Product & Innovation leader | Venture builder | Technical & commercial due diligence | Horizon Europe & Deep-Tech funding | AI, IoT, energy systems and photonics

I turn deep tech into products that are adopted by the market. As a former General Manager and CTO across energy, AI, IoT, healthtech, photonics and advanced materials, I have a proven track record of integrating scientific and engineering expertise with product ownership, team leadership and go-to-market strategy. I have led units of 50 people with €3M budgets and delivered large European R&D projects end-to-end. Shipped products include a fluorescence-lifetime add-on for microscopes, an advanced forensic identification software, wearable contactless payments with mobile apps, an indoor high-precision real-time location solution, a cloud-based energy management system for buildings, and innovative thin radiant panels. Areas of expertise: a) Product management and venture leadership: Product lifecycle • discovery and validation • roadmaps • PRDs • Agile/Scrum/Kanban • telemetry and KPIs • corporate venture builder • stage-gate • MVP to pilot to scale • GTM and pricing • partnerships • playbooks and handover b) Project, portfolio and operations management: PMO • governance • OKRs • cross-functional and multi-partner programs • dashboards and reporting • budgeting and forecasting • people operations and hiring • vendor and contract management • risk and compliance c) Funding, investor readiness and due diligence: Horizon Europe/EIC grants • proposals and exploitation • investor materials and data room • technical due diligence • commercial due diligence • TAM/SAM/SOM • unit economics (LTV/CAC, churn) • investment memo • 100-day plan • red/yellow flags d) Science, engineering and IP: Photonics • nanomaterials • electronics and embedded/IoT • mobile apps (iOS/Android) • cloud (AWS) • Python and SQL • applied AI/ML • building-energy systems • MQTT/KNX/Modbus • IP strategy and FTO • patenting • publications