angela tabak

angela
tabak

getting ambitious things built. and delivered.

A producer, in one form or another. Cultural events, then China e-commerce, now IT projects at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

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work

  1. trattoria len & ans

    A cooking app for sixteen people, a wood oven and two weeks in Sicily.

    2026 live trattoria-len-ans.netlify.app

  2. zondagkids

    What to do with the kids in Amsterdam, sorted by weather, age and mood.

    2026 live zondagkids.nl

  3. learning papiamentu

    An app to learn Papiamentu properly, the language I keep coming back to.

    2026 built

  4. sake squad

    Learning sake properly, and taking other people along.

    2026 in progress sakesquad.com

background

  1. culture

    Paradiso, festivals, shows

    Produced events and shows in the cultural sector.

  2. china e-commerce

    WebshopinChina.com, Chaoly

    Co-founded and scaled two companies helping European brands into China.

  3. now

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Leads IT projects, where the hard part is adoption, not technology.

Different worlds, one job: getting very different people aligned and getting the result out the door. The technology is rarely the hard part. Adoption is.

Lately my attention goes to what AI and new technology genuinely offer, and how to use them responsibly: the possibilities and the compliance side both. Alongside that I'm training towards sake sommelier, and I build small products that people actually use. More about me.