Formation:
University:
Bachelor degree in Engineering Physics with a Master in System and Control Engineering at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. (Graduated with honor in July 2002 with a 9 out of 10)
4 months of research at the University of Cagliari, Italy in co-operation with the University of Genoa, Italy. The research was a project on non linear system control.
Master in Management for small and medium sized businesses at the department of Technology and Management at the University of Twente, The Netherlands.
High School:
VWO at the Lyceum De Grundel in Hengelo (Ov)
Working Experience:
Bal Seal Engineering Europe:
Territory Manager Mediterranean & Middle East. Responsible for the sales, sales targets and strategy in the Mediterranean and Middle East. Working with, and the set-up of an agent network in France and Italy. The company is a Californian based company with a sales office in the Netherlands. The company produces high-tec products which are sold to Blue Chip companies around the globe.
(Period: May 2005 - , full time)
Enlight Europe:
International Sales Manager. Enlight is one of the leading PC and Server case manufacturers with clients like Intel, HP, Compaq, etc. Responsible for the layout of the sales strategy and sales target 2004 for southern Europe (Main target Italy). Steady growth in the existing market while responsible for an increase of 500% of the Italian market revenue (Up to German market level)
Launch of retail products (LCD PC, Media Center PC & LCD TV) in entire Europe, management of both marketing and sales strategies.
Management of two account managers.
(Period: Jan. 2004 - April 2005, full time)
Breukhoven:
International Sales Manager. Maintaining the existing market on optical microscopes in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and the development of new markets in southern Europe and Africa. The new found markets include Italy, Russia, Romania, South Africa, U.A.E., Slovenia, Greece and Croatia.
(Period: Feb. 2003 - Dec. 2003, full time)
ATC srl (Italy):
International business director. Responsible for the development of new foreign markets for a new Italian designed LCD-PC. New markets are already found in: Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Croatia and Slovenia.
(Period: January 2002 - December 2002, full time).
Beta DPS:
Sales representative for a master in telecommunications, elaborated by Beta DPS and the Amsterdam Business School. My work consisted of the search for possible clients (Companies) for the master, organizing the contacts between a call center and the Human Resource Managers; and re-contacting the managers who are interested.
(Period: June & July 2001, full time)
BetterBe:
Design and implementation of online applications (some with SQL database access) in HTML, JAVA-script and JAVA.
(Period: Oct. 2000 - March 2001, 20 hours per week)
XtraSource:
Technical agent in a call center. Telephone and email assistance of end- customers for PC peripherals in Dutch, English and German.
(Period: Sept. 1997 - Jan. 2000, ~16 hours per week)
De Groote een:
Construction, sales and repair of computers.
(Period: Oct. 1995 - May 1997, ~12 hours per week)
Relevant knowledge:
Computer languages:
HTML, JAVA, JAVA-Script, Pascal, C++.
Operating systems:
Windows 9x, Windows NT 4 (Server), Windows 2000 (Server), Windows XP
Languages:
Excellent knowledge: Dutch, English, Italian, German, French (passive) & Spanish (passive).
Fundamental knowledge: French (active) and Spanish (active).
Character description:
The quality that distinguishes myself consists of the possibility to combine technical knowledge with communicative skills, in different languages. Having studied engineering, I have developed an analytical capacity which helps me in a systematic way to find the proper solution to a problem. My work as a Sales
Manager has allowed me to enhance my communicative capacity with clients. |
