The Randstad, Netherlands
I am responsible for the European Technology and Innovation Center (ETIC) of Pratt & Whitney in the Netherlands as the Engineering Senior Manager. ETIC team is a part of Advanced Concepts Group, responsible for discovering and developing new concepts to enable sustainable and zero-carbon flight. I have 20 years of experience in R&D and innovation in the aviation and high-tech industries with diverse experience in flight simulation performance and control, composite structures, adaptive control systems and sustainability. I have significant experience in management and leadership from startup to corporate company cultures in diverse industries. Before joining the P&W ETIC team as the engineering manager, I was responsible for building and running a start-up within Bright Society Holding B.V., in the Netherlands, providing consultancy and technology scouting services to the high-tech industry. I have also held positions as an innovation project manager for various European Commission and R&D projects within ZF Group; and as a consultant and specialist supporting MOOG B.V., GKN Aerospace, CAE CFT and Havelsan Simulator systems amongst others. “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” - Jim Rohn
I manage an international team of PhD-level engineers to help companies address their technical challenges, define their business roadmap, and investigate new markets through technology scouting. I work with a diverse range of customers from the semiconductor, biomedical, aerospace, life sciences, agrotech, and R&D industries. With my team, we help our customers discover technologies and methodologies across sectors for any stage of their product development process. I am the main responsible for the business development, customer and key stakeholder management, acquisition, and management of all projects as well as leading, mentoring, and development of the international engineering teams. After a year-long preparation during 2022, we kicked off our new company on 1st of January 2023 within Bright Society Group. It has been a rewarding and exciting experience to learn how to start a company from scratch, from the ideation process to selecting a name and logo, preparing the website content, hiring a team, defining the core business, products and strategy, giving pitch presentations, and running projects for existing and new customers. What do we offer? Our PhD-level technology scouts from diverse backgrounds help you find technologies across sectors for any stage of your product development process. Technology scouting bridges the gap between industries, research, and innovation. How do we do this? We conduct effective investigations using AI-based secure algorithms to select the most relevant information from millions of recognized scientific publications, patents, reports, and company websites. All the processes and their contents are strictly confidential. What do we deliver? A structured report tailored to your technical challenges, requirements, and objectives together with the technology landscape, market overview, and maturity levels addressing your product roadmap to innovate faster. Please do not hesitate to contact me for more information!
Bright Society is a talent incubator, facilitating young Bright people to boost their early career. During a 3-year program these young academics, all with a PhD degree, discover their passion and talent. Through intensive guidance, facing challenges in a variety of companies they experience true inspiration.
In addition to my role as a manager at Bright Society, I had the honor of chairing the KIVI International Engineers Board. Our mission is providing an international platform where the latest trends and topics are discussed, different views are brought together and initiatives from all members are accommodated. Our main objectives are to create a pleasant, inspiring, and informative social community for international engineers in the Netherlands and bring together (local) experts for interdisciplinary dialogue and dissemination of technological knowledge.
Description of the role: I was an Innovation Project Manager who was responsible for the project and technical management as well as the design and development of innovative Aerodynamic Control Systems for the EU-funded Aeroflex project (Horizon 2020). In parallel, I was managing three additional advanced development projects with a focus on next-generation technologies. Besides the technical tasks, I was very much involved with the investigation, networking with, acquisition of, and management of the suppliers and international partners for innovative product development and alignment on upcoming technologies as a representative of the Optiflow Aerodynamic Team. This role gave me the chance to combine my background and expertise in aerospace engineering and aviation with my enthusiastic, driven, and dynamic personality and my passion for sustainable, CO2-free technologies and innovation. The goal of AEROFLEX, Aerodynamic and Flexible Trucks for Next Generation of Long Distance Road Transport, project was to develop and demonstrate new technologies, concepts, and architectures for complete vehicles with optimized aerodynamics, powertrains, and safety systems that were energy efficient, safe, comfortable, configurable and cost-effective, while ensuring that the varying needs of customers were satisfied by being flexible and adaptable concerning the continuously changing operational conditions. As one of the partners of the AEROFLEX consortium, ZF WABCO participated in the two main sub-projects: - For AEMPT, the brake system technology for the vehicles to be equipped. - In aerodynamics, several adjustable aerodynamic drag reduction devices for trucks and trailers like tails and skirts as well as other aerodynamic improving applications. #truck #trailer #roadtransport #sustainability #aerodynamics #innovation #technologydevelopment #energyefficiency Related websites: https://www.zf.com/products/en/cv/products_64601.html https://aeroflex-project.eu/
- Connecting with innovation and technology enthusiasts from a wide range of engineering applications at industry, R&D and start-up companies and organizing events on developments in high-tech industry, innovation, technology trends and sustainability. ** Board member from September 2017 ** Vice-chair from March 2019
- Connecting with innovation and technology enthusiasts from a wide range of engineering applications at industry, R&D and start-up companies and organizing events on developments in aerospace, mechatronics, AI, sustainability and circular economy fields. ** Board member from September 2017 ** Vice-chair from March 2019 - Team member of Future Society Project Plastic (FSPP)