Rene van Arkelen

Independent advisory and evaluation work focused on how AI systems behave in sustained real-world use, particularly where actual behaviour, user experience and practical workflows differ from intended or communicated use.

• Evaluate AI through extended practical use in complex research, information, writing, planning and decision-support workflows rather than isolated prompts or benchmark-style t

My interest in teaching English to young learners began in 2001, during regular stays of around two months each year in a rural Thai village where I had built a house. Living close to the local primary school, I became involved with the school community, occasionally tutoring children and participating in school activities. These experiences developed my interest in teaching long before it became

Managed and developed MoonLabs’ international community across language and cultural boundaries, working closely with MoonLabs management and collaborating directly with Klever management, technical teams and support specialists in a global gaming and Web3 environment.
Combined community and information management with needs assessment: identifying needs behind questions and problems, adapting com

Identified an underserved market between integrated contract pig production and traditional small-scale village farming, and developed Renofarm as an independent quality-focused alternative.
Built a commercial breeding and production farm of approximately 50 breeding sows, producing quality piglets and slaughter pigs. Became a Betagro animal feed product supplier and developed farm-delivery servic

Provided paid substitute English teaching for 25 adult learners during a 12-day period while the regular teacher attended English-language training in Bangkok. Students had enrolled separately in these classes outside the regular program.

Taught two full days of classroom lessons followed by several days combining shorter classroom sessions with practical activities. The school organized activit

English Teacher — Dan Khun Thot School
Taught English across all secondary-school levels (ages 12–18), rotating classes with Thai and Filipino English teachers, with approximately 40 classroom teaching hours per week.
Worked in a resource-constrained environment where students were not provided individual English textbooks or learning materials. Developed supplementary materials for regular classe

Unilever | Global Corporate Communications

Moved into Global Corporate Communications to provide executive information services for Rotterdam-based Corporate Leadership, combining personalized Current Awareness, information analysis, Corporate Responsibility information services and support for Executive Information Systems (EIS).

Developed highly personalized Current Awareness services around

Joined Unilever's Information & Intelligence Group as Information Specialist after responding to an internal vacancy for the Information Desk with a proposal to modernize its traditional newspaper-monitoring and information-distribution model.

Worked as one of five information analysts, monitoring 50+ Dutch, UK, US, German, French and Spanish newspapers and news sources. Selected and classified

Joined the Foods Executive Information Management Group as Systems Coordinator, supporting automated information systems used for Unilever's worldwide foods coordination and the information and technology needs of senior Foods Executive members.
Led office systems and Management Information Systems (MIS) development and implementation projects, including development undertaken by third-party suppl

Joined Unilever Research's London-based Technical Information Services (TIS) after graduating in Management Informatics, hired to establish TIS support at Rotterdam Head Office where no local TIS function previously existed.

Provided information analysis and technology support primarily to expatriate managers and technical information professionals within Foods Executive, together with their sec

Six-week intensive TEFL for Target Learner Groups program: 120 hours of classroom training plus 6–8 hours of monitored practice teaching. Training included lesson planning, teaching Asian learners, real-world teaching methodology, grammar, reading and writing, intensive conversational English, Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL), and English for business purposes.

Program officially certifi

Intersectoral four-year higher professional education (HBO) programme combining business management, information technology and information analysis. Focused on identifying organisational information needs and translating them into practical information systems and decision support.

Key subjects included Management Information Systems, Strategic Decision-Making, Accounting, Information Technology