Hans Van Weersch
Silicon Valley, CA, USA   
weersch at yahoo dot com


Objective:
Seeking a challenging Product Marketing / Business Development / Sales / Account Management position with growth potential in a high tech environment.

Work Experience:
Summary:
- 6 years of Semiconductor Technology and IP Marketing.
- 5 years of Semiconductor Product Marketing in Digital and Analog TV with worldwide customer base.
- 2 years of Semiconductor Sales in Automotive and General Industrial worldwide Markets.
- 6 years of Engineering (system and chip design) in Digital Video Processing, LCTV and HDTV.
- served customers in the US, Europe, Japan and China from Senior VP to shop floor.

Details:
June 2003 – January 2006:
Philips Semiconductors, Innovation & Technology Group, San Jose, CA.
Customer Relations Manager for ASIC, WLAN, USB, Consumer MultiMedia, Microcontroller and Logic Product Lines.
One Face to the customer for all levels (SVP to engineers) and all Innovation & Technology activities.
Handling innovation contract/budgets in line with Annual Operating Plan (AOP) / Rolling Financial Forecast (RFF), arbitrage of customer complaints, definition of continuous improvement actions, customer project tracking of all BU products in ERP system.
Risk Assessment, Risk Management and Risk Mitigation of new technology deliverables into leading edge SOC’s. External customer visits for Technology presentations.
Status reporting into Technology and Business Management Teams. Chairman of Interconnectivity Program Board.

February 2000 – June 2003:
Philips Semiconductors, ReUse and Library Technology Groups (RTG & LTG), San Jose, CA.
Account Manager for all US Businesses.
Handling all aspects of the interaction between US Business Lines and RTG/ LTG. Establishing long term innovation contracts in line with AOP/RFF’s. Delivery of key IP into leading edge SOC’s. IP problem identification, tracking and resolution. Chairman of Interconnectivity Program Board.

May 1997 – February 2000:
Philips Semiconductors, Consumer Systems, Business Line Video, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
International Product Marketing Manager for High End Television IC’s.
Worldwide responsibility for P&L of High End Video Processing IC product line with 25 Million Euro turnover and 25 % worldwide market share. Handling all aspect of the Business Creation Process and Product Life Cycle, defining 4 year roadmaps, new product definition, new product market introduction, pricing, promotion, allocation, product sustaining and maintenance, 4 year financial plans and forecasting. Relevant system area: High End Television, 100Hz Television, Progressive Scan, Flat TV and Digital Broadcast (DTV/DVB). Organizing and executing technical product presentations for High End TV products at major European, Japanese and Chinese OEM customers (Philips, Thomson, Sony, Matsushita, Changhong, TCL).

September 1994 - May 1997:
Philips Semiconductors, Interactive TV Tiger Team, Sunnyvale, CA.
Product Marketing Manager for PCI Multimedia Bridges SAA7145, SAA7146 and SAA7147 for the US market.
Organizing, specifying, driving and tracking critical reference designs using MPC-E video products. Organizing and executing technical product presentations for MultiMedia-PC products for major US OEM customers (IBM, Compaq, Lucent, Intel, etc.), with an emphasis on PCI related products. Organizing product launch, customer validation, allocation, pricing, promotion and exhibitions. Relevant systems areas: Video Teleconferencing, DVD playback, Video Capture and Video Editing. Senior Staff member of highly flexible start-up team targeted at fastest possible project turn-around in the emerging Multimedia market. Responsible for initialization of infrastructure for design environment, including tools for digital video simulation. Brought first product, the SAA7145 Multimedia PCI bridge from specification to first silicon in 7 month including team building. Relevant systems areas: Video Teleconferencing, DVD playback, Video Capture and Video Editing in PC environment.

February 1993 - September 1994.
Philips Semiconductors, International Marketing and Sales (IMS), System Sales group, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Responsible for system sales projects, design-in tracking, FAE training and production of marketing communications collateral in the Multimedia, Communications, Automotive and Identification/Smart Card market segments.
Coordinated and participated in cross business group and cross product division system programs, e.g. the Automotive Strategic Council.
Produced first Industrial & Automotive brochure.
 
November 1986 - February 1993.
Philips Semiconductors, Systems Laboratory Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Consumer Digital Video Processing Group.
Project leader for High Definition Television (HDTV-HDMAC) IC development.
Successfully implemented 2 generations of HDMAC chipsets. Responsible for project management, design implementation and multi disciplinary quality assurance with Consumer Electronics division. Used cutting edge tools for digital video simulation and digital IC implementation.
System Engineer for Liquid Crystal Television (LCD-TV) IC development. Conducted system study for gamma correction based picture quality improvement.
System Engineer for Digital Standard Television IC development.



Education:

The Eindhoven University of Technology (EUT), Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Department of Electrical Engineering.
Graduated with a MSEE degree from the Telecommunications Division.

Bernardinus College (High School), Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Received certificate of Athenaeum-Beta (Science).

Diverse courses in IC technology, EMC, Product Development, Business Management, Marketing, Finance, Continuous Quality Improvement, Business Excellence, Cultural awareness, etc.

Publication
“An effective method for correcting the loop filter DC drift of a PLL”.
Presented at the International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), June 4-6, 1986, Chicago, USA.

Skills:
Handling all aspects of the Business Creation Process and Product Life Cycle.
Customer interaction at all levels (management level to shop floor), customer presentations for small and large audiences, project/program management, strong operational skills,
Computer skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, UNIX, MAC-OS, Cadence, Verilog, Synopsys.
Language skills: English (fluent), German (fluent), Dutch (native), French.

Personal Profile:
Flexible, enthusiastic, trustworthy, persistent, cheerful, team player, Internet minded, startup attitude, broad knowledge and interest base.
Highly developed level of inter-cultural understanding.

Personal Data:
Born:                The Netherlands.
Status:              Married to Marga.
                          Green Card Holder, US permanent resident, Dutch citizen.
Hobbies:          Soaring (glider flying), Motorcycling, Alpine skiing.

Community Activities:
Member of the flight committee of the Bay Area Soaring Associates (BASA).
           Educating soaring pilots in the safe practice of this great sport
Chairman of the Wavecamp committee of the Bay Area Soaring Associates (BASA).
           Organizing the yearly soaring wavecamp in the high mountains of the Sierra Nevada.
Treasurer of the Pacific Soaring Council (PASCO).
           Education and Promotion of safe soaring in Region 11 (western USA, CA, NV, HI).

References:
Available upon request.