Experience

Bicore

• Netherlands
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• COO and co-founder

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  As COO, I am responsible for the operations at Bicore, managing the back-office and delivery for FLIGHTMAP and REALMAP assignments. I continue to support Bicore's management team, the board, and the key customers with my background as co-founder and long-term CTO and portfolio management experience.

• CTO and co-founder

  • Oct 2002 - Dec 2020

  At Bicore, I was responsible for development and marketing of the FLIGHTMAP and REALMAP strategic portfolio management solutions. These solutions have been built on a common Microsoft-based architecture, and feature advanced data analytics (predictive modeling and optimization) as well as highly flexible configuration capabilities. Bicore is the 2008 merger of Simbon and Bo4, leading Dutch consultancy firms focusing on open innovation. At Bicore (and predecessor Simbon), I ran a range of innovation management consulting and training engagements with corporates including Philips, Unilever, Mars, and DAF Trucks, research organizations including TNO and VITO, and ecosystems such as EIT Digital and HydrogenNet. Applied innovation portfolio analytics in creation and support of eHealth, mobility, circular economy, new energy, servitization, and digital transformation programs. Interim R&D management of an entertainment products company. Coaching of management teams and individual managers in R&D and New Product, New Business, and New Service Development. Executed, implemented or supported roadmapping, open innovation, and R&D portfolio management processes in a range of technology companies. Show less



Laboratorio Universitario de Turismo Inteligente (TI·LAB)

• Torrevieja, Alicante, Spain

• Advisor Smart Tourism

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Advisor for program development, field labs, and venturing in the Smart Tourism area, focusing on the application of data science, open data, IoT and other digital technologies. Advisor for program development, field labs, and venturing in the Smart Tourism area, focusing on the application of data science, open data, IoT and other digital technologies.



ICT Group

• Netherlands
• Information Technology & Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Incubation Board Member

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Reviewed over 50 innovative new business proposals in ICT Group's Dragons Den process, in the areas of smart mobility, smart health, and smart industry (typically where data science meets IoT). Helped to improve business plans working with the teams as well as investment decision making working with the C suite. Specific focus on scaling of the recurring software business part of the portfolio. Reviewed over 50 innovative new business proposals in ICT Group's Dragons Den process, in the areas of smart mobility, smart health, and smart industry (typically where data science meets IoT). Helped to improve business plans working with the teams as well as investment decision making working with the C suite. Specific focus on scaling of the recurring software business part of the portfolio.



Deloitte

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Model Consultant - Senior Advisor

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Provide hands-on support as subject matter expert in value proposition development, business strategy definition and transition, market and sales readiness, and business case model building. Focus on automotive sector and related cases in wider mobility domains. Provide hands-on support as subject matter expert in value proposition development, business strategy definition and transition, market and sales readiness, and business case model building. Focus on automotive sector and related cases in wider mobility domains.



NLC Health Ventures

• Netherlands
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Corporate R&D Advisor

  • Mar 2021 - Feb 2023

  Connect corporate research organizations around the world with the NLC Health venture builder, to explore open innovation opportunities for spinning out and spinning in of breakthrough innovations in med-tech, digital health, data science, and personalized care. Connect corporate research organizations around the world with the NLC Health venture builder, to explore open innovation opportunities for spinning out and spinning in of breakthrough innovations in med-tech, digital health, data science, and personalized care.



Mijnwater

• Netherlands
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Digital Officer

  • Mar 2020 - Dec 2021

  For Mijnwater (a venture backed by Enexis and province of Limburg), I coordinated and started the digital transformation of this sustainable energy scale-up. The focus is on both the software technology in the smart heating and cooling network operation and optimization, as well as the back office ICT. Tailored algorithms and dashboards were combined with state of the art off-the-shelf solutions in a highly secure cloud infrastructure. For Mijnwater (a venture backed by Enexis and province of Limburg), I coordinated and started the digital transformation of this sustainable energy scale-up. The focus is on both the software technology in the smart heating and cooling network operation and optimization, as well as the back office ICT. Tailored algorithms and dashboards were combined with state of the art off-the-shelf solutions in a highly secure cloud infrastructure.



Pinkroccade Local Government

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Managing Consultant

  • Dec 2000 - Oct 2002

  Led various related consulting and training engagements from troubled project scans to management workshops on software and systems process improvement. Managed the transformation from a body-shopping organization into a knowledge-based business. Introduced managing consultancy model. Conducted own research in area of R&D effectiveness and new product development. Led various related consulting and training engagements from troubled project scans to management workshops on software and systems process improvement. Managed the transformation from a body-shopping organization into a knowledge-based business. Introduced managing consultancy model. Conducted own research in area of R&D effectiveness and new product development.



IBM

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Consultant

  • Jan 1997 - Dec 2000

  Consult and manage contracts for industrial customers across Europe at executive level. Focus on software and systems process improvement and execution in innovation, new-product-development, marketing, and R&D, with an emphasis on IoT (pervasive computing), and CAD/PDM solutions. Involved as a role model for the transformation of IBM's European service organization to the consultancy-led model still in practice. Managed IBM's Eindhoven 100+ system integration resource pool. Consult and manage contracts for industrial customers across Europe at executive level. Focus on software and systems process improvement and execution in innovation, new-product-development, marketing, and R&D, with an emphasis on IoT (pervasive computing), and CAD/PDM solutions. Involved as a role model for the transformation of IBM's European service organization to the consultancy-led model still in practice. Managed IBM's Eindhoven 100+ system integration resource pool.



Data Sciences BV

• Netherlands
• Information Technology & Services

• Consultant, Resource Manager

  • Apr 1991 - Dec 1996

  Joined Data Sciences in 1991, which was acquired by and integrated in IBM in the mid 1990s. Worked for corporates including Canon, KPN, and Philips, and was the business development lead for embedded software (Internet of Things). Joined Data Sciences in 1991, which was acquired by and integrated in IBM in the mid 1990s. Worked for corporates including Canon, KPN, and Philips, and was the business development lead for embedded software (Internet of Things).



Philips

• Netherlands
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Project Manager

  • Apr 1988 - Apr 1991

  Managed a number of Philips projects in the area of product development (development acceleration, software reuse) and its supporting processes (CAD systems, PDM, etc.). Organized software project management workshops. Managed a number of Philips projects in the area of product development (development acceleration, software reuse) and its supporting processes (CAD systems, PDM, etc.). Organized software project management workshops.