Since 2009, Frans Houwen has been working as an interim manager at several companies:◦ Central Extraction Laboratory of the Fenelab Consortium COVID-19 (Vlaardingen): Site Manager (2020-present)◦ Cargill Refined Oils (Rotterdam): Food Safety & Quality Professional - Dept. of FSQR (2018-2019)◦ Wild Flavors & Specialty Ingredients (Amsterdam): Quality Manager – Dept. of Quality (2017-2018)◦ Jacobs Douwe Egberts (Joure): QESH Manager – Dept. of QESH (2016)◦ Royal Euroma B.V. (Wapenveld): QSH Manager – Dept. of QESH (2015-2016)◦ FrieslandCampina Domo (Bedum): QA Manager – Dept. of QA (2015)◦ Stichting Huisartsen Laboratorium (Etten-Leur): Manager of Dept. Sector Laboratory Diagnostics (2014)◦ Abbott Laboratories (Olst): Process management – Dept. of QC / QA (2013-2014)◦ Mead Johnson Nutrition (Nijmegen): QC Manager – Dept. of QC / QA (2009-2011)As interim manager, Frans Houwen has been involved in the following topics:◦ Food – Pharma - Diagnostics◦ Project and process management◦ Organization/change/crisis management◦ Account management◦ Management of documentation (GMP, GLP, ISO)◦ Corrective Actions, Preventive Actions (CAPA)◦ Route Cause Analysis (RCA)◦ Risk Assessment◦ Integration of ICT in processes (technical and functional validations)◦ Audits, preparation and evaluation◦ Extend employees’ competences◦ Continuous alignment with other departments◦ Member of the local management teamsOther activities include:◦ Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Microbiology and Biochemistry◦ New concept for the determination of the cross-sectional area and volume of an object (Peracutus B.V.)◦ Feasibility study regarding detection of bacteria, using the μScan, CCM Nuenen◦ Guest speaker at the college of higher education InHolland, within the program Personal Leadership and Entrepreneurship Honours – entrepreneurship and dreams◦ ScienceLynk is active in the field of interim and project management. Moreover, in innovation and creative problem solving

For the determination of the volume of an object (part of a limb), Peracutus has invented a new (patented) concept and has now converted this concept into a device: the Peracutus Aqua Meth. The prototype has recently been validated in the academic hospital in Maastricht and the results show a significant improvement of the accuracy of measurement: Wolfs et al., Lymphatic Research and Biology 10, January 2019, Evaluation of a Novel Water-Based Volumetric Device for Measuring Upper Limb Lymphedema: First Experience with Healthy Volunteers.The Peracutus Aqua Meth – volumetry measuring device – was nominated for the InnovAward.