Rob Manders

Starthub mentor

Rob Manders is a business analyst in the research domain at WUR. He has a background in human nutrition at the same university. Rob has been working for over 30 years for institutions with a focus on quality control and quality assurance (e.g. RIVM, NVWA , VC). Process optimization within logistics and manufacturing has been done for companies creating for example pavers or buckets for food storage.


I look forward to share my knowledge and network to support new start-ups. To be honest it is also a compensation for not having started one myself 😉”

skills and field of expertise

  • Process reengineering and optimization

  • Data management

  • IT strategies

  • QA/QC

  • LEAN

  • Agile

  • Extension/Communication

  • Rethinking

background

2019 – present  Business Analyst at WUR

previous:

1989 – 2019 Project based commercial activities (Q-Ray, Stoas Greenwise, Agrimathica)

1988 – 1989 Department of extension science (WUR), AKIS (agricultural knowledge and information systems)

Education:

1979 – 1989 Human Nutrition (LH, WU, WUR) including 2 years of military service as a dentist assistant.