Co-owner and founder Vincent Fokker started Blenddata in 2021. Vincent: “Blenddata has only been around for a short time, but is already a frontrunner in data engineering. It’s great how far we have already come together!”
During his studies, Vincent was already interested in data engineering. “Data Science was hype at the time, but not many people were doing data engineering. While data science requires you to have your data in good order. I saw a lot of opportunities for data engineering and, after graduating, went looking for a place where I could delve further into this. To no avail. There were hardly any such places and at the software companies that did deal with data engineering, I couldn’t see myself working. Together with Lars and Roel, I decided to start a company myself. That became Blenddata.”
Co-founder | Lead engineer
Co-founder | Lead engineer
Vincent lives with his girlfriend in Eindhoven, close to the Blenddata office. “We bought the house last year and refurbished it ourselves. Of course, it is fully equipped with home-automation. I really enjoyed doing this: I like working with my hands. I also exercise regularly in the outdoors. I do running, trail running and mountain biking.”
Co-founder | Lead engineer
Co-founder | Lead engineer
“I enjoy working with technology the most. I would like to grow further in this and this is where my focus lies. At the moment, I am supervising a number of projects for customers, in which I think about data architecture. I also manage a team as product owner at a large customer.
In the coming year, I will focus even more on the technical axis. As an organisation, we aim to become number 1 in data engineering. To achieve this, our team will dive even deeper into technology in the coming year. It is also our ambition to offer data architects in addition to data engineering. With this in mind, I recently started working for a customer as a solution architect to gain experience in this role and to investigate whether we can offer this service.”
“The atmosphere within Blenddata is very good. Our team consists of a group of nice people with the same interests and mindset. As a result, colleagues almost feel like a group of friends. Teambuilding is very important to us. We organise a lot: from weekly get-togethers to monthly activities. We also play sports together regularly, from tennis and squash to running and cycling.
At work, the atmosphere is friendly and very open. We strive for an organisational structure that is as flat as possible. Colleagues can say anything to each other and can also be critical of each other. This also applies towards me: the fact that I am one of the owners makes no difference. This helps to have a good understanding of who our people are, what drives them and what they are doing. Everyone at Blenddata finds it important to keep learning and developing. We therefore offer every opportunity for this. This keeps us growing and improving as a team and organisation.”