PORTFOLIO / 2026 AMSTERDAM · NEW YORK · SHANGHAI

Keven van der Velden.

Keven van der Velden

NYU Stern MSc Student | Finance, Strategy & Management Consulting

LET'S STAY CONNECTED
SELECTED WORK01 — 03

Work.

THREE PROJECTS / 2024 — 2026
01 — 2024–2026 — LISSE, NL

E-commerce Growth

Founder, Van der Velden Venture

Founded and scaled a registered, self-funded e-commerce business to sustained profitability without external capital, while completing full-time undergraduate studies. Redesigned Shopify product pages and Meta ad creatives through iterative A/B testing, and built a performance-tracking process to reallocate spend toward top-performing creatives.

SHOPIFY META ADS KLAVIYO
2.8×
RETURN ON AD SPEND
+40%
CONVERSION RATE
02 — 2026 — AMSTERDAM, NL / BERINGEN, BE

Tariff & Manufacturing Strategy

Consultant Intern, Plastiflex Group

Built financial models to quantify U.S. tariff exposure on China-manufactured goods and advised leadership on a China-to-Mexico manufacturing relocation. Ran regulatory due diligence across U.S., Chinese and Mexican jurisdictions, and presented final recommendations directly to the Board of Directors.

FINANCIAL MODELING DUE DILIGENCE BOARD PRESENTATION
€11.2M
PROJECTED SAVINGS / 3 YRS
~38%
LOWER TARIFF COSTS
03 — 2025–2026 — SHANGHAI, CN

Market Expansion & Fulfillment

Intern, Newegg Commerce

Benchmarked 20+ competitors and sized demand across East Asia and the Middle East to guide leadership's expansion priorities. Evaluated Shipped-by-Newegg against Fulfilled-by-Amazon through a cost-benefit analysis of logistics flows, working in Mandarin with local commercial and logistics teams.

MARKET ENTRY DEMAND SIZING COST-BENEFIT
20+
COMPETITORS BENCHMARKED
2
FULFILLMENT MODELS EVALUATED

About.

Dutch, studying and working across three continents. Native in Dutch and English, with native spoken proficiency in Mandarin.

May 2024
EXPERIENCE SINCE
3
CITIES, 3 CONTINENTS
3
LANGUAGES
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences NYU Stern NYU Shanghai
AMSTERDAM NEW YORK SHANGHAI
01 / 52.37° N, 4.90° E

Amsterdam

Earned my BBA in International Business, majoring in Finance & Control, while founding and running an e-commerce business.

BBA, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences2022 — 2026
Founder, Van der Velden Venture2024 — 2026
Consultant Intern, Plastiflex Group2026
02 / 40.71° N, 74.01° W

New York

Studied at Baruch College on exchange before pursuing my MSc at NYU Stern, focusing on finance, strategy, and M&A.

Exchange, Baruch College (CUNY)2025
MSc Organization Management & Strategy, NYU Stern2026 — 2027
Team Lead, NYU Stern Capstone Project2026 — 2027
03 / 31.23° N, 121.47° E

Shanghai

Worked at Newegg on cross-border market expansion and fulfillment strategy while pursuing my MSc at NYU Shanghai.

Cross-Border E-Commerce Intern, Newegg Commerce2025 — 2026
MSc, NYU Shanghai2026 — 2027
Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge, NYU Shanghai2026

How I work.

APPROACH

I approach problems analytically, pairing data-driven insight with commercial judgment to build practical solutions.

01
Structured problem-solving

Breaking complex questions into clear, data-driven analysis.

02
Clear communication

Turning findings into recommendations leadership can act on.

03
Ownership and teamwork

Owning deliverables while working with diverse teams toward shared goals.