Arnoud van Velsen (Age 40)

Employer: mBalance

Education: Technical Computer Science

Career path: "My background is within the Telecommunication market. This was the right level for mBalance to offer me the job as architect technical (SMS) infrastructure. Through self study I became knowledgeable in this particular area. This went quite well. With mBalance I'm architect technical infrastructure and I design solutions which process SMS, using the SMS product portfolio from mBalance".

Fun: "Within mBalance I can use my technical know-how and have during the sales process many contacts with the different customers. In this way I can leverage my technical knowledge to contribute to the success of mBalance. Due to the international nature of mBalance, I do travel regularly. All combined, this really creates an exciting and interesting job".

Less Funny: "We are a ompany with rapid growth which sometimes causes serious workload. That is why we are very actively hiring new colleagues".

Career whishes: "In future I see myself as the responsible person for the pre-sales department and as coach for different architects working in pre-sales".

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