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Burnaby, British Columbia, Ca

Etalim Inc. is a Vancouver, BC based startup company developing a unique heat-to-electricity power generation technology based on thermo-acoustic physics.

www.innoindex.org• Developed a holistic (environmental, social, economic) product impact estimation modelwith help from 40+ academic & industry experts.• Founded INNO Open Sustainability Intelligence Society (NGO), simplifying sustainabilityknowledge on the impact of products, and enabling open accountability, by providing access,sourcing, and verification of product sustainability data.• Leading the development of a free trustworthy online software platform, presented as aweb app, for users to identify, compare and evaluate sustainable products & technologies.

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

• Organising a distributed team of 10+ people working on Airborne Wind Energy,Concentrated Solar Power and Building Construction Technology projects; implementingbest practises on team collaboration, management reporting and strategic roadmapping.• Business & technical feasibility studies as input for investment pitches & grant applications.• 7M€ European grant application with international consortium of AWE partners.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Ca

• Coordinated the development of a multi-stage, caseless (>25% efficient, high temperature (800C°)) thermo acoustic engine prototype, estimated to result in 50% cost reduction ($/W) over the existing 1kWe prototypes. • Accomplished proof of concept manufacturing of a 20% more efficient regenerator by re-designing chemically etched foils, a micron level active positioning winder and post processing steps.• Established engineering product requirements and roadmap through market driven product launch; customer interviews, business case development and system architecture modelling.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Ca

• Designed, built and tested a proof of concept thermo acoustic engine, converting 600C° automotive exhaust waste heat into 400W electricity (~5% fuel savings). • Coordinated waste heat recovery project with international leading automotive suppliers/partners and research institutes with a budget of 500kUSD.

Venlo, Limburg, Nl

• Initiated system architecture research and convinced senior management to design and build a new type of flatbed printer, enabling 15% higher throughput. Managed the project’s 10+ multi-disciplinary team.

Venlo, Limburg, Nl

• Directed multi-disciplinary international design team of 15+ people including detailed planning and scheduling. • Invented, designed, prototyped and tested groundbreaking micron level inkjet drop positioning mechanism by actively positioning printhead array using a flexure guidance, voice coil actuator and camera system. • Managed external stakeholders including; service, manufacturing and suppliers.

Venlo, Limburg, Nl

• Improved printer alignment accuracy to +/-5µm and reduced integration times by 200% by developing flexure based multi-printhead mounting and alignment strategies. Successful implementation in manufacturing and support of product market introduction.• Invented automatic printhead maintenance system, used in all Océ flatbed series.

• Compared different agenda, stock and financial systems and advised to management.• Managed implementation of hard- and software of industrial procedures in organization.

Eindhoven, Nl

• Designed, prototyped and analyzed a high-precision experimental setup for an energy preserving mechanism for a reciprocating air-bearing elevated stage.• Managed high-precision component manufacturing.• Assembled and tested high-precision components.

• Organized racing business under tight deadlines during several race weekends.• Maintained contact between team and race organization.

Brisbane, Queensland, Au

• Developed hybrid models for the use at Model Predictive Control for automation of electric mining shovels.• Tested and compared hybrid models against conservative models.

Veghel, Noord Brabant, Nl

• Investigated part failure in cart buffer systems for baggage handling in international airports by developing dynamical model and validation by measurement data.• Managed team of 4 persons conducting measurements with strain gauges at Amsterdam Schiphol and Zürich international airport.

• Led a team of 19+ committee members to organize the TU/e student career events dealing with 100+ international leading high-tech companies, with a budget of €150.000,-.

Utrecht, Utrecht, Nl

• Managed several youth holidays across Europe with 10+ tour guides and 100+ children in the age of 7-19 years.• Solved social issues between participants, parents and tour guides.

Gronau, De

• Informed German students about studying in the Netherlands at several career events.• Built professional presentations and website components including study information.

• Designed, prototyped and tested concepts for an add-on for car shock absorber for use in amateur rally car motor sport.

Apeldoorn, Nederland, Nl

• Designed a suspension arm for a self electrically propelled wheel.

• Manufactured orthopedic footwear in a team.• Developed protocol for using new 3D scanning and CAD of lasts.

Enschede / Deventer / Apeldoorn, Nl

• Indicated and solved issues from students within faculty Industrial Techniques & Design.

Master, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering

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