35 Years of experience in the industry, including five years as a development engineer for German medium-sized enterprises. Six years R&D engineer and a couple years as a QA engineer at Océ Technologies. 18 Years ago I have joined the project-purchasing department of Océ Technologies, a combination of business and technics:As Account manager responsible for development projects in the field of OEM products, electronics, opto-electronics, scanners and ICT products (both hardware and software).International oriented with primary expertise on business in Japan. Also experience in dealings in the United States, India, Taiwan and China among other countries. The last five years I'm specific responsible for many Océ development projects in Japan as well as handling seven vital Japanese suppliers of Océ.Initiator of JapanTech:JapanTech is an international collaboration of professionals that are specialized in business relations between Japanese and European companies.Specialties: www.nippon-tech.com: Parttime working as consultant for Japantech.Whether you want to search for Japanese technological solutions, or have already established contact in Japan and need help taking cultural or linguistic hurdles, JapanTech can assist you in finding the right partners and improve your communication with them.