“Developing surprising talents and unlikely ideas have been the recurring themes in my professional career. I strive to help turn smart individuals into creative personalities. Improvement, evolution and innovation make me tick and are part of my experience.”

• PBNA: VCA Safety

• Rotterdam Fire Department: Fire Fighting, Breathing Protection

• Mercury Goldman: Sales Effectivity

• Krauthammer: Presentation skills

• Wärtsilä: Sales of Diesel Engines

• Wolsey & Partners: Sales Management, Sales Leadership

• IMD Lausanne: Business Leadership, Booster Program, Business Strategy Wärtsilä OY, Booster Program, Business Strategy Pon Holdings

• Martin Christopher: Master Class Supply Chain Management

• Foundation for Management: Non Rational and Disfunctional Processes in Organisations

Interests

• Food Supply Chain

• Landmanagement

• Making scaling down viable

• Robotisation vs employment opportunities in agriculture 

• Business models with diversification of agricultural companies or agricultural regions

2020-Now: HighTechXL Eindhoven, NL

                  Mentor Tarucca. Start up mentoring

Previous:

2018-2019  Pon Holdings, Almere, NL

                   Vice President Innovation Pon Equipment and Pon Power, Delft, NL

2017-2018  Pon Holdings, Almere, NL

Vice President Strategy and Business development Pon Power Group

2014-2017  Pon Holdings bv

                   Managing Director Bakker Group bv, Sliedrecht, Duiven, NL

2013-2014  Pon Holdings bv

                   Managing Director Bakker Electro Industrie bv, Sliedrecht, NL

2011-2013 Pon Holdings bv, Almere, NL

Senior Vice President Operations Pon Equipment & Pon Power

Education:

1974-1980  Canisius College Mater Dei, General Secondary Education (HAVO)

1980-1981  Canisius College Mater Dei, Secondary Science Education (VWO)

1981-1982  Royal Netherlands Naval Academy, Technical faculty

1983-1987  Rotterdam Technical University, Marine Engineering

1988-1995 Erasmus University Rotterdam, Business Economics