Robert J. van Raamsdonk · Contenu
Complex ideas. Working solutions.
For thirty years I have helped global enterprises put new technology to work, from the early web to agentic AI. Today I do that in two ways: as an advisor, and as a builder of software.
Consulting and software
Advice that can be built.
Software that has been thought through.
The same discipline runs through both: make the goal explicit, make it tangible early, and test it with the people who do the real work.
AI, automation and transformation for global enterprises
Strategy, business cases and product direction, connected to hands-on prototyping and delivery in global programmes.
02 · SoftwareFocused tools, made with the same care
Small products designed and built in-house, starting with LyricsRadar, a lyric and prompter plugin for songwriters and vocalists in Cubase.
Selected enterprise experience
How I work
Make it tangible before the investment gets large.
I bring a writer’s discipline to complex work: making goals, context and constraints explicit. With AI, that clarity matters as much in directing machines as in aligning people.
A prototype is a fast way to test assumptions, expose gaps and decide what to build next. The harder part comes after: getting it adopted so the change holds.
- 01Frame
Clarify the opportunity, the users and the decisions that matter.
- 02Build
Create a working concept people can try.
- 03Test
Put it in front of the people who understand the real work.
- 04Shape
Turn what was learned into a credible roadmap or a release.
- 05Land
Roll it out with clear communication, training and leaders who carry the message.
- 06Embed
Measure adoption and remove friction until the change holds.
AI-assisted toolkit
About
Where business meets technology, I translate.
I started out as a linguist, and communication is still my strongest tool. Combined with hands-on technology skills, it lets me work where many projects stall: at the interface of business and technology, across languages and cultures.
I studied Japanese and French at Leiden University and Duke University, then began my career translating and localising software for Microsoft and IBM. Language has shaped everything since: I make complex ideas clear to executives and engineers alike, in four languages.
I lived and worked in the United States for more than eight years and have worked on site in over forty cities worldwide. A certified trainer and facilitator, I have led workshops, training and executive presentations for international audiences, and written the manuals and whitepapers that outlast them.
Away from enterprise technology, I compose, arrange and record music: a lifelong practice, and where the software I build comes from.
Contact
Questions, ideas or a conversation?
I’m always glad to hear from people working on AI, product strategy, transformation or software.