User:Bastien Mensink

Bastien Mensink (born December 25, 1975; Zwolle, The Netherlands) is know by most people as the author of a famous Excel add-in called "ASAP Utilities".

Professional
Bastien's background is environmental engineering. He worked in this area for about five years at the company Witteveen+Bos in Deventer, The Netherlands. The job was a combination of investigating sludge/dredged material, and being responsible for developing and maintaining software applications that were used in the department. In this function he soon became the companies "excel-expert".

In 2000 he started his own company, eGate Internet Solutions (dutch) together with his brother, Rogier Mensink and friend Rob Onland. Creating websites with the focus on online marketing and creating custom Excel tools and automate reporting. Nowadays the company has fully specialized in online marketing and advising companies on this.

In 2007 he founded the company A Must in Every Office BV, with the main purpose to further develop, professionalize and promote ASAP Utilities and make Excel easier to use. Starting from 2009 ASAP Utilities is also available in Dutch, German, Spanish and French. By adding more languages much more people can benefit from ASAP Utilities and make their life in Excel easier.

Personal
He lives in the Netherlands, together with his wife Monique and their son Melle. Mountainbiking is a great passion of him (and a good way to hide his nerd-image) furthermore he likes geocaching, photography, hiking and listening to good music.

Motto
Enjoy every moment of your life, respect your environment and make yourself useful.