Joep Janssen possesses expertise in open innovation, entrepreneurship, new business development, technology evaluation. Colleagues describe them as "Joep walked around with a prototype for what was to become the Airfloss for a few years, explaining the potential. With relentless drive and that true innovators optimism he continued his pitch. You can call him one of the Fathers, (or perhaps The father) of the Philips Sonicare Airfloss. It was always a pleasure to feed off of Joep’s energy and enthusiasm. With his head in the clouds and feet firmly on the groun Joep is one of those, who truly drive big innovation forward in large Companies. Hats off to Joep! it was a pleasure working with you!! " and "I had the pleasure of working with Joep for nine months on a project to dive into the future of oral healthcare. Often, researchers can be too detached from practical and consumer reality, but Joep was a constant source of pragmatic and innovative solutions to the problems our users face. As our team was based in the US, Joep was also our connection to the greater Philips community in the Netherlands, bringing in other experts when needed to progress the project. Together, we built a program for future research and development at OHC that is still being actively pursued today."