Kaia Pondelak
CEO
Kaia brings a wealth of experience in HR, operations and consulting, with a strong customer-oriented approach to achieving business outcomes and aligning people to organizational strategy. Having started her career being surrounded by coaches, she is incredibly passionate about building Quenza as a tool to help drive positive solutions for coaches and their clients.
Seph Fontane Pennock
Cofounder | CMO
Seph Fontane Pennock is a seasoned entrepreneur and the business mind behind Quenza. With his background in online marketing and a passion for positive psychology, he founded the popular mental health website PositivePsychology.com, serving millions of visitors per month.
Dr. Hugo Alberts
Cofounder | CPO
Hugo Alberts (PhD) is a psychologist, researcher, and entrepreneur. Hugo is the originator of and chief product officer at Quenza as well as cofounder of PositivePsychology.com. Hugo has created dozens of science-based information products that are being used by tens of thousands of practitioners worldwide.
Ernst Jansen
Cofounder | CTO
Ernst Jansen is the product owner, CTO, and cofounder of Quenza, overseeing its development and roadmap. With his experience as senior developer of PositivePsychology.com and creator of a Big Five Personality Assessment platform, Ernst is well equipped to build solutions in the mental health space.
Developers
Edgar van Ispelen
Laravel / Vue Developer
Edgar has wide experience building sustainable custom applications.
Annemarieke van Maris
Laravel / Vue Developer
Annemarieke is an experienced, creative programmer in Laravel and Vue.js.
Bertus van Gerwen
Projectmanager
Bertus is involved in business development and has robust knowledge of the IT profession.
Diede Gulpers
Laravel / Vue Developer
Diede likes to develop and improve corporate structures and software.
Matijs Eijkemans
Laravel / Vue Developer
Matijs specializes in developing iOS apps and Ionic hybrid apps and also knows his way around Firebase or the Laravel backend.
Hanna Kabachenko
Quality Assurance Engineer
Excited to work in close cooperation with the development team to help improving processes and building a test strategy to deliver the best product.
Content & Support
Melissa Crastnopol
Content Development & Research
Melissa is skilled in understanding, evaluating, and creating positive change in today’s complex work environments.
Samira Lee
Customer Support
With her interest in Positive and Organizational Psychology and passion to support people to thrive we're happy to have her on our customer support team.
Catherine Moore
Content Marketer
Catherine is an experienced marketing content manager with a background in the management consulting industry. She is skilled in strategic marketing, content marketing, strategic planning, and research.
Caroline Rou
Content Strategist
With an MSc in Positive Psychology and her current pursuit of an MSc in Legal Psychology, coupled with her passion for helping others, Caroline brings extensive knowledge to the Quenza team.
Lucinda Poole
Mindfulness Facilitator
Lucinda is trained and experienced in a number of therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness, and interventions drawn from positive psychology research.
Lucinda Allen
Operational Manager
Lucinda helps to curate and create professional development resources in positive psychology for mental health practitioners.
Kori Miller
Researcher
With specializations in neuropsychology and positive psychology, Kori has authored eight books.
Elaine Houston
Tool Developer
Elaine is an independent business owner and behavioral science graduate with an honors degree from the University of Abertay, Scotland.
Stijn Halfens
Producer / Director
Culture, empathy, and technology are what motivate Stijn. He produces content that is contemporary, authentic, and effective.
Advisors
Kyle Wade Thomas
Business Development
Kyle is an executive leader with an authentic track record of product innovation, business development, sales, marketing, organizational development/psychology, and executive coaching, who comfortably transcends industries and cultures around the world.
Laurens Alberts
Data Scientist
Laurens makes the most out of knowledge engineering and operational research.
Bieneke Braat
IT, Privacy and Contracts Lawyer
Bieneke supports Quenza in legal matters related to contracts, privacy, and IT.
Marien van Dis
Information Security Consultant
Marien is an experienced information security advisor, internal auditor, risk assessment, and data protection specialist.
Brendan Smith
Information Security Consultant
Brendan is a consultant for business and cloud service development/improvement as well as an auditor and implementer of ISO standards.