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.