Roald Sieberath

Current

Business Development at Trainance
Project Manager at Digital Innovators
Founder at Nearyoo

Owner at Creagility

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Past

Business Development Director at Whatever S.A.
Co-founder & startup advisor at Doxys
Director of Business Development at CETIC

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Education

Louvain School of Management
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Solvay Business School

University of Louvain

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Roald Sieberath’s Summary

Working with teams, to turn innovative ideas into a reality that makes business sense.

I have an experience of more than 15 years in ICT (and more specifically Internet and telco applications) with roles including CTO and CEO (ranging from architectural design to general management). I bring an innovative, "fresh look" analysis, and an entrepreneurial, "hands-on" execution.

My goal is to get involved with dynamic teams in startups and SMEs, and bring my entrepreneurial and business experience to help them to take advantage of technological innovation, and deliver value to the (global) market.

I have brought to market several innovations (some patent-pending), setup several projects and ventures (streaming, search engines, mobile, wireless, telemedicine), pitched to major Venture Capitalists, raised 5 M$, hired teams, opened international markets.

I also have experience in networking teams, setting up international R&D projects, submitted to the European Commission's FP6/FP7 programs.

I also have a keen interest in the broader societal implications of business (environment, ethics, social entrepreneurship).

My technological interests are / have been / will be in : web 2.0, social networking and collective intelligence, bioinformatics, ICT in Healthcare, grid computing, storage, search engines, IT & software quality (ITIL, CMMI,...), wi-fi, digital identity management, open source software.

By education, I have both a deep technical background (engineering degree in computer science, UC Louvain), and solid background in Business (up to an MBA) from Brussels (Solvay), Louvain and Stanford Business Schools.

Connecting on LinkedIn : I'm open to connection requests *provided* that you play a role in the 'business ecosystem' mentioned above : companies using ICT innovation to leverage their business ; IT, eHealth or Internet startups ; VCs and Business Angels ; Business Developers ; Service Providers ; and of course, fellow Entrepreneurs,...

Roald Sieberath’s Specialties:

bring a fresh perspective to complex issues, identify technological opportunities, develop answers, build business case, validate with market, write business plan, raise funding, hire & coach team, manage outsourcing, identify sales channels, develop partnerships

Roald Sieberath’s Experience

Business Development

Trainance

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2009 — Present (less than a year)

Trainance is a new multimedia platform for the capture and delivery of event-related, training, or educational content. It offers an interface that takes full advantage of video, slides, interactivity.
I am working on developing the channels & partners (eLearning,...) for this platform.
Project Manager

Digital Innovators

(Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Le projet "Digital Innovators", initiative du centre de compétence TechnocITé, vise à répandre une connaissance des enjeux du monde numérique de manière large auprès de décideurs et responsables de PME, de pouvoirs publics...
Un "Digital Innovators Tour" va couvrir plusieurs sujets (dans plusieurs villes) en 2009 : Logiciel Libre, eHealth, Digital Media, Mobilité,...
Founder

Nearyoo

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )

I had a keen interest in bringing "The Real World"(TM) closer to social networks for the past couple of years.
I have been working on the Nearyoo project to experiment in adding a location layer to social networks and services such as Twitter. Anyone with a Twitter client can update his position on a map, and be able to take notice of friends nearby.
Owner

Creagility

(Management Consulting industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

Creagile provides consulting services in management of complex, prospective, technology-oriented projects (from creative startups to large companies or business units).
Creativity allows to see the problems faced by companies in a different light, and seek innovative solutions.
Agility is used in the developement and planning process, to adapt to the ever-changing conditions that markets are facing today.

Roald Sieberath’s Education

Louvain School of Management

MBA , 2006 — 2009
Stanford University Graduate School of Business

EPGC , Executive Program for Growing Companies , 1999 — 1999

This was *the* time and place to be : in the heart of Silicon Valley, during the dot com boom. Attending classes thought by the Stanford MBA professors (Pfeffer, Foster, Burgelmann), along with fellow classmates belonging to top management of Netscape, eMusic, etc. Many lessons learned, and a great inspiration for an internet entrepreneur.
Solvay Business School

post-grad , Business and Entrepreneurship (IACE) , 1994 — 1996
University of Louvain

M Sc (ingénieur civil) , Computer Science , September 1986 — September 1991

Additional Information

Roald Sieberath’s Websites:

Roald Sieberath’s Interests:

wireless, GSM, SMS, MMS, wi-fi, bluetooth, medical devices, bioinformatics, mobile, streaming, search engines, directory, web2.0, enterprise 2.0, social networks, collective intelligence, Twitter, Real Time web, location, open innovation, Java, AJAX, CMMI, offshore development, offshoring, outsourcing, blogging, social web, community, citizen journalism, grid, storage, open source, R&D, Europe, local, GIS, LBS, non profit, social entrepreneurship, water and development, travel, photography, contemporary art, performing arts, piano, composing, reading, writing, jogging, sailing

Roald Sieberath’s Groups:

University of Louvain Engineering Alumni
IAG Alumni UCL ASBL
E-Marketing Belgium
Business Development
Bright Ideas & Entrepreneurs
OpenID Community Group
ENTREPRENEURS-GET FUNDED
IMM 2.0 - Intelligent Mobile Marketing (+10000 members) Join now!
Solvay Business School Alumni (VUB/ULB)
CleanTech
The Next Web Conference & Blog
Plugg
Startup Specialists
VENTURE CAPITAL EUROPE
Friends of Norway
Advancing Mobile World Group
Business Ideas Generators
Enterprise Social Search
UCL-Alumni-Official website
Europe 2.0 - web 2.0, startups, funding, & entrepreneurship in Europe
BetaGroup Belgium
Louvain MBA Alumni
OpenCoffee Club Brussels
Belgian Interim-management / Freelance network members
Enterprise 2.0 Group
Think Tomorrow
HealthCare & Wellness Innovators, Medical, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech Innovation Health Care Network
twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
Cercle Industriel
The International Association of Non Executive Directors
European Entrepreneurship & Innovation @ Silicon Valley
TEDx Belgium
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