Gabi Zijderveld

GABI ZIJDERVELD is chief marketing officer and head of product strategy with Affectiva. She has defined and built the new technology category of Emotion AI (artificial emotional intelligence), and positioned Affectiva to dominate this space with a successful marketing strategy, including high volume press coverage to drive industry awareness. Zijderveld has also led product management and launch of Affectiva’s Automotive AI, the industry’s first in-cabin sensing solution that measures driver impairment and passenger mood and reactions, from face and voice. Zijderveld’s career in high tech spans two decades. She has held diverse marketing, product management and international positions, leading new product launches, go to market strategies and channel management for companies including ON Technology, Dragon Systems, Be Free, Centra, Segue Software and IBM. Zijderveld earned a graduate degree in art history and archeology from Utrecht University in The Netherlands.@gabizij