Geert Jonker has a diverse work experience in the field of data science and software development. Geert started their career in 2002 as a software developer at Armatus Capital Management LLC, where they redesigned and implemented a real-time stock trading system. In 2003, they joined Utrecht University as a PhD researcher, focusing on designing a new digital currency system. Geert completed their PhD in 2008 and then moved on to work as a software developer at Nekst, where they designed and developed a location- and interest-based mobile marketing platform.
In 2009, Geert joined NedSense as a software developer, working on the development of LOFT, an innovative 3D interior design application. Geert then worked as a freelancer, specializing in recommendation and matching, using various technologies such as R, Mahout, Hadoop, Java, Scala, Groovy, and Grails.
In 2014, Geert co-founded AI Labs, offering recommendation technology consultancy and implementation services. Geert also worked as an independent software developer and data scientist during this time. In 2015, they joined Pimmr as a Data Scientist, where they designed and implemented a recommendation engine. Geert also worked at Lift as a Data Scientist, designing and implementing a matching engine using natural language processing.
Most recently, Geert worked at Deepdesk as the Lead Data Scientist, where they integrated AI into customer service by training machine learning algorithms with real data. Geert focused on providing real-time conversation suggestions to agents and automating repetitive processes through full integration with messaging and chatbot platforms.
Geert Jonker's education history includes a PhD in Computer Science from Utrecht University, which they completed from 2003 to 2008. Prior to that, they obtained a Drs./Ms. degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence from Utrecht University, which they pursued from 1999 to 2003. Additionally, they attended HKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht) from 1998 to 2000, where they studied Music Technology. The chronological information does not provide any details regarding their education before attending Griftland, thus no degree or field of study information is available for that period.
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