Gerard van der Star

Current

• Lecturer Marketing Management at HRO HES Rotterdam

Past

• Marketing Consultant at NOVEM International BV
• International Sales Manager at Nichols Institute Diagnostics B.V.
• Area Sales Manager at Schiapparelli Biosystems USA

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Education

• Business School Nederland
• Birmingham City University
• Chartered Institute of Marketing

• Hogeschool Rotterdam
• IBW Utrecht
• IBW Utrecht
• CLB Amsterdam
• Van Leeuwenhoek Institute, Delft

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Recommended

19 people have recommended Gerard

Connections

449 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• My Company

Gerard van der Star’s Summary

Current Experience: Organization Analysis and Research Projects in Human Resource Management Improvement and Market Segmentation Strategies in Higher Education Industry.

Besides Research: Teaching, Coaching, Coordination & Project Management and New Curriculum Development in the Higher Education Sector.

Past Experience: International Product Management, International Sales and Marketing Management and New Product Development in Life Science Industry.

Interpersonal Skills:
• Open to new experiences and original ideas.
• Always looking for intellectual solutions.
• Energetic and enjoying social contacts.
• Cooperative but extremely focused and determined.
• Critical on self and a pusher to the highest goals.
• Pretty pleased with myself but insecure.
• Coaching and Training Leadership Style

Creativity is my strongest skill but is at the same time my main pitfall:

"Challenging existing solutions and procedures creates a lot of frustration in people around me. My impatience, my “why” questions and continuous "out-of-the-box" thinking are caracteristic features of my personality and skills..."

Goals:
I have vision about effective change within the Public Services sector:

1. Making Promises by
New Product Development and Marketing

2. Enabling Promises by
Lean & Mean Operations and HR Management

3. Keeping Promises by
Excellence in Customer Services

Changing companies using above mentioned principles is my Ultimate Goal. I am sure that these principles will definitely contribute to solutions for the current economical crisis. Currently I am thinking about whether if Corporate Christian Responsibility could be a leading element in this.

Gerard van der Star’s Specialties:

Action Learning and Action Research, International Marketing & Business, Services Marketing and Operations Management, Business Modeling, New Product Development, and Integrated Marketing Communications.
Wrote a Recommended Dissertation for HRO in 2005: Role of Integrated Marketing Communications in Marketing of Higher Education Services

Gerard van der Star’s Experience

• Lecturer Marketing Management

  HRO HES Rotterdam

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 1998 — Present (11 years 4 months)

• Marketing Consultant

  NOVEM International BV

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Investment Management industry)

  May 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Consulting in Marketing Advice for start-ups: Medical Devices and Consumer Goods

• International Sales Manager

  Nichols Institute Diagnostics B.V.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  September 1997 — August 1998 (1 year )

  Responsible for the sales of Immuno Diagnostic Devices through a distributor network in Europe, Middle East en Eastern Europe...

• Area Sales Manager

  Schiapparelli Biosystems USA

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Medical Devices industry)

  April 1994 — August 1997 (3 years 5 months)

  Area Sales Manager: International Area Sales and Marketing Responsibility through a distributor network: Europe, Middle East, India, Middle Asia and South Africa

Gerard van der Star’s Education

• Business School Nederland

  Masters , MBA , 2007 — 2010 (expected)

• Birmingham City University

  Masters , Marketing , 2004 — 2006

• Chartered Institute of Marketing

  Postgraduate Diploma , Marketing , 2002 — 2003

• Hogeschool Rotterdam

  HBO Teacher Training , Education , 1999 — 1999

• IBW Utrecht

  NIMA B , Marketing , 1992 — 1993

• IBW Utrecht

  NIMA A , Marketing , 1991 — 1992

• CLB Amsterdam

  Post HBO Specialisation , Immunology , 1983 — 1984

• Van Leeuwenhoek Institute, Delft

  HBO , Clinical Chemistry , 1978 — 1979

Additional Information

Gerard van der Star’s Websites:

• My Company

Gerard van der Star’s Interests:

Services Marketing, International Marketing Management, Business Development, E-Business, Music, Nature, Global Warming, Why are we here...

Gerard van der Star’s Groups:

FENEDEX, The Haque, The Netherlands, Masterclass HES

•    Business School Nederland BSn
•    Reverso Alumni Association
•    Birmingham City University Alumni (aka University of Central England in Birmingham, UCE)
•    Hogeschool Rotterdam
•    Higher Education Management Group
•    Alumni IMM HES Hogeschool Rotterdam
•    Marketing Pioneers
•    Innovatie 2.0 - Community of Talents
•    DOK 010 Group
•    Vrienden van BNR
•    Nichols Institute Diagnostics B.V. Europe
•    403(b) Curriculum

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