Passionate about bringing end-user driven innovations to market and have the ability to scale up concepts to profitable business in changing environments. I have worked on the forefront of mobile, connected products and electronics for 25 yearsExperienced business and product leader with a demonstrated history in lighting, electronics and automotive industries in Asia, US and Europe. I have built and lead product management and cross-functional teams. My hand-on and in-depth understanding of business, technology and customers have delivered sustainable business growth and profitability.Successfully managed the conversion from conventional lighting Electronics to LED and geared the teams up to take on the next industry challenge: Connected Lighting and IOT. From my start in Silicon Valley, I have been working on connected electronics before it was fashionable to talk about IOT. Now I engage teams to scale up, and make the leap from promises about products to a company that promises outcome based on collaboration and connection to the new ecosystem.My hands-on product and business experience includes: • Created complete portfolio of LED drivers and industry first connected LED drivers with partner network for a connected lighting Ecosystem • Established and grown distribution network in Asia for Automotive Lighting • Created premium automotive Lighting product portfolio surpassing 100M Euro • Leading the wireless and services product management for Window PocketPC at Philips • First public demo of mobile internet at CeBIT 1994
Listed skills include Cross Functional Team Leadership, Marketing Management, Product Marketing, Product Management, and 18 others.