Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
**Ashok Sridhar has deep technical expertise as well as strategic and business development experience in additive manufacturing technologies namely Printed Electronics and 3D Printing, which are key enablers for Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and Industry 4.0. He is adept at identifying new growth opportunities and convincing internal stakeholders to establish innovative projects to meet customer requirements and exploit market inefficiencies.** Ashok received his PhD in inkjet printed electronics in 2010. From then on until 2015, he developed additive manufacturing technologies for Printed Electronics, for a wide range of wearable and sensing applications - enablers of ubiquitous sensing for IoT. In the beginning of 2015, Ashok moved to a market-facing Applications Specialist role at SABIC, identifying emerging opportunities in Printed Electronics and In-Mold Electronics (IME) by capturing the voice of customers (VOC), market analysis and building business cases. By mid-2016, Ashok transitioned to a Business Development role. So far in this role, he has identified new business opportunities for new and existing specialty polymer materials of SABIC, acquiring customers and identifying value chain partners. He has augmented his business skills through an Executive MBA at TIAS, a top B-School in Europe, receiving a cum laude and scoring 9/10 for his thesis. Ashok's interest and involvement in 3D Printing goes back to 2004. Besides continuously monitoring the industry trends for more than a decade, he also has hands-on experience in process development and technology development for Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling, key constituents of Industry 4.0.
At Tracxon we transform Hybrid Printed Electronics from a niche technology to a mainstream cradle-to-cradle manufacturing technology through continuous process and product innovation. We are a spin-off from Holst Centre, deploying the latest and sustainable manufacturing techniques. https://www.tracxon.tech/
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Holst Centre, a leading R&D innovation centre based in the Netherlands, is at the forefront of next-gen electronics that is flexible, conformal, stretchable, washable and even formable. Holst Centre is the torch-bearer changing the way we use and perceive electronics, cutting across such diverse domains as consumer electronics, health care, automotive and IoT. In my current role I wear two hats: (1) Global business development of Holst Centre's Wearables and Smart Textile portfolios; (2) Collaborate with our parent organization TNO's start-up unit as well as HighTechXL venture-building accelerator to create start-ups based on technological and product innovations from Holst Centre.
Ashok Sridhar was given the responsibility of setting up the first of its kind greenfield facility for Printed Electronics manufacturing in India, and to get this new business unit of an established automotive company off the ground. Ashok was instrumental in setting up this facility near Mumbai, the commercial capital of India. He played a central role in facility planning, equipment selection and negotiation, hiring of qualified engineers, business strategy and strategic partnerships, as well as product roadmapping, all of which were done in alignment with the Board of Management's vision. On the business development side, Ashok nurtured multiple leads and created new ones, both local and international, leading to a healthy revenue pipeline for the near and mid-term future. Being an expert in the Printed Electronics domain, Ashok also guided the product development team to develop products based on tangible customer demands, while mentoring the team members to ensure that the on-the-job learnings are captured and documented efficiently.
Holst Centre, a leading R&D innovation centre based in the Netherlands, is at the forefront of next-gen electronics that is flexible, conformal, stretchable, washable and even formable. Holst Centre is the torch-bearer changing the way we use and perceive electronics, cutting across such diverse domains as consumer electronics, health care, automotive and IoT. In this role I am responsible for the global business development of Hybrid Printed Electronics and Structural Electronics (In-Mold Electronics and 3D Printed Electronics).