Experience

synergism
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Innovatiemanager sustainable technologies

  • Jan 2020 - Present


Synergism10

• United States
• Automotive

• Innovatiemanager

  • Jan 2015 - Present

• Senior Innovation Manager

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  Funding of InnovationInnovation and R&D project fundingInnovation funding reviewFunding via fiscal and tax measures (tax credit , BELSPO...)Funding optimization vai university partnershipsTrouble shooting valorisation issues of funded projects



Agfa Gevaert N.V.

• Manager ExtR&D and Funding

  • Jun 2010 - Sep 2015

  Constructing, financing and managing collaborative projects with external R&D partners. Setting up high quality R&D partnerships at best cost on european scale. Constructing projects in the framework of the European Commission, Eureka, Eranet, and the regional innovation schemes and IWT. Start up of new R&D programs in Flanders SIM and FISCH. Major projects in the advanced material area with a budget between 3- 12 million euro and runtime of 2-3 years. Engineering Fellow University Brussels 2013 Reviewer of the EC 7FP, H2020 ITN and NMP R&D program , Life+ and Eureka and Eurostars.



Agfa Graphics

• Belgium
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager ExtR&D

  • 2007 - Jun 2010

  R&D lobbying to the regional and national governement and Europe in the framework of "Open Innovation" Funding support of Innovation Consulting on parafiscal and fiscal measures for costreduction of R&D activities in Belgium Realised a 5 million euro per year extra cash in from parafiscal measures optimisation of the tax credit.. Start up and launch of SIM and FISCH Workgroup leader on Innovation of the Round table chemical industry in Flanders under Min. Fientje Moerman 2007-2008



Agfa Gevaert NV

• Manager External R&D

  • Jan 1999 - Dec 2006

  Worked out the mission, vision and implemented for the Agfa R&D ExtR&DExtR&D works on 4 main axis for all the Agfa BU’s in FlandersExternal funding (IWT-EC-SIM-Eureka) for innovative R&D projects with Agfa as partner or coordinator Maximizing indirect funding via the parafiscal and fiscal measures (tax credit on R&D) for Agfa R&D Recruiting via the Agfa Discovery internship program young talent for in house R&D feasibility projects of minimum 6 months. ExtR&D lobbies on regional and national level with partners for lowering R&D cost in Belgium and maximize project fundingParafiscal measure on R&D wages (2001-2012) with Essenscia PID (2007-2009), tax credit on R&D (2005-2008) with Agoria R&D Funding policies IWT, SIM, FISCH with VRWI, Agoria, Esscenscia

• Manager R&D AFO-AGX

  • Jan 1993 - Dec 1998

  Managing the R&D activities in nanomaterials and processes for imaging and printing of a group of 48 people inside and 25 people outside the Agfa R&D.Realised with his R&D group the building blocks for the final Agfa generation of AgX imaging systems for Graphics and Healthcare imaging markets with a major sales volume in 2013.

• Projectleader nano-AgX based imaging systems

  • Jan 1990 - Dec 1992

  Basic research on nano--AgX based imaging systems for Graphics and Healthcare markets.


Flanders Business School
• Belgium
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Entrepeneurial-MBA

  • 2001 - 2004
• Research leader hybrid imagings systems

  • Aug 1988 - Dec 1989

  Basic research on hybrid imaging systems wth maximum sustainability for future Graphic markets

• Project developer DTR- imaging systems

  • Mar 1982 - Jul 1988

  Developed the concept and the industrial prototype and introduced in production and the market of a sustainable proofing system for the global graphic markets with a market value of 250 million euro and a gross margin of more than 75 % in 1988.

• Projectleader DTR-imaging and printing systems

  • Oct 1978 - Feb 1982

  Research on new printing sytems and troubleshooting on DTR-Imaging manufacturing.Realised the concept that led later to the realisation of the first Agfa CtP system on the basis of the DTR-principle.



Vrije Universiteit Brussel

• Belgium
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 1976 - Dec 1977

  Research assistant VUB "Toegepaste Wetenschappen" Project Solar Energy Prof. Wajc. Design of Chemical Plants. Practica. Research assistant VUB "Toegepaste Wetenschappen" Project Solar Energy Prof. Wajc. Design of Chemical Plants. Practica.