Netherlands
STRATEGY • PARTNERING • LICENSING • ebit-driven business development, intellectual property and consulting executive combining a strategy, financial and operational advisory career, alliance development, team building and leadership, world-wide dealmaking, and hands-on, result-focused business building across multiple industries. Serving in community as well as in business, honored as one of six District Governors in the Lions Clubs of The Netherlands, an international service organization.
MAASTRICHT • Engaged to lead global business development and licensing team for industry-leading agricultural, digital, green technology company. Sales growth exceeding 800% in a ten-year cycle. Market and alliance activities, large-cap (>€1bl) projects on five continents; New plant development, improvement, partnering, consulting and new product green ammonia (hydrogen) and digital tools innovation.
MILAN - Determine segment-specific strategy, implementation for leading engineering contractor, technology licensor. Led multi-disciplinary team of 30 engineering, finance, commercial professionals. Reporting to CEO, CTO;
EINDHOVEN • SEATTLE • Management consulting, interim projects. Brabantia BV; the International League Against Epilepsy, Inc; Ernst & Young Association Management (now Kellen Company); Product and marketing strategy, internal industrial ISO, financial and operational audits and advice; Advise (CEO, CTO, CIPO) Alliances, JV's, M&A, dispute resolution, IP-based business models with clients among others: Kemira Oyj; DSM Bio-Based Products and Services BV; Tessenderlo Group; DSM Biomedical BV; Sotra Seperef SAS; Often called when time was short, but results still required deep validation and quality.
MAASTRICHT • International philanthropy and service organization serving local and world-wide communities and causes under the mantra 'We Serve'; Member of the national Board and Leadership Council, Melvin Jones Fellow, 2020; representing more than 11,000 Lions in The Netherlands and 2000 in my District. The Lions are always prepared to help with heart and hands. Serving with compassion and energy.
MAASTRICHT • Led strategic transition from 'idle IP' to fully integrated licensing activities in DSM's (~€10bl rev.) core innovation portfolios; Managed, expanded global (US, EU) team of licensing (CLP™) professionals, 7-figure dept. P&L and grew case values to 9-figures (incl. JV, JDA, M&A); across DSM's worldwide materials, bioenergy, biomedical, nutrition platforms; Faculty DSM Business Academy;
MAASTRICHT • Lead cross-functional teams (NBD, R&D, Legal, IP, Finance) in early stage business building: licensing / IP cases, dispute settlements, portfolio acquisitions, complex alliances and JV's; E.g. Actamax®, Surgical Materials JV with DuPont (project director, negotiation lead) • POET-DSM BioFuels JV (IP/Licensing diligence lead) • KhepriCoat® Solar Coating (IP acquisition, negotiation lead); Developed reputation to quickly find core issues, unravel pending disputes and put parties on collaborative, innovative growth path.