Jaap Gordijn

Jaap Gordijn serves as Associate Professor of innovative e-business at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA) and is founder/Managing Partner of The Value Engineers BV, specializing in peer-to-peer business model design for blockchain and distributed technologies.

His research centers on business model innovation through the e3-value methodology—a graphical framework for designing and evaluating networked value systems. Key focus areas include:

• Blockchain-based decentralized business architectures
• Value network analysis in digital ecosystems
• E-business strategy for financial services and digital content industries
• Technology-commercialization frameworks for emerging platforms

With extensive industry experience as former Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group consultant, he applies academic rigor to Fortune 500 engagements in banking and insurance sectors. His company operationalizes the e3-value methodology (www.e3value.com) for real-world business model engineering. No scientific awards are documented in source materials.