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Resume - Drs. Maurits Kaptein PDEng.

Work Experience

04/2008-Now:
Co-founder
Wabebee, The Hague, the Netherlands.
• Development of a platform for online trading. Responsible for the implementation of the product and several sales and marketing activities.

www.wabebee.com

01/2008-Now:
Founder MCK
MCK, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
• Free lance development of several web applications. Support and consultancy in web analytics intergration.

For example: www.waalhalla-centrum.nl, www.curbsstore.com, www.quizwinners.com.

10/2007-Now:
Research development manager
De Vos & Jansen Marketresearch, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
• Development of new research methods. (For example the MP3Scan, method of determining download behavior of respondents online).
• Project management.

Examples of the work and further descriptions can be found at: www.devosjansen.nl and www.continumuziekonderzoek.nl (Both in Dutch)

01/2007-09/2007:
Customer insight specialist / researcher.
Vodafone Group R&D, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
• Development and implementation of digital research tools.

04/2007:
Lecturer.
Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
• Responsible for a full week course in applied data analysis and statistical software. Lecturing to post graduates.

01/2005-07/2005:
Market researcher, data analyst.
De Vos en Jansen Market research, the Netherlands.
• Analysis of quantitative data. Implementation of data imputation models.

07/2004-12/2004:
Student teacher.
University of Tilburg, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
• Responsible for teaching an introduction in statistics and research methodology to first year psychology students.

02/2004-08/2004:
Data analyst.
University of Nijenrode, Breukelen, the Netherlands.
• Data analysis supporting a research project into the work activities of controllers and accountants. Results presented for the association of registered accountants in the Netherlands (NIVRA)

08/2003-07/2004:
Student assistant.
University of Tilburg, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
• Providing support in data analysis using SPSS. Teaching undergraduate students in the use of SPSS.

Education

2005-2007:
Post Graduate Program User System Interaction. (PDEng.)
Eindhoven University of Technology, Stan Ackermans Insitute, the Netherlands.
• User centered design and usability research.
• Thesis: Online contextmapping: Exploring the added value of digital tools voor generative research. (download)

2001-2005:
Master in Economic Psychology (drs.)
University of Tilburg, the Netherlands.
• Marketing research and consumer behavior.
• Thesis: An Exploration of Fad Products and Explanations for their Unusually high Adoption Rates. (download)
• Thesis: Een Verkenning van Multi-Channel Onderzoek en Data Imputatie in het Toegepaste Jongerenonderzoek. (download - Dutch)

2003-2004:
Communication Science.
University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
• Study of strategic marketing communication and mass communication.

1994-2000:
Grammar School.
Isala College Silvolde, the Netherlands.
• Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, Economics, English, Dutch.

Publications

Kaptein, M.C., Slegers, K., Nelissen, H., Weisscher, A., Terken, J.M.B. (2007) - The Digital Workbook; Using Web 2.0 for Generative Research Purposes. - MobileHCI 2007, Singapore. (download)

Al Mahmud, A., Kaptein, M.C., Moran, O., van de Garde-Perik, E. & Markopoulos, P. (2007) - Understanding compliance to privacy guideliness using text- and video-based cenarios. - Interact 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (download)

Cheng, J. Serena, Magdalena, S.M., Dadlani, P., Erik Paker, P., Kaptein, M.C. & Markopoulos, P. (2007) - Analyzing user preferences regarding health monitoring services for teenagers and young adults with insulin-dependent diabetes. - Human Computer Interaction International 2007, Bejing, China. (download)

Romero, N., Szóstek, A.M., Kaptein, M.C. & Markopoulos, P. (2007) - Behaviours and preferences when coordinating mediated interruptions: social and system influence. - European Conference on Computer Supported Co-operative Work 2007, Limerick, Ireland. (download)

Kaptein, M.C. (2005) - Een verklaring voor de fad. - Annual Congress of the Market research association (MOA). (Unavailable)

Kaptein, M.C. & Engelfried, R. (2003) - Je kent wie je bent. - Steps Magazine, 2, 03.

Awards

11-2005: Unilever research prize 2005.
Unilever R&D Vlaanderen, the Netherlands.
Best thesis in social sciences 2005: An Exploration of Fad Products and Explanations for their Unusually high Adoption Rates.

Courses and Workshops

• CHI2006, Montreal: Course in field interviews
• University of Eindhoven, Eindhoven: Course in flash and XML.
• KPMG, Tilburg: Workshop interview techniques
• European University, Barcelona: Seminar on marketing communication.
• University of Tilburg, Tilburg: Workshop interpersonal networks.

Language skills

Dutch: fluent (native).
English: fluent.
German: basic understanding.
French: basic understanding.

Programming skills

HTML, XML, php, JavaScript, Actionscript, CSS, AIR, SPSS syntax & scripting, VB (Macro's) C#, .NET.

Online presence

• www.wabebee.com
• www.youbucket.com
• www.waalhalla-centrum.nl
• www.curbsstore.com
• Play Dice
• Statistics Guide
• Noise Barrels

Contact

You can contact me by using the form on the left of this page. Or write a letter to:

Maurits Kaptein
Groesbeekseweg 124
6524DM Nijmegen

0621262211
maurits [at] mauritskaptein (dot) com

Talk to you soon!