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Spankeren

Spankeren

Almere Stad Area, Netherlands

New product program; multi-million subcontracts and international organized organization. Reduced throughput time of first phase by 30%.Kept customer's installed base up-and-running in failing supplier situation. Setup re-manufacturing program including customer qualification, and supplier transition for core part of our systems.Ran projects with the major players in the high-tech semiconductor industry.

Huizen, Netherlands

Responsible for Sotas Product Line, Thales core mobile networking and intercom system. Coordinating the PLC of three generations of products. Responsible for translating market developments and technical developments into new product extensions, and new features.

Huizen

I introduced the new generation Sotas product in a Thales-group strategic project. In this international, multi-site, joint development project, I specifically had to manage the complexity between an COTS-ready customer expectation and a promising product under development. Pushing some strategic product developments and focusing on the contract, I was able to significantly improve the projects' gross margin.

Huizen

Responsible for transforming the development organization from a project-driven to a Sotas product-driven development team. (Re-)introduction scrum development approach. Restructuring of project development responsibilities and corresponding budget and quality responsibilities between project and development organization. Rebuilding development teams, project organization, and adopting working methods to reflect new approach.

Huizen, Netherlands

Project management for development and delivery to multiple international customers. This includes: + project planning and tracking + maintaining customer relations + sub-contract management + coordination of product development and qualificationAs project manager I introduced several new products, for which I did manage all project related activities for new product development programs, including product definition, supplier selection, industrialization.

Multi-disciplinary project management for multiple business lines - Communications, Optronics, and Joint Systems.Introduction of Agile-scrum method and supporting tooling within TNL Huizen facilities.

Project management, incl. architecture redesign, program coordination between multiple R&D projects from multiple BU’s, and Océ’s International Service & Support department.

Color system program definition. System architecture definition. System feasibility research.

Project management for real time and non-real time software, application software, and user interface development (definition & implementation).

Several positions as software developer & designer.

M.Sc. (Ir.), Computer Science, System Programming And Architectures

Activities and Societies: Treasurer of Dutch Student Sports Association (NSSS), 1993-1994; Treasurer of DPO (Drienerlose Pop Organisatie).

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