ABOUT

Erik van Geest, founder of R&D Advance, is an experienced manager of R&D organizations in the high-tech domain. He focuses on organizational transitions where the teams, their managers and their stake holders want to establish a new setup. For example working with new teams and partners, introducing new methodologies and tools, adjusting to shifted product demands and technologies, (de-) centralization, etc.

His approach is to bring people and teams together and integrate the different ideas into a well-thought through and well-supported change program. Important starting point is to align on the end goal and the strategy how to get there. This serves as yard stick and enables dealing with unforeseen aspects along the way while staying focused on the end goal.

He combines over 10 years of senior R&D management experience in various roles in NXP Semiconductors with a PhD in Electronics from University of Twente. He understands the human and managerial aspects of going through change, and can also spar with technical experts on addressing their challenges. Thanks to his experience with managing teams worldwide he can handle multicultural sensitivities very well.

As a manager he leaves room for innovation and individual ideas where possible, and establishes structure where required. With this philosophy he embraces new trends like Agile, Lean and SAFe. They set a good framework for organizing activities in a scalable way, provided that the end goal remains clear and there is room for customization to the specifics of the organization.

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Quotes:

“Erik is a very passionate leader, proactive, systematic and full of ideas. He pays attention to details and cares deeply about team’s success.” - Hai Wang (SVP NXP Global Technology Innovation)

On the acquisition of Omniphy by NXP: “I strongly recommend Erik for his perseverance to finalize the negotiation and solve the practical issues with respect to moving in. He also led a well thought through integration plan balancing urgent short-term matters and important long-term success-factors and became the trusted go-to person for the new team. This resulted in a very successful acquisition leading to first silicon in 9 months while retaining all key people.” - Alex Tan (VP & General Manager NXP Automotive Ethernet Solutions) 

“Erik is an R&D manager with high drive and competence in Semiconductor product/IP development. I have worked with Erik closely for many years and highly value his professionalism and ability to build strong and sustainable competence centers across geographies. He always drives his teams for highest value creation through empowerment and delegation. While focusing on the product goals, he also takes the time to learn what motivates people.” - Hitesh Garg (Site Manager NXP Bangalore, Director NXP AMS-IP)

“I have worked with Erik when he was R&D Manager at NXP. We worked together closely during a reorganization in the Product Line where he was very committed to maintain good alignment between the Management Team, R&D, HR, Legal and the Works Council (OR). Thanks to this we could make the right strategic choices and have a smooth change process. His people-oriented approach is a clear strength.” - Rosalie Lelieveld (HR Business Partner, NXP Automotive)