Richard van Lieshout

R&D Consultant

Netherlands

About

Strategic technology professional and inspirational leader for professional hightech equipment. Demonstrable track record in successfully creating and managing complex technology projects with large multidisciplinary teams of professionals in a role as CTO, system architect or leader of systems engineering. Educated and trained in the Philips school. Passionate technological entrepreneur with gut feeling for customers and markets, empowering businesses through cutting-edge Research & Development. Visionary, out-of-the-box thinker in finding creative solutions (20 patents). Available as an independent consultant through own company Inspirich. Inspirich supports innovative companies in creating high-tech system solutions. In that role consulting startup/scaleup companies like Keiron Printing Technologies. More information can be found on https://www.inspirich.nl/ Active within the DSPE organisation as boardmember, chairman of MSKE (Mechatronic System Knowledge Exchange), advisory board DSPE-conference and jury Rien Koster Award.

Experience

  • System Architect at Canon Production Printing
    Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • Research & Development Consultant at Inspirich
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Inspirich is a R&D Consulting company in Technology Management and System Architecture for hightech mechatronic systems. Inspirich supports innovative companies in creating high-tech system solutions, empowering businesses through cutting-edge Research & Development. More information can be found on: https://www.inspirich.nl

  • Chairman MSKE, advisory board member DSPE-conference, jury Rien Koster Award at Dutch Society for Precision Engineering
    2012 - Present · 14 yrs 7 mos

  • Chief Technology Officer at Keiron Printing Technologies
    May 2024 - Nov 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Keiron’s LiFT (Laser-Induced Forward Transfer) technology revolutionizes solder paste application with a fully digital, contactless process. Using precise laser technology, LiFT deposits standard solder paste with high accuracy, eliminating the need for stencils, nozzles, and ejectors while streamlining production. Setting a new benchmark for the SMT industry.

  • Chief Technology Officer at MTA Group
    Feb 2018 - Feb 2024 · 6 yrs 1 mo

    As CTO I was responsible for: - the Technology Roadmap and building/managing the required ecosystem within the Hightech Systems domain. - generating New Business opportunities together with the Chief Commercial Officer, . - product development in the Product Creation Process, where the main focus of my role was in phase zero (Business Case) and phase one (Product Requirements & System Architecture). I further build the development team and the competences required for the new mechatronics proposition, in close liaison with the Chief Production Officer, which resulted in the unique V2 proposition. In 2019 MTA has received the DISCA best knowledge award (from LINK magazine).