Stef van Grieken studied Industrial Engineering and Philosophy and describes himself as “a tech-entrepreneur and a bit of a geek.”
He currently works as a Technical Program Manager at Google. His goal is to promote civic innovation through technology.

Before joining Google, Stef founded the Dutch civic technology organization Open State Foundation. With projects such as Nu.nl Public, Hack the Government, and Apps for the Nederland, he worked on increasing public accountability and transparency, which owed him a ‘Time Magazine Top Website of 2012’ award and a ‘European Public Sector Award’.