Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
I am passionate about solving challenges in High-Tech Industries. I connect advanced embedded systems research with industry applications, ensuring our projects meet real-world demands. My work supports TNO-ESI's mission to advance high-tech systems through collaborative research and development, impacting sectors like high-tech and industrial automation. Combining a Doctorate in Physics with an MBA enables me to steer organizations in their transformations and advise on the optimal approaches and usage of disruptive solutions. Accordingly, I empower people to impact business outcomes by solving complex business and technology challenges together with my clients.
Passionate about driving innovation and cultivating strategic partnerships, I focus on aligning cutting-edge embedded systems research with industry needs, fostering collaboration, and spearheading initiatives that translate complex technological advancements into practical, marketable solutions. At TNO-ESI I advance embedded systems research with industry applications, ensuring our projects meet real-world demands. My work supports TNO-ESI's mission to advance high-tech systems through collaborative research and development, impacting sectors like high-tech and industrial automation.
I am working with customers and senior management to develop high-value AI use cases and AI application roadmaps. I help customers achieve their digital transformation objectives through identifying high-value opportunities.
Being part of a global team of AI thought leaders, I am leading organisations to successfully define and deploy their Enterprise AI solutions.
As Technical Specialist Profession Leader, my mission and drive were: - To support IBM's development and growth of technically vital professionals with deep skills in technologies, products, and solutions. - To foster community along a well-defined technical/professional career path while providing value to IBM, IBM clients/customers, and the individual professionals in the Technical Specialist profession.
As IBM Quantum Distinguished Ambassador, I guided organisations to get quantum ready, with a focus on AI, Chemicals, and Optimalisation. Through establishing a Quantum Applications Lab, I drove materializing selected use-cases. I led a team of Quantum Ambassadors. I was frequently invited as speaker at events, meetups, conferences, and organizations. To stimulate education, I gave guest lecturer at universities. As initiator, I drove the collaboration of IBM with Maastricht University around Einstein Telescope and Large Hadron Collider beauty.
My background is in Oil & Gas, New Energies, Finance, and High-Tech Industries. Through my industry and technology capabilities, I led solving client's business and IT challenges in Cloud and AI solution domains. I identified comprehensive, innovative solutions in collaboration with senior management of my clients. Realized examples that have enabled and driven lasting success include AI engagements, joint application development projects, and sustainability solutions. These examples blend software and cloud solutions, global delivery capabilities, R&D investments, ‘First Of A Kind’ projects, and broad partnerships across in- and external ecosystems.