Karsten D.

External Partnerships Manager, Public-Private Partnerships

Brabantine City Row

About

Building meaningful partnerships where advanced technology meets real‑world impact. As an External Partnership Specialist at Prodrive Technologies, I work at the intersection of European and national innovation ecosystems in high‑tech R&D, industrial innovation, and international collaboration. I focus on turning ambitious ideas into structured partnerships and funded innovation projects. I bridge technology roadmaps, consortia building, and public-private funding, helping complex R&D initiatives move from concept to execution. My role supports the development of strategic collaborations with industry partners, research institutes, and public stakeholders—particularly in technology domains such as: - Embedded computing systems (including AI, quantum and edge) - Power electronics - Precision vision & sensing solutions - Motion & mechatronics - Scalable industrial solutions. What drives me is connecting the right people, technologies, and ambitions to create partnerships that are technically sound, strategically aligned, and built for long‑term impact. - Based in the Netherlands - Open to collaboration in industrial R&D, high-tech innovation, and European partnerships

Experience

  • Prodrive Technologies (Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands)
    • External Partnerships Manager
      Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Acquisition and management of external partnerships at Prodrive Technologies, specifically in the field of R&D subsidies and strategic collaborations to support internal innovation roadmaps (Electronics, green hydrogen, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, advanced packaging, mechatronics, industrial automation and vision & sensing). Shaping national and European high-tech development and innovation agenda's and roadmaps. Member of the Holland High Tech Innovation Council for Semiconductor Technologies.

    • Business Engineer
      Oct 2020 - May 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Coördinator regionale, nationale en Europese subsidies

  • Bezorger at Albert Heijn
    Nov 2019 - Oct 2020 · 1 yr

  • Privé chauffeur at Mobiliteitsdiensten Nederland B.V.
    Mar 2019 - Nov 2019 · 9 mos

  • Apollo Vredestein (Greater Enschede Area)
    • Afstudeerproject business team 1 en 2
      Feb 2019 - Aug 2019 · 7 mos

      Scrap data verzamelen en prepareren om op basis van eigen onderzoek zodanig te visualiseren dat dit zowel overzicht als nieuwe inzichten creëert.

    • Stagiair Quality Assurance business team 4
      Nov 2018 - Feb 2019 · 4 mos

      Aan de hand van data en eigen onderzoek proberen de minor- en speed losses te verminderen en de OEE van bepaalde machines te verbeteren.

  • New York Pizza (4 yrs 10 mos)
    • Manager
      Sep 2015 - May 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    • Bezorger
      Aug 2014 - Aug 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo