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Marco Van Gent

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Director of Product Architecture at Aforza
📍 Leidschendam, South Holland, Netherlands

Marco van Gent is the Director of Product Architecture at Aforza, with over two decades of experience in the technology industry. He has a strong background in sales engineering and pre-sales, having held senior roles at Salesforce, Vlocity, and Helpshift. People who have worked with him describe him as a knowledgeable and reliable business professional.

Based in the Netherlands, Marcos passion for technology appears to be longstanding. His career in business information technology, which began after his studies at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, seems to be a continuation of an early interest in computing.

As a schoolboy in 1982, he traveled to London to present a Sinclair ZX-81 computer adapter he co-designed for a programming competition.

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Experience
34 Years
Current Role
Director of Product Architecture
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Leidschendam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Priorities

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Retail Execution Tech
He actively promotes Aforza's innovations in retail execution and digital content execution for consumer goods companies through his social media posts.
Trade Promotion
Frequently highlights his company's work in Trade Promotion Management (TPM) as a key area of innovation and focus.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
Director of Product Architecture
Aforza
5-2020 - 2-2025
Director, Sales Engineering
Aforza
6-2019 - 3-2020
Principal Sales Engineer
Helpshift
8-2015 - 5-2019
Principal Sales Engineer
Vlocity - The Industry Cloud Company
8-2014 - 7-2015
Pre-Sales Northern Europe
ServiceMax
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Education
1990 - 1994
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Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
1988 - 1990
INSI
De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied Sciences
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