Over the last 40+ years I gained experience in software development , software product management and product strategy. I have been working for a variety of companies operating in manufacturing, software advisory services and in product software. The last 25+ years I have been working for Planon in various leading roles. My current role is about introducing new types of (innovative) solutions for Real Estate and Facility Management. What drives and excites me is to find new solutions to existing problems and identify new problems that are actually introduced by innovations. Identifying (business) problems and really understanding them is an important step in developing solutions to them. It is striking to see how little time we often spend on understanding and describing problems as such before moving on. Some history:After an education in Mechanical Engineering, entered into IT in 1985 with Philips Semiconductors, managing IT software development projects. Went to (ATOS) Origin in 1992. Led one of the first Client/Server development projects and wrote a published evaluation report about the experiences with the new technology on behalf of Philips Corporate Automation. Moved to a position in servcice management with Origin. Information Manager with the Philips Machine Factories in 1996 for their largest plant (approx. 600 employees). Additionally took up the position of ICT manager of the central computing centre facilities for 2 years. Moved to the position of software development & IT manager with Planon in 1999. Introduced Scrum (2004) in a team of approx. 45 people. Nowadays primarily involved in the definition of the product investment agenda, product strategy and innovation.Specialties: software innovation, software product strategy.