As a founder of Kiterocket, and previously, Impress Labs, he brings to the team more than 20 years of experience in public relations, journalism and marketing for the technology industry. He has advised C-suite executives at large global tech companies, helped fund and launch dozens of start-ups, and built up numerous client companies for successful acquisitions. In his role as Executive Chairman, Martijn draws on his extensive experience to provide strategic counsel to the agency’s technology clients and to lead Kiterocket’s business development efforts to drive agency growth.
Martijn holds degrees in International Business Management and Marketing from the Hanze Polytechnic University (the Netherlands) and Northern Arizona University. Prior to starting his own agency, Martijn spent nine years at Silicon Valley’s premier tech PR agency, Mathews & Clark Communications (later Positio), where he became a managing partner.