Ben Mellaerts

Ben Mellaerts has a diverse work experience. In 2017, they started with an internship at strategie AGENCY, where they worked as an Account Executive Intern. Later that year, they also took on a summer internship at Newpharma, focusing on SEO analysis. In 2018, Ben joined the BAM - Belgian Association of Marketing as a BAM Students member. Ben then moved on to AFT Leuven, where they had various roles, including Trip Organizer and Marketing. In 2019, they had a summer internship at Van Havermaet. From 2020 to 2022, Ben worked at Telenet as a Data Analyst and Young Grad. Finally, in 2022, they joined dataroots as a Data Strategist.

Ben Mellaerts completed their education in a chronological manner. In 2014, they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business Management, with a major in marketing, from Hogeschool PXL. Ben achieved a magna cum laude status and received a marketing award.

In 2017, Ben enrolled at KU Leuven for a bridging program in MSc Information Management, which they completed in 2018. During the same year, they also had the opportunity to participate in the Experiencing China program at Tsinghua University, earning a grade of A / 4.0.

From 2018 to 2020, they pursued a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Information Management at KU Leuven.

In terms of additional certifications, Ben obtained the "Creating business value with AI and big data" certification from Vlerick Business School in March 2023. Prior to that, in July 2022, they completed the Google Project Management Specialization from Google.