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Description

20 years of experience in the startup environment and business consulting.

7 fundraising rounds completed.

3 companies sold.

I can help you with

- aligning your vision/idea with market needs,

- your strategy and the development of key steps,

- creating profitable business units,

- adapting existing business units to ensure their profitability,

- your business plan,

- seeking funding,

- optimizing your resources (time, finances, human) to accelerate the achievement of objectives,

My profile:

Solid experience in identifying opportunities, innovation, and disruption.

Very effective in validating innovation and developing products/services through Lean Startup processes.

Expert in creating/transforming profitable units.

Experience in project management (from idea to delivery) in various environments.

Multi-cultural and international experience.

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
German
Conversational
Italian
Basic
Turkish
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Rotterdam (up to 50km)

Vision
co-founder and director of operations
TECH
March 2004 - August 2009 (5 years and 5 months)
Business plan for a reading device for the visually impaired (Top-Braille).
Securing 2 fundraising rounds (€400K, €800K)
I led the electronic (motherboard, braille matrix, ccd card), software (OCR, navigation), and mechanical developments.
User validation prototypes.
Functionality validation prototypes.
We achieved 95% character recognition for images of only 19 x 7 pixels. 25 characters recognized per second.
I developed an innovative color recognition solution with a black and white ccd sensor.
We obtained an AGBM (Agency for Biological and Medical Engineering) award, Invention of the Year 2010 (Concours Lepine), Top three European inventions 2009 EPO (European Patent Office).
Business plan Business model Fundraising Technical project management patent
Nabucco Fine Perfume
Consultant
LUXURY GOODS
January 2009 - January 2010 (1 year)
Organization of production and validation procedures for crystal bottles in China.
Setting up bottling and packaging unit in France.
Adapting marketing for the European market.
Lean management Marketing industrialization growth
CSTM
Consultant
TECH
August 2009 - March 2010 (7 months)
Mission to reposition / adapt electronic product in the maritime safety sector.
Market and competition study.
I concluded that the arrival of competition as well as the technical limitations of the existing product led to the redefinition of the characteristics and functionalities of the Seapatch product.
My analysis of MOB (man overboard) procedure regulations presented a development opportunity.
Wrote the business plan and necessary actions to reposition the company and make it competitive again.
The historical shareholders agreed that a spin-off should be created -> Seagull Security
Consulting Lean startup Market research Feasibility study Needs assessment