Bart V.

High-tech manager leading a high-performing team of senior design and engineering specialists within ASML EUV Source Performance.

Netherlands

About

My team is responsible for the strategic integration, performance improvement, and validation of both installed base and next-generation EUV sources, consistently delivering results beyond customer expectations on critical KPIs including EUV power, dose stability, and debris control. Proven leader with a strong track record in building and developing high-performing team, driving complex, cross-functional engineering programs, and translating advanced research into robust, manufacturable, and scalable solutions. Experienced in operating at the intersection of technology strategy, execution excellence, and stakeholder alignment across R&D, engineering, and customer-facing organizations. Recognized for an entrepreneurial and results-driven leadership style, combining strategic thinking with hands-on engagement. I thrive in high-pressure, high-ambiguity environments at the cutting edge of technology, enabling teams to deliver breakthrough innovations and making the impossible possible at scale.

Experience

  • ASML (Veldhoven · On-site)
    • Design Engineer and Architecture Line Manager
      Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

      Design Engineer and Architecture Line Manager for EUV Source Performance at ASML, leading and scaling high-performing teams of senior engineering and design experts. Accountable for the strategic integration, performance improvement, and validation of both installed base and next-generation EUV sources, consistently delivering results beyond customer expectations on critical KPIs including EUV power, dose stability, and debris control. Ambassador for Safety and People engineering development program

    • Senior Lithography System Performance Engineer
      May 2016 - Jan 2023 · 6 yrs 9 mos

      2016-2017: Taskforce Lead Debris / Senior Lithography System Performance Engineer for NXE3300/3350 2017-2021: Main Delivery Owner / Senior Lithography System Performance Engineer for NXE3400 2021-2023: Senior Lithography System Performance Engineer / Scrum Master for NXE3600

  • TNO (Eindhoven Area, Netherlands)
    • Consultant Materials Performance
      2013 - Apr 2016 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      Consultant Materials Performance with significant experience in materials science, project management and consultative selling.

    • Project Manager
      2010 - 2013 · 3 yrs

      Responsible for relation building with partners, communication and management of two European projects. This work resulted in new business partners and several publications, including an award winning article.

    • Research scientist
      2008 - 2013 · 5 yrs

      Responsible for applied material science and research focused on testing and characterization technology. This work resulted in an M2i (Materials Innovation Institute) award winning showcase project and several publications.

  • Process Engineer at Holst Centre
    2012 - 2013 · 1 yr

    Responsible for the development of roll-to-roll process to produce highly conductive embedded screen printed metallic structures. The technology is patented and presented in a journal article.

  • Graduate Trainee at Daimler AG, Mercedes-Benz Technology Center (MTC)
    2004 - 2004 · Less than a year

    Responsible for assessment of damage resistance of high-end carbon reinforced composite material.