
                     

     Artist, VJ & Machinima maker: PICNIC08, Kunstvlaai7, ISEA08, transmediale.09, Popronde, Studio 80 Rembrandtplein, Club Canvas, de Balie, exhibitions in i.e. Sarajevo, New York, Istanbul, Moscow, Indonesia.

 

     Media worker Media department de Balie (theatre, debate, cinema: support: camera, new media, streaming/sms. Amsterdam www.balie.nl) 05-

 

     Media worker Amsterdam television A2: political program Hoeksteen (Members of the City Council, members of the National and European Parliament) streaming & interaction viewers 05-

 

     Websitemaker, theatre co-producer, television maker, other (digital) media .. for diverse theatre production companies, TV-Amsterdam, for VPRO makers for Amsterdam television A1, etc. 99-

    

     Project co-manager for combining creative, technical and publicity people in the first 3D virtual reality art project in the Netherlands, Halima at SARA (St Academic Chamber of Computing) 01

 

     Worker and host LUX (Europeans biggest ART-plex: art-house cinema, debate, theatre, music, party) 01-04

 

     3D programming and research in Second Life for VU University, “creating a community of learners”. Teacher and Avatardesigner for Dutch government, Red Cross, art groups, Workshops, courses, coordination SL projects GOGBOT festival, first SL on TV (Amsterdam) & PICNIC event, production&design first European theatre play on SL, VJ act, lectures: Sandberg institute (post graduate programme), HvA Fashion Institute, several publications on Virtual Worlds and New Media, setting up new projects, psychological aspects, machinima team Submarine/VPRO project, etc 07  www.creativeconsultants.tk 05-

 

 

 

 

Young Vacation work: bars, restaurants, shops, host, promotion, department assistant manager V&D 94-95

 

Languages: French, English, German, learning: Spanish, Italian.

Good knowledge of: Photoshop, InDesign (& Adobe Creative Suite), CMS, Cognos (datamining), ERP, HTML, Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel...), PHstat, FRACTint (fractals), etc. At the age of 6 I learned to program (PET computer): easy learning of new systems.

 

 

 

persevere, stable, courageous, authentic, vision, sensitive, communicative, open minded.

 

 

Good in: Jack of all trades, perfect in stress-situations, curious towards learning & developing, don’t like unfinished work, perfect in getting-things-done and negotiation, seeing opportunities, honest, kind, communication bridge between organisation disciplines and pr, realistic and economical perspective.

 

Not good in: saying no, stopping at 5 o’clock, monotonous work, unfinished projects, everything that’s not perfect, being less optimistic.

*The past is a kind of future that has already happened - Bruce Sterling

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