# Patrick van der Mijl

> Patrick van der Mijl is the Amsterdam-based co-founder and CEO of Speakap, an employee communication and experience platform. He and Erwin van der Vlist developed the business after encountering communication problems in supermarket work, committing full time in 2011. His public interviews cover product focus, enterprise sales, hiring, delegation and international expansion.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Speakap
- **Organizations:** Speakap, De Boer Makelaardij
- **Known for:** Co-founded Speakap and developed an international frontline employee software business., Speakap won Sprout’s Startup of the Year title for 2013., Speakap won the 2017 Best Retail Innovation jury award.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Met future co-founder Erwin van der Vlist through supermarket work.
- **2008-2010** — Worked as a real estate agent and broker at De Boer Makelaardij.
- **2009** — The early supermarket communication business took shape as Supermarktcentrale.
- **2011** — Committed full time to the business that became Speakap.
- **2017** — Rang the Amsterdam exchange gong following Speakap’s retail innovation award.
- **2019** — Publicly identified as co-founder and chief product officer.
- **2024** — Appeared as CEO and founder in Speakap’s employee experience webinar.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Speakap and developed an international frontline employee software business.
- Speakap won Sprout’s Startup of the Year title for 2013.
- Speakap won the 2017 Best Retail Innovation jury award.
- Speakap ranked second in the Dutch Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in 2018.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Speakap’s company history described its expansion from communication into onboarding, knowledge, tasks and analytics.
- **2024-04** — Participated with Andrea Popma in an employee experience webinar; a contemporaneous profile discussed US growth and roughly 600 customer companies.

## Links

- Website: https://www.speakap.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmijl/

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Last updated: 2026-10-26