Summary
Erik Tromp is a serial founder and AI veteran with 11+ years of experience building production ML products and over 15 years in AI development. He combines deep technical chops—PhD-level training in web engineering and extensive data science leadership at media and enterprise firms—with nearly 25 years of martial arts practice, driving a rare focus on precision and human movement. As founder of SensAI.PT he created a computer-vision form-coaching app that brings trainer-level feedback to phones, currently field-testing with ~100 users and expanding into workout generation and nutrition. Previously he built big-data and NLP platforms (Tuktu) and led data science teams at DPG Media/NU.nl, repeatedly turning research into practical, scalable products. Comfortable switching between startup scrums and enterprise architecture, he also mentors teams, teaches AI, and builds in public from the Netherlands. An unexpected crossover: his martial-arts insistence on “form first” directly shaped SensAI.PT’s product philosophy and real-time engineering tradeoffs.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Web Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Web Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology
VWO, Nature&Technics, VWO, Nature&Technics at Sint-Jans Lyceum