Product Manager at TomTom
The Hague Area, Netherlands
Product Manager at TomTom
The Hague Area, Netherlands
My specialty is new product development / innovation management, providing breading ground, strategy, project management and hands-on tools to execute great ideas.
innovation management, product development, design, creative problem solving, project management, outsourcing, manufacturing, R&D, roadmapping, international business
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TOM; Consumer Electronics industry)
January 2008 — Present (11 months)
Product Development & Life Cycle Management for car navigation products.
Working on products that combine hardware, software and content innovations.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)
January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year)
- 2007 Business plan and Reseller Strategy, procedures and production process.
- Contracts with Dutch resellers and production partners in Ukraine.
- Set up a joint venture production office in China with currently 7FTE.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
January 2006 — December 2006 (1 year)
- 2006 product development portfolio and project team management
- Re-design of the 3 biggest product categories.
- Partnership negotiations Asian contract manufacturers and component vendors
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
September 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 5 months)
Responsible for bringing 8 new electronics products from idea to international market introduction.
(Media Production industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
May 2002 — September 2002 (5 months)
Suzhou, China
MSc., Industrial Design Engineering, September 1996 — October 2003
new technology, new trends, personal development, travel, drama, music, sports
Licensed Brainstorm & Problem solving facilitator
www.thecreativitycompany.com
iF design award 2006 for external hard drive line
red dot design award 2007 for USBCard (usb flash credit card, patented)