chronology

April 2011 – present: owner at F&Consulting.

• Technical consulting and support in (special-) lighting applications and systems.
• Management support and training of staff.
• Production process improvement through implementation of lean principles.
• Supplier validation and improvement for cost efficiency.

June 2004 – December 2010: UV lamp development manager and application specialist at Philips Special Lighting, Turnhout, Belgium.

• UV lamp development management (medium pressure UVC, UVB and UVA, medium pressure sun tanning lamps, low pressure amalgam lamps and Excimer lamps).
• Process development, product transfer and training of operating and engineering staff..
• Application specialist and customer support.
• Restructure the development team from 18 to 1 persons

June 1999 – May 2004: Lamp development manager Philips & Yaming, Shanghai, China.

• High Intensity Discharge lamp development manager.
• Grow the team from 6 to 29 engineers.
• Regional product and process responsibility, liaise with global R&D centers within Philips.
• Regional customer and application support for HID lamps and systems.

January 1996 – May 1999: Lamp development team leader at Philips HID, Bath, New York.

• Ceramic Discharge Metal Halide product and process development. Team leader of 7 people.
• Marketing and customer support.
• Linkin pin with European development organization.

1990 – December 1995: Lamp development engineer at Philips Central Development Lighting, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

• Ceramic Discharge Metal Halide product and process development.
• Process improvement and quality improvement to prepare for mass production.

personal profile

• Very strong cross-cultural experience
• Broad international experience: working and living in Europe, the USA and China
• Working for customers and with suppliers in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, UK, Japan, Korea, China, Russia and others.
• Experience managing complex projects in a strong growth environment.
• Familiar with process transfer (change of production location, or moving from make to buy).
• Good overall business experience with focus on time-to-market and cost effectiveness.
• Hands-on experience with current lamp technologies (soft-glass, quartz, low pressure, medium pressure, high pressure, mercury containing and mercury-free).