Stephan is a passionate consultant with more than eighteen years of experience working in software development, fulfilling almost every conceivable role. Throughout his career, He has coached and mentored more than seventy product teams and their respective leadership in international settings. Stephan has had the luxury of assisting and guiding some of the Dutch larger corporates on their agile transformation, acting as consultant to leadership and a coach for teams and individuals. Schooled and versed in many coaching styles, among which he holds the style of ‘provocative coaching’ very dear, Stephan approaches change holistically, provoking a transformation in the organization’s operating model, ecosystem and critical human behavior. As a licensed Scrum.org trainer, he delivers the Professional Scrum Master course (PSM-I), and the Professional Scrum with Kanban course (PSK-I). Stephan specializes in Scrum Mastery, Advanced Team Dynamics, Product Development and is an accredited Solution Oriented Coach, aligned with NOBCO (Dutch Order of Professional Coaches).

When he’s not coaching teams during the weekdays, he tends to actually coach teams on the weekend. As an accredited "Youth Soccer Coach" at the Royal Dutch Soccer Association (KNVB), Stephan acted as coach and trainer of his eldest son’s soccer team in the past.