D@D is run by Drs. Marc Daenen, a literary man and communications specialist, who stu-died at the Univer-sity of Amsterdam from 1977 until 1984.

“The medium was the message”: The family Daenen did not relocate more than 500 yards in over 500 years, the migration to Amsterdam came as an absolute culture shock.

From 1984 till 1986 Marc Daenen held several positions, among others communications consultant in Brussels and PR consultant with the Ministry of Defense in The Hague.
From 1986 till 2003 he held various positions at the University of Maastricht.

Already in his first years at the University of Maastricht Marc Daenen was very successful in his assignment: student recruitment ( in only 4 years from 2000 to 6000 students), Public Relations and Marketing of academic studies.
This resulted in his appointment as managing director of the “Center for European Studies” (CES), a position he held for 14 years. The CES was the first commercial institute for international contract education in The Netherlands.

At CES Marc Daenen –supported by the board of directors- build himself a network of 128 universities around the world in a mere 12 years.
This gives Marc Daenen an unequalled expertise in the United States, as well in Asia, the far East and South America.

Marc Daenen travelled hundreds of times to as many locations and almost always he was able to conclude agreements. All these agreements were focused on student mobility: undergraduates, graduates, executives, even special programs for professors.
Dozens different programs were developed, in all kinds of shapes and levels, varying from 3-day seminars to integral bachelor or MBA programs.

As logical consequence Daenen@Daenen International Services was founded in 2004, a professional organization and consultancy agency without peers!