Roel Smelt

The meaning of Viriya

Vīrya (Sanskrit; Pāli: viriya) is a Buddhist term commonly translated as "energy", "diligence", "enthusiasm", or "effort". It can be defined as an attitude of gladly engaging in wholesome activities, and it functions to

Experience

Tellow proud to be part of Rabo Frontier Ventures

Rabo Frontier Ventures is looking back at a successful and busy year, with more than 10 great FinTech & AgTech ventures in our portfolio! Tellow is a Rabobank Spin-off, who has turned into

Experience

Co-owner & CEO of Tellow

In the summer of 2018 I was asked to perform a due diligence on Tellow. In close cooperation with Rabo Frontier Ventures we came to a deal, resulting in co-owning and leading the

Summary

25 years of experience in developing and growing startups, mid-sized and big companies. Driven by growth and innovation with strategic relevance.

Experience

TuriQ | ICO, Blockchain & Token Development

Business Developer Zaltbommel 2018 TuriQ empowers blockchain startups, entrepreneurs, corporations, researchers, investors and funds. We not only help businesses design, launch and scale their blockchain ventures, but also help investors with the right

Mentor

Startupbootcamp mentor

Ernst Hoestra, the Managing Director of Startupbootcamp Commerce invited me last week to evaluate the current track of 12 startups in a sort of Dragon' Den setup. Giving an opinion about someone elses

Futurist

Speaker at Google's Energy & Utilities Lighthouse Event

The Energy & Utility industry's transition to digital has been a competitive race to adopt cutting-edge technology and innovation at a blinding pace. Yet curiously, most of these companies are still struggling to

Futurist

Keynote at ARCHI 2018

Charging infrastructure needs to focus on strategic fast-charging service locations, otherwise it will decelerate the EV transition from fossil fuel to sustainable energy.

Experience

APG Project

In 2018 een bijdrage mogen leveren aan het live brengen van het Topicus software platform Fundation bij APG in Amsterdam ten behoeve van individuele kapitaaladministratie. Mijn focus in dit project heeft gelegen in

Mentor

roelsmelt.com

Leadership mentoring Being on the crossroads of business, technology and philosophy as an active participant all my life, I am engaged in several fullfilling mentoring relationships. Every mentoring will be different, but in

Experience

Emrys Academy

Emrys Academy is a boutique advisory for strategic business & management development in an entrepreneurial setting. We focus on deriving the essential inherent simplicity from complex strategic questions.

Experience

MisterGreen Direct

Kickstarted MisterGreen Direct, a mobile-first portal to shop, get approved and pay for an electric vehicle subscription.

Experience

Yogastudio Unmani

Together with my wife Josine Smelt-van de Wal we started in 2014 with a boutique yogastudio in our home village Op Buuren (Maarssen).

Education

Raja Yoga

The purpose of the Teacher Training Course is to let you acquire the knowledge of Yoga, the ability to practice Yoga correctly in accordance with the traditional method and that you become a true Yoga-teacher.

Mentor

Top talent mentoring

Booking.com 2015/present With the experience of working at Booking.com and knowing quite a few people in the organisation I have been and still are mentoring some of their top talented

Futurist

De toekomst van auto's

Roel Smelt, COO van MisterGreen en expert op het gebied van zelfsturing. De Model X behelst in Roel zijn ogen alles wat te maken met zelfsturing en de disruptie van komende 20 jaar.

Education

Holacracy

Holacracy is a different way of organizing a company that changes how an organization is structured, how decisions are made, and how power is distributed.

Experience

Booking.com

Establishing the quality of the apps (iOS, Android and Windows 8), improve conversion and developing roadmaps. Improving the search engine to find destinations and hotels.

Skills

Agile/scrum Product Owner

This is basically a 1 day product ownership course compressed into 15 minute animated presentation. There's obviously more to product ownership than this, so see this is a high level summary.

Futurist

The Booking.com app for Windows 8

As part of the Windows 8 App Heroes series, this video takes a look at why Booking.com decided to lead the way in developing a Windows 8 app in line with the

Experience

ING

Portfolio & Project Manager Amsterdam 2010/2012 Overseeing a portfolio ICT projects and finalizing in time (and within budget and scope) a high profile IT project for mortgages. Realized: finalizing in time (and

Referrals

Referral by Edwin Visser

Roel entered our company as a consultant for the implementation of the Theory of Constraints (TOC). I've great respect for his professional capabilities and for his personality. With his help we successfully implemented

Education

Vipassana Meditation

Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation.

Experience

Nationale Nederlanden

Implementation Manager Rotterdam, Den Haag 2006/2008 Full scale implementation of Critical Chain Project Management at the IT-department of 800+ people. Realized: the top management of NN declared in 2008 that 30% more

Experience

Goldratt Consulting

Working closely with Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt to develop and implement breakthrough management solutions to improve their bottomline dramatically.