Our team

Industrial experience.
Human perspective.

We combine industrial reliability, digital product development and strategic business experience to build technology that makes expertise more effective.

Why we build

Technology should amplify expertise—not replace it.

Industrial organisations have deeply capable people who are being asked to do more with complex assets, tighter resources and less time. VanHess Technologies builds intelligent software that gives those people better context for the decisions that matter.

Leadership

The people behind VanHess.

Jaap van Dijk

Founder & Director

Jaap brings more than 19 years of experience across industrial operations, reliability, asset management and digital transformation with Shell and other energy businesses. He has led major digital and reliability initiatives across multiple geographies, including product teams and programmes focused on improving workforce and asset performance.

At VanHess, he focuses on industrial reliability, product strategy and technology, connecting operational knowledge and data with reliability decisions and product development.

Marjon Hesselink

Co-founder & Strategic Partner

Marjon brings more than 15 years of international and diplomatic experience in operations management, business development and stakeholder relations. Her career spans the Netherlands, Oman and Qatar and includes leadership roles in international environments. With a master’s degree in Communication & Future Marketing, she combines strategic foresight with a people-focused approach to building and scaling businesses.

At VanHess, Marjon translates strategic client needs into practical operating processes. She leads day-to-day operations and develops long-term partnerships, with a strong focus on the human side of technology adoption.

Work with us

Start with the challenge that matters.

Bring us the operational context, the people who know it and the outcome you want to improve. We will explore what intelligent technology can make possible.