Geert Nouwen

Manager & Engineer

Alken, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

Experience

  • Managing Director at SHARP Composites
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Manager, Engineer, Owner at Okker bv
    Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    With Okker the idea is to take advantage of my previous career experiences in automotive, hydrogen, wind energy, energy transition, aerospace, etc. I've always been driven by innovation, in a hybrid engineering and management role in start-up's, small and large companies.

  • Head of Product Management h2 composite pressure vessels < dev. site manager < Ops & Busnss Manager at OPmobility
    Jan 2018 - Jan 2023 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    The New Energies division of OPMobility (former name Plastic Omnium) is developing and producing H2 storage and fuelcell solutions for the passenger car, commercial vehicle, bus, truck & train markets woldwide. Since OPMobility acquired Optimum CPV I've held several positions from Operational & Business Manager, to Head of Development Center for H2 pressure vessels, to Head of Product Management H2 pressure vessels ( R&D and Generic)

  • Operations Manager at Optimum CPV (former Seifert and Skinner & Associates)
    Mar 2014 - Jan 2018 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    Optimum CPV is an engineering company specialized in filament winding of fibre reinforced products (composites). We are well known in particular for the design, development, prototyping and certification of composite pressure vessels (mainly type 2, 3 and 4) Our services also include technology transfer to the customer and production of small dedicated series. Optimum CPV is the former Seifert and Skinner & Associates. www. optimum-cpv.com Operations & Business Manager for Composite Pressure Vessels @ Plastic Omnium New Energies, part of the Clean Energy Systems division. Focusing on Hydrogen pressure vessels for electric vehicles. Optimum CPV was fully aquired by Plastic Omnium in December 2017 Optimum CPV is an engineering company specialized in filament winding of fibre reinforced products (composites). We are well known in particular for the design, development, prototyping and certification of composite pressure vessels (mainly type 2, 3 and 4) Our services also include technology transfer to the customer and production of small dedicated series.

  • Group Machiels (3 yrs 5 mos)
    • manager projects
      Jul 2012 - Mar 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Project Manager in BU Wind & Solar. Activities ranged from evaluating potential windfarm locations to managing the realization phase and windfarm exploitation phase. www.machiels.com

    • Senior process Engineer
      Nov 2010 - Jul 2012 · 1 yr 9 mos

      In charge of the R&D en process engineering of the development and manufacturing of composite material rotor blades for wind turbines. Also closely involved in the daily operations of a manufacturing plant and it's techno-commercial aspects www.machiels.com