Rob Veldkamp
About Rob Veldkamp
Rob Veldkamp is the Director of Product Management at TomTom, with extensive experience in technical and managerial roles within the company.
Title
Rob Veldkamp is the Director of Product Management at TomTom. He has held this position since 2017 and is based in Amsterdam.
Company
Rob Veldkamp is currently employed at TomTom, a prominent company known for its navigation and mapping products. In his current role, he manages the B2B product portfolio and reports directly to the Chief Product Officer.
Career at TomTom
Rob Veldkamp has had an extensive career at TomTom, holding multiple roles over the years. He started as a Technical Project Lead from 2009 to 2014, transitioned to a Technical Auditor from 2014 to 2016, then became a Program Manager from 2016 to 2017, before assuming his current role as Director of Product Management in 2017.
Previous Experience
Before joining TomTom, Rob Veldkamp held various roles in different companies. He was a Software Engineer at Task24 in 2009, a Forecasting Analyst/Software Engineer at Adapticon from 2008 to 2009, and a Lead Programmer at Streamline Studios from 2003 to 2006. He also worked as a Researcher at VU & Honda from 2007 to 2008 and as a Teacher at Utrecht University for a brief period in 2004.
Education and Expertise
Rob Veldkamp holds a Master of Science degree in Artificial Intelligence from Universiteit Utrecht, where he studied from 1998 to 2007. Over the course of his career, he has transitioned from technical roles to advising executives on organization design, processes, and product strategy. He has also become an agile coach and business architect through training and self-study.
Product Development at TomTom
Rob Veldkamp has played a key role in developing and releasing SatNav software at TomTom. He conducted extensive research on product development operations worldwide, contributing to the company's product strategy and organizational design.