You get the chance to walk the path of your ambition.

A platform that customers can work with

“We have built the data platform in such a way that users do not need any technical knowledge. We are now almost at the point where someone without an IT background can put a report live.”

“Our goal was clear: if you know about a boat, you can create reports. I myself don’t know about vessel but I find it very interesting to learn about a new world. In our work, a pitfall is that you quickly think you know how it all works. To understand a vessel better, we work with the engineers who connect sensors, design the vessels and maintain them. I have also been working a lot this year on emission reports for shipping companies in connection with European laws and regulations. There’s no way around diving into hundreds of pages of legislation.”

How can we solve problems with data?

The balance between development and consultancy is now about 50/50. I take on development tasks and also try to include the complete architecture picture and see opportunities within Damen Digital Solutions. Together with client Toine, I went to sessions to create a five-year strategy with data. What is the problem and how can we address it with data? At the end of the brainstorms, you see that many departments are facing the same problems. Data confidence is low. Fast-growing organizations often experience exponential data growth, making it challenging to keep everything well-organized. That is precisely what we think is important. We want to show what the quality of the data is. IoT devices on ships can break down, for example. We need to make this transparent to stakeholders so they can act quickly.”

Walking the path of your ambition

“What I find interesting now and what energizes me is giving presentations and teaching people something. That’s what I want to develop further in, so that soon I can give workshops at clients’ premises. While working, you discover what energises you. Blenddata gives you the opportunities to start walking that path.”