Having a PhD and a MBA, I have one foot in science & technology and the other in management & business strategy. I decided to thrive both as a technical expert and as a manager, even if most organizations ask you to choose between one or the other.With 30 yrs of New Product Development (NPD) / Research & Development (R&D) experience in Belgium, France, Spain and the USA, I enjoy managing organizations involved in global Innovation. My concern is to get everyone in the team on board, in a caring, objective-centered and positive-thinking atmosphere. I like to work on projects addressing sustainable development ; In addition to dealing with the environmental, social and economical impacts, the goal is to find better collective solutions towards improved durability and a more circular economy. I co-founded RoadMat, the road materials database (www.roadmat.com).Main Specialties: ► General Management and Team Work► Innovation / NPD / Business Plan► R&D / Collaboration Contracts & Fundings / Intellectual Property (IP) / Technology Transfer / Standardization► Marketing and Promotion► Materials Science (see links below in the "Featured" section for more detailed information): I am ranked by Elsevier / Stanford University among the World's Top 2% scientists since 2019. I (co-)wrote more than 100 publications (h-index 28) on environmentally friendly construction and civil engineering materials (asphalt, treated soils, AAC, hemp-lime concrete...), rheology, polymers, colloids and geosynthetics. I am the author of the most cited asphalt paper for 2000-19 according to Chang et al. (2020). Constr. Build. Mater. 234, 117370 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117370). I review papers for more than 15 peer-reviewed journals and international congresses The picture on my linkedin banner is a Josef Koudelka picture taken in the Flandersbach quarry of Lhoist - Rheinkalk plant in Germany. The picture was commissioned by Lhoist and now belongs to the Lhoist collection (https://www.lhoist.com/en/art-collection/)