Joe De Waele

HighTech & New Business - Proven Track Record

Belgium

About

Business Manager with focus on "HighTech" - "Sales" - "Management"

Experience

  • Owner at Smart Market Scan (SMS)
    May 2013 - Present · 13 yrs 3 mos

    30+ Years in High Tech & Business Development —————————————— Why companies hired me? - Entrepreneur & Business Manager - Able to deal with complex situations - Soft Skills & Cultural diversity (4 languages) - Experience in High Tech & New Business - Experience in Automation & Digitization - Experience in Mechatronics & Robotics - Experience in IoT & Edge-Cloud - Experience in AI - Experience in Cyber Security Worked with multinationals, family owned companies, Spin-Off’s, Start Up’s, Scale Up’s and government related entities (public tenders) Done business in EU, US, Asia, Africa Tech degrees: 3 Masters in Engineering Management degrees: 2 MBA ————————- Markets served: Processing: - Chemical & Petrochemical - Metal, Minerals, Mining - Cement - Glass - Food & Beverage - Pharma, - Life Sciences Manufacturing & Machines - CNC - Packaging - Textile, - Printing, - Plastics,… Electronics & Semiconductors - Industrial electronics - HF/RF/Radar; - Power Electronics, - Semiconductors, EMS, PCB's,.. Transport Sector - Automotive, - Railway - Ships & Water Infrastructure, - AeroSpace Defense & Security Utilities (Public & Private) - Electricity: generation, grid, renewable energy - Gaz: distribution - Water: drinking water, wastewater

  • Business Development Director - reporting to CEO at Flanders Make
    Apr 2010 - Sep 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Area Sales Manager - Mid Management at PsiControl Mechatronics (Picanol Group)
    May 2008 - Apr 2010 · 2 yrs

  • Senior Lecturer - Professor at KHBO Technical University
    Sep 2006 - Aug 2007 · 1 yr

  • Manager Automation & ICT - Project Manager at Alpro
    Jul 2001 - Aug 2006 · 5 yrs 2 mos