Marieke studied Sociology and Communication Sciences at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. She obtained my PhD in Social Sciences in January 2011. As of September 2013, she gave up her academic career and joined her husband (Joost de Valk) and Michiel Heijmans to lead Yoast.
Marieke is CSO at Yoast, her main focus is on strategic and product management. In the last two years, she has written several eBooks and constructed 3 online courses on SEO and SEO copywriting. Besides that, she is a frequent blogger on Yoast.com.
