Ruud Veltenaar shares his experiences and lessons with his audience along with a healthy dose of self-deprecating humour. A captivating speaker, Ruud focuses on the frontier of new technology and its relationship with man and society, business, operations and management – encouraging more creative thinking from his audience.

Ruud studied Philosophy and Business in the Netherlands followed by Business Administration at Harvard Business School. After his studies he spent one year in Nepal and Tibet, where he developed a cutting-edge vision of living and working in Western society.

Ruud has worked as a director and manager, mostly in the IT sector. What’s more, Ruud has always been a driven entrepreneur, achieving great success as founder and CEO of his company Parkmobile, which has expanded worldwide over the last decade.

He brings all of this experience to the fore when delivering a presentation of his unique yet plausible view of the society of tomorrow.