Hans Gijrath

Supporting high-tech companies with market assessment, strategic planning, product development and business development.

• Delivered the business unit strategy driving growth above market and #1 market position by 2030 • Aligned regional VPs and global functions on strategic choices to create KPI's and action plans • Drove the product strategy with structured market and competitor data • Coordinated competitor benchmark and introduced a methodology to cut cost by more than 20%

• Owned product strategy for the Advanced Suspension Technologies business • Directed a product team of 5 professionals. • Supported the 5-year growth plan to scale revenue from $500M to $1B worldwide • Reduced product development lead time by redesign of the cross-functional process • Steered the portfolio prioritisation to focus resources on the highest-value programs

• Global product owner Kinetic product line • Driving the product strategy and roadmap, • Coordinate development projects and industrialisation with cross-functional team • Align go-to-market with sales to grow revenue from $5m to $150m within 5 years.

• Responsible for new automotive OEM customers and introducing new products • Coordination of customer events, developing product positioning • Work with engineering, sales and marketing teams to get customer qualification for new products • Develop the revenue pipeline with sales leading to mew business nominations of $50m+

Responsible for the global marketing and sales activities in the field of Vehicle Power Train and Vehicle Integrated Safety. Leading the sales team.

Responsible for new business development and sales for the Components Group for heavy diesel engines, axles, cabs to non-captive OEM's in global bus & coach, agriculture, construction, off-road and power generation markets. Member of the management team and leading the account managers team.

• Sales of polypropylene compounds and engineering plastics to automotive tier suppliers. • Develop relations and collaborations with Asian OEMs to get new products qualified • Successfully grew the business with key tier1 customer with competitive multi-product solution

• Support business development team with commercial and legal framework • Write R&D proposals and support negotiation phase with customers. • Close contract with French aerospace company to develop radar solutions

• Develop commercial R&D projects with civilian and military industry • Represent TNO on different international trade-fairs and conferences • Close contract with world’s largest entertainment company for clean firework

Technical marketing and business development in the international automotive, oil & gas industry. Developing innovative solutions in the field of flow induced sound and vibration and aero acoustics. Closed a contract (scoping, negotiating, etc.) with an Austrian automotive company for simulation software, adding TNO's aero-acoustic calculation models, which where also used on the Lockheed Martin F35 development.

Researcher in the field of acoustics and vibrations, working on consultancy projects for industries and governmental bodies

Thesis project on thermo acoustic instabilities (vibrations) in industrial gas turbine engines at ABB Corporate Research Center. Using industrial CFD simulation tools and developing dedicated simulation code. Living abroad and working with large international student group.

Trainee project on grid refinement methods for CFD simulations. First intercontinental travel, first international job, living abroad, visited several high-tech companies and institutes such as NASA-Ames.

Polymer course from the famous Piet Lemstra