Manager Technology & Innovation at Elcoteq SE
Finland
- Current
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- Manager Technology & Innovation at Elcoteq Sales & Business Development / SBD (Finland)
- Past
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- Senior Designer / Project Team Leader at Yacht Technology (The Netherlands)
- Product Designer at TNO Industrie (The Netherlands)
- Production Engineer at AMP Holland (The Netherlands)
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- Education
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- Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
- Hogeschool Haarlem
- MTS Roermond
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Ron Broens’s Summary
Three quotes that describe my professional actions well:
"Progress is a nice word.
But change is its motivator.
And change has its enemies." Robert Kennedy
"Duc, sequere, aut de via decede"
- "Lead, follow or get out of the way" Unknown
"A wise man knows he knows nothing" Socrates
Doing (or daring to do) things "different" with existing technologies and taking a more creative, unorthodox approach towards problems is the key to more efficient value creation.
Keywords to describe myself : Curious, creative & persistent
Keywords to describe my desired professional environment: Projects, R&D, technology, creative, open discussion, commercial targets, innovation, conflicting constraints, products, team, development, drive, complex, customer, future orientated....
Ron Broens’s Specialties:
Innovation strategies & management
Technology roadmapping & forecasting
Design for Manufacturing / Assembly / Logistics / Cost
Platform and module (portfolio) development
Product development project management & process development
Design & manufacturing (process & technology) audits
Ron Broens’s Experience
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Manager Technology & Innovation
Elcoteq Sales & Business Development / SBD (Finland)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
October 2003 — Present (5 years 2 months)
-Current position: Main responsibilities in running the technology incubation initiative are:
Idea collection , evaluation, and development; Idea management; Developing an active innovation oriented network; Securing internal and external project funding; Executing, leading, and/or managing incubation projects; Providing internal consultancy on innovation, technological development, and creativity. On a case-to-case basis I also support our M&A initiatives with technical audits at potential M&A targets.
- Second position: Technology Analyst at Elcoteq Product Development Services / PDS (Finland)
Within the CTO led Technology Department: Search, evaluate, and adapt new technologies that can provide an added value to the company’s future business;
-Initial position: Project Team Leader / Senior Mechanics Designer at Elcoteq Design Center / EDC (Finland)
Lead mechanics teams that design mobile phone mechanics project (customer and R&D)
Additional Information
Ron Broens’s Websites:
Ron Broens’s Interests:
Driving my Moto Guzzi 1200 Sport, playing floor bal and badminton, movies, visiting museums (classical art; natural history; technology), surfing the Internet, design (& build) my own airplane, traveling, studying and reading up on numerous contemporary topics
Ron Broens’s Groups:
Manager/Founder of the Moto Guzzi enthusiasts group in LinkedIn
Member of the International High IQ Society IHIQS
Since 1989 blood donor for the Red Cross
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M&A Integration Management (www.mergerManagementGroup.com)
Ron Broens’s Honors:
PUBLICATION:
Broens, R.C.J.A.M, Vries de, M.J. (2003), Classifying technological knowledge for presentation to mechanical engineering designers. Design Studies, Vol. 24, Issue 5 (September 2003), pp. 457-471. (So far quoted in 12 publications; December 2006)
INVENTIONS:
At my current employer I have made (so far) 16 invention disclosures of which 2 have become utility models and for 2 ideas patent right have been granted (please see the 2 hyperlinks above). Most of the remaining 12 inventions are classified as business secret.
