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Leuven

Qplox, spin-off from NXP semiconductors, was born as a supplier of engineering services to help the rapid prototyping, test and validation of new (micro) electronic assemblies. Currently Qplox is divided in 2 business lines. Our Electronics test Automation group provides product prototyping and turnkey test benches and test automation services based, mostly but not only, in NI technology. There we include our innovative IoT wireless sensor solutions in order to monitor ambient conditions in rough industrial/residential environments. Our high-tech consultancy line provides expertise in test, characterization and validation of electronic high-tech products, including RF, sensors, photonics, telecom or semiconductors. With an orientation mainly around Microelectronics and electronic test systems.My Current responsibilities and daily tasks include- financial and strategic planning- operational management- IT administration (expertise in AWS, Office 365 tools, BPA tools, development of company internal software etc)- Project management and leading- Funding- CRM (tools)- Lead generation- EU projects management (HORIZON 2020, EUREKA etc)- Directing and supervising the recruiting activities, HR and accounting- Elaboration of expansion and growth plansSome highlights include- Successfully opening of Spanish and Dutch branches- Double digit growth for the last years of the company- 2 times nominated for Trends Gazellen award, Flanders- Development and deployment of our own CRM tool- Development and deployment of office 365 based BPA tools- Development and deployment our internal intranet in our own propietary servers (including SVN etc)- Co-development and deployment of Qplox webAlways Eager to learn, grow and , above all , being useful for our customers and partners

Leuven

Using Matlab, RF instrumentation and lab bench tools, automate and improve the test environment for RF ICs, analyze the data, report conclusions, implement data-warehousing and a long term test strategy.

Leuven

Maintaining and upgrading the laboratory test infrastructure in Several NXP sites (then AMS). Coordinating the activities of a Qplox team to keep NXP semiconductor (AMS) test systems fine tuned. Using Labview and design of custom hardware, using Arduino platform to reduce costs and cut deployment time. Following Agile methodology to quickly react to NXP (AMS) requests.

Leuven

Characterization and validation of analogue and mixed electronics circuitry. Building dedicated test systems using common laboratory instrumentation. Programming test scripts in Python. I am helping to build the specifications of the new design by automating the test systems. Keeping eyes open for possible design improvements.

Antwerp Area, Belgium

Design and implementation of end of line test systems, designing custom hardware (design Spark) and software (Labview and Teststand)

Leuven, Imec

Test Architect ---------------------Reference person in the development of electronic devices test systems, as well as expert in design of experiments and test strategy definition including reliability, validation and calibration, for research and pre-production products. These tasks include:• Design and implementation of full custom electronic test systems. (Labview, C#)• Prototyping of test and validation PCB. (Design Spark)• Coordination of small test teams (3 people).• Testing and characterization.• Design of experiments.• Statistical analysis of test results. (Matlab, Excell, Origin)• Analysis and feedback of test results to improve device performance.• Generation of new ideas and patents• Supervising of stagier Engineers and PhD students.Labo Manager-------------------- I was the responsible of safety, quality and inventory tracking of the test systems of NXP at IMEC. I was also in charge of the quarterly financial planning, coordinating the new purchase requirements with the group and program managers.

Imec, Leuven

Implementing operations cost reduction of the clean-room HVAC units-- Historical consumption data analysis-- Study of alternatives for energy efficiency improvements -- Financial analysis of different scenarios-- Scenario planing-- Planning of works-- Supplier analysis-- Financial planning

Leuven, Imec

Research Engineer----------------------------Dealing with to different topics in microelectronic research:• Electromigration in interconnects• Phase Change Memories In all of them my major tasks were focused in the testing and characterization of the new microelectronic devices, in order to improve device reliability and performance. This work gave me the opportunity of filing several patents, journal and conference publications.Test Integration Engineer-------------------------------------I developed the test systems required for the research on the above mentioned topics. These setups required a good knowledge on electronic instrumentation, Labview, data acquisition boards, high frequency and low signal test systems.

Mim, Ese

Master in Industrial management

Master Of Science (Msc), Major In Electronics

Activities and Societies: official football referee

Bachelor Of Science (Bss) Telecommunications, Electronic Systems