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Wouter de Bie

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Founder at Confida

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Wouter de Bie is Co-Founder and CTO of Confida.ai, where he leads development of an AI platform for analyzing contracts against legal playbooks and flagging contentious terms. He previously served as Senior Director of Engineering at Datadog, where he built and led a data and analytics organization of nearly 100 people, and as a Director in Data Infrastructure and Analytics at Spotify. His background includes work on large-scale data platforms and data engineering, along with team management.

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Rackhouse Venture Management LpSan Francisco · $250K checksRed Swan VenturesNew York · $500K – $1M checks

Experience

  1. Confida.aiCo-Founder / CTOcurrent2025 — presentNew Orleans, LA
  2. Career BreakPersonal goal pursuit2024 — 2025New Orleans, Louisiana
  3. DatadogSenior Director Of Engineering - Data & Analytics2022 — 2024New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  4. DatadogDirector Of Engineering - Data & Analytics2019 — 2022Greater New York City Area
  5. The New York TimesExecutive Director - Engineering2018 — 2019New York
  6. SpotifyDirector Of Engineering for Data2016 — 2018Greater New York City Area
  7. SpotifyBig Data architect2014 — 2016Greater New York City Area
  8. SpotifyTeam Lead Data Infrastructure2011 — 2014Sweden
  9. SpotifyAnalytics Engineer2011Stockholm, Sweden
  10. Delta ProjectsSystems developer2009 — 2011
  11. Vereniging PrutsChairman2004 — 2010
  12. Jewel Labs B.V.CTO / Co-founder2009Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  13. TuberOwner, consultant2007 — 2009
  14. Newtel EssenceTechnical Project Lead2008
  15. NoXaRuby developer / sysadmin2007
  16. McNoliaProject Manager2003 — 2007
  17. HECC AllianceNetwork engineer2002 — 2003
  18. Stone-ITLinux consultant2000 — 2001
  19. B3 WebdesignCo-founder / Web developer1998 — 2000

Skills & more

Data Analytics3Management3Data Engineering3Amazon Web Services (AWS)1Engineering Management1Big Data25Public Speaking2Hadoop32Linux85Agile Methodologies47Ruby30Software Development35
+12 morePythonUnixWeb DevelopmentBashScalabilityMapReduceJavaRuby on RailsTeam LeadershipPeople ManagementScrumHive

Languages Dutch · English · Swedish

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Who is Wouter de Bie?
Wouter de Bie is Co-Founder and CTO of Confida.ai, where he leads development of an AI platform for analyzing contracts against legal playbooks and flagging contentious terms. He previously served as Senior Director of Engineering at Datadog, where he built and led a data and analytics organization of nearly 100 people, and as a Director in Data Infrastructure and Analytics at Spotify. His background includes work on large-scale data platforms and data engineering, along with team management.
Where does Wouter de Bie work?
Wouter de Bie is Founder of Confida.
What companies did Wouter de Bie found?
Wouter de Bie founded Confida.
Where did Wouter de Bie go to school?
Wouter de Bie studied at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht) (BSc, Information and Communication Technology (Computer Science); Jacob-Roelandslyceum (High School); De Brink (Primary School).

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HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht) mafia11

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Also attended HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)22

Marc WesselinkVenture Partner at Contrarian VenturesLaurens GroenendijkFounding Partner at DFF VenturesPatrick KerssemakersFounding Partner at DFF VenturesJob van SchelvenPartner at PureTerra VenturesJacco RolvinkCo-Head of Origination at Colesco Capital CollectiveJonė VaitulevičiūtėGeneral Partner at Firstpick

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Also worked at Datadog73

Olivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of DatadogAlexis Le-QuocCo-founder & CTO of DatadogKira BusmanInvestor at Index VenturesShardul ShahInvestor at Index VenturesKonstantine BuhlerInvestor at Sequoia CapitalDan FougereInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also worked at The New York Times51

Tim HsiaFounder at Context VenturesAnna ShenMarketing at RaivenBhumika DExecutive Assistant at Jungle VenturesNurit BenHead of Content and Communications at PeakBridge VCParul SinghInvestment Partner at 645 VenturesSoraya DarabiInvestor at TMV Logistics

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Also worked at Spotify84

Pierre-Eric LeiboviciInvestor at DaphniMichael MignanoGeneral Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV)Amanda Jones FloydPartner at Inreach VenturesKyle PrifogleStaff AI Engineer at JMI EquityKelly BennettExecutive Advisor at TCVSriram KrishnanStartup builder and investor

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