Kees Schep Email & Phone Number

• Experienced R&D leader with 25+-year experience in front-end research, technology development, and customer-centric product development, in both B2C high-volume consumer products and B2B high-tech semiconductor lithography equipment industry.• Engaging people leader, good listener, trusted coach, clear and convincing communicator. Managed international R&D organizations in Europe and Asia of up to 700 people, developed people as well as organizational capabilities and footprint.• Leader with strong business acumen, results orientation, and effective in cross-functional collaboration. For 7 years responsible for innovation in management team of 1.5 B€ Personal Care business, delivered innovative products like Lumea and OneBlade to market, responsible for budgets of up to 100 M€.• Drove Business Transformation in cross-functional development process from Idea to Market across multinational company, including IT tooling, and implementation in businesses.• Strong scientific background with PhD in Physics earned cum laude from Delft University of Technology, 25+ papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.• Inventor of 35 US patents. Elected by MIT’s Technology Review on their 2004 Top 100 list of Young Innovators for contributions to the development of Blu-ray Disc.

Listed skills include R&D, Innovation Management, Product Development, Sensors, and 19 others.