Maarten with short hair and a light beige collared shirt, standing indoors with a blurred window and green trees in the background.

About me

Senior UX & Service Designer for complex, regulated services and platforms.

I turn complex domain logic into intuitive journeys and AI-ready interfaces—measured in NPS/CES, adoption, and reduced support demand.

  • 15+ years in enterprise + public-sector UX/service design

  • Outcomes: +8 NPS-d, −0.7 CES, +50% accessibility score

  • Domains: insurance/healthcare, enterprise portals, international programs

Certifications

Nielsen Norman

Certified User Experience

Human Factors

Certified Usability Analyst (CUA)

Interaction Design Foundation

UX Design & UX Research & UX Strategy
& Service Design.

Product Focus

Certified Product Manager

What I solve / how I work / what changes

What I solve

  • Cognitive mismatches between internal structures (policy/cost categories) and user mental models.

  • Fragmented journeys across channels, teams, and legacy backends.

  • “AI-first” pressure: deciding where AI helps vs. hurts, and designing safe dual-mode interfaces.

How I work (signature loop)

  • Diagnose (data + heuristics + research) → Align (workshops + service blueprint) → Design (IA + prototypes) → Validate (usability + KPI tracking).

What changes

  • Clearer navigation + terminology, shorter paths to answers, measurable lift in satisfaction and reduced contact volume.

Experience highlights

a.s.r. (2023–now) — Service design + journey optimization + AI-enhanced flows; measurable NPS/CES impact; DesignOps/chapters

WCC (2020–2023) — enterprise software, global stakeholders, intercultural programs, mentoring

Valamis / Componence (2011–2020) — Liferay portals, healthcare + enterprise clients incl. KLM; research + blueprinting

Pantheon (2006–2010) — UX/UI + optimization

UXImpactLab (2020–now) — consulting/training

Thought leadership

Nov. 2025 – ICEM Amsterdam Summit
Van klantreizen naar systemen: hoe AI service design verandert in een lerend ecosysteem

Juni 2025 – a.s.r. Design Symposium
Service Design in de Zorg – van blueprint naar gedragsverandering — presentatie over de service design-trajecten Zorg Overeenkomsten en Zorg Machtigingen, met nadruk op hoe ontwerpprincipes zijn vertaald naar meetbare gedrags- en procesverbeteringen. Tevens verantwoordelijk voor het ontwerp en de begeleiding van een Service Design-workshop én het dagvoorzitterschap van het symposium.

Jan. 2025 – ICEM London Summit
UX Storytelling in Complex Environments

Tools

Figma, TheyDo, GA/Clarity/PowerBI, Miro/FigJam, UserTesting/Lookback,

Jira, WCAG, ZeroHeight

The signature loop

1) Diagnose

Evidence scan (experience metrics, behavioral data, support signals, and heuristic review) to define the real constraint and success metric.

Outputs:
Problem frame • Success metrics • Constraints list

2) Map the system

Journey + service blueprinting to connect user intent to backstage rules, teams, and handoffs—so design decisions remain traceable.

Outputs:
Journey/blueprint • Mental-model mapping • Decision points

3) Prototype & test

Rapid prototypes to reduce uncertainty (navigation, terminology, scanability) and validate direction before build.

Outputs:
Prototypes • Test insights • Prioritized changes

4) Land & scale

Implementation handover + governance/DesignOps so improvements stick across teams and remain measurable over time.

Outputs:
Shipped change • Patterns/guardrails • Monitoring plan

Signature example — Accessibility uplift program (WCAG 2.1 AA)

Accessibility uplift across a platform (WCAG 2.1 AA)


Problem:
Accessibility quality was inconsistent across flows and components, creating risk, rework, and uneven user experience.

Role:
UX lead for accessibility delivery—aligning teams on standards, patterns, checks, and practical implementation steps.

Outcome:
~50% improvement in accessibility score and a scalable approach teams could reuse beyond a single project.


Constraints / key decision:
Multiple teams + shared components → standardize patterns and governance (not one-off fixes).

NDA note (one line):
Project details and internal screens are protected; the case focuses on decision logic, constraints, and outcomes.

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