Hechtel-Eksel, Flemish Region, Belgium
Experienced program/project manager with product management and business development skills. Through defining and leading projects from idea to production, with multidisciplinary and multi-site teams, in close interaction and cooperation with sales and purchasing, direct interaction with and support of customers, I have been able to build up a broad experience in research and (pre-)development of technologies and products for Automotive systems and Semiconductors.
Responsible for definition and deployment of a Philips wide Test & Verification Platform. This includes a software-based platform to reduce development time, site relocation cost and capacity loss, while increasing serviceability and digital connectivity. In addition realization of Test & Verification production equipment according to medical standards.
Define, lead and support of manufacturing industry related research projects together with companies to help them innovate better and faster. Researched technologies and platforms related to industrial and on-road vehicle automation. Technologies include localization (UWB, SLAM, GPS), perception, modelling of a vehicle's environment, decision making given what happens in the vehicle's environment, translating all this to -safe- vehicle control complemented with virtual as well as real-life validation.
Completed projects on static and dynamic high power inductive charging for electrical vehicles, vision based road scanning for improved ride performance, low cost and precise localization and ADAS functions based on real time data sharing of vehicles information.
Market research to explore the feasibility of introducing a new line of Semiconductor IP products.
Business development, portfolio definition and market introduction of an analog Semiconductor IP product portfolio.