Tom Simons - Creative Design

Employment

• Province of Flevoland (January 2023 - Present)
• Freelance Unity developer for the project "3D Flevoland".
  The project aims to collect, create, and use 3D environmental information for different governmental purposes.
• City of Amsterdam (September 2021 - December 2022)
• Freelance Unity developer for the project "Totaal Driedimensionaal".
  The project aims to collect, create, and use 3D building information for different governmental purposes.
• Skyrocket Your Team (April 2020 - January 2022)
• Co-founder. Skyrocket Your Team offers collaborative online team building experiences for remote teams. I am responsible for product design, development and user testing.
• KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines (May 2019 - May 2020)
• Interaction designer at KLM Digital Studio. Worked on several VR projects for internal use. The VR products are used to train KLM employees of different departments.
• Intern at KLM Digital Studio. Worked on the design and development of a VR Fire Safety Training as part of a Master's graduation assignment.

Education

• University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands (2010 - 2018)
• Master of Science in Industrial Design Engineering (2018)
• Master Industrial Design Engineering, Track: Human Technology Relations.
• Thesis: Interaction Design for Porfessional Virtual Reality Applications. Completed for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.


• Level 2 Triz user (2016)


• Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design (2015)
• Thesis: Interface redesign for the use of Microsoft PixelSense in combination with peripheral VR-devices.


• Gymnasium-Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. (2004 - 2010)
• VWO Degree (2010)
• Profile: Nature and Technology
• Profile: Nature and Health


• Cambridge ESOL; FCE: First Certificate in English (2007)
• Grade: A


• Cambridge ESOL; CAE: Certificate in Advanced English (2009)
• Grade: A

Languages

• Dutch (native)
• English (fluent)
• German (basic)
• Spanish (basic)

Skills

• Software
• Unity
• Microsoft Azure
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Adobe Audition
• Blender
• Autodesk Maya
• DS Solidworks
• Autodesk 3d Studio Max


• Programming languages
• C#
• Python
• C++
• HTML / CSS
• PHP / SQL
• Java

Extracurricular activities

• Board experience
• Spring Agora Enschede; Foundation International Conferences Enschede (ICE) (May 2016 - October 2017)
• Organising a conference for 750 international students between the 23rd and 28th of May 2017. As president, end responsible for the realisation.
• Board XXVII; AEGEE-Enschede (September 2012 - September 2013)
• Board member of a 450-member student association. Position: Treasurer & Vice-President.


• Committee experience
• Advisory Board; AEGEE-Enschede (September 2014 - September 2017)
• Advising the board of AEGEE-Enschede on policy matters.


• Audit commission; AEGEE-Enschede (September 2013 - September 2017)
• Supervising the treasurer and finances of AEGEE-Enschede.


• Audit commission; Foundation Sociëteit Asterion (September 2012 - September 2017)
• Supervising the treasurer and finances of Foundation Sociëteit Asterion.


• Chairperson of the Agora/EPM; AEGEE-Europe (November2014 - October 2016)
• Chairing the general assemblies (800 participants) and planning meetings (400 participants) of AEGEE-Europe.


• Board Selection Commission; AEGEE-Enschede (Januari 2015 - September 2015)
• Conducting job interviews for applicants for board of AEGEE-Enschede for the term 2015 - 2016.


• Mediation commission; AEGEE-Europe (November 2013 - November 2014)
• Responsible for mediating and resolving conflicts between the different branches of AEGEE-Europe. Acting as an ombudsman for privacy issues.


• 25th anniversary committee; AEGEE-Enschede (May 2011 - July 2012)
• Responsible for organising activities during the 25th anniversary year of AEGEE-Enschede. As treasurer, responsible for the committee’s finances.


• PromoTeam; AEGEE-Enschede (November 2010 - January 2014)
• Responsible for PR strategy of AEGEE-Enschede and assisting with creating promotional material.
• Member (November 2010 - March 2011)
• Secretary(March 2011 - February 2012)
• President(February 2012 - September 2012)
• Board responsible(September 2012 - September 2013)
• Member (September 2013 - January 2014)


• Supervisory board; foundation International Conferences Enschede (ICE) (November 2013 - November 2014)
• Supervising the board of foundation ICE. From the 16th until 25th of May 2014, the foundation organised a Euopean School: a training event for 20 people.


• Member of AEGEE-Academy (June 2013 - September 2018)
• Training members of AEGEE and partner NGO’s in soft skills. Expertese includes PR, design, finances, team dynamics, motivation, and communication.
• Junior trainer (June 2013 - February 2014)
• Trainer (February 2014 - September 2018)