Video: TechTalk Green data & analytics, Gen AI & changing for the better with tailormade building blocks
In a series of TechTalks, Bart Leurs (Chief Innovation and Technology Officer) puts colleagues in the spotlight. How does Rabobank make an impact with tech and data for people and society? Talents talk about their tech, data, or innovation expertise.
In this edition, Robey de Jong and Richard van Deventer talk about green data & analytics, the opportunities of Gen AI, Rabobank’s internal software platform with tailor-made building blocks (front-end to back-end), contributing to the Open Source community & changing IT for the better.

About the authors
- Robey de JongAnalytics WoW Standards Manager
Robey de Jong’s experience in different types of Data Science organizations has given her a clear understanding of what steps need to be taken to be compliant and successful in developing analytics solutions. She has incorporated these steps into an Analytics Way of Working used across the bank. Her team actively supports development teams and works closely with policy makers to make a difference for the benefit of Analytics Practitioners and the bank. Besides Data & Analytics, one of her passions is sustainability. And she has decided to become a leader who empowers Analytics Practitioners to reduce their Carbon footprint. She will actively support them in their way of working to act accordingly and she is currently researching how to measure the carbon footprint per project and how to benchmark the results. Besides work, Robey enjoys doing sports and exploring new things with friends.
I work as User Success Manager and PO within the Rabobank Online Platform teams. Our internally focussed platform provides building blocks for Rabobank’s web applications; we provide our developers a lot of great features, from the Rabo design system up to backend microservices. I love the challenge and positive energy that comes with innovation and change. I believe that these ingredients are also vital to make the critical changes we need to undertake to tackle the challenges we face in our society and the earths ecosystem.

