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Wilbe is the home for scientist leaders. We believe that science should come first and that through education, support and investment we can help scientists build solutions to a large part of the problems that we face today.

Venture Partner

Multiple Capital

Multiple invests in micro and seed stage venture capital funds globally with a focus on European managers. We seek out innovative, emerging, and solo fund managers in niche geographies and verticals that are often overlooked. 

Our portfolio of 30+ funds includes over 700 companies, more than 50 of which are valued at $100M+...including 10 at $1B+.

Venture Partner 

Redstone

Redstone Quantum is a €50M+ investment fund focused on seed and Series A investments in quantum and quantum adjacent technologies.

Member of Advisory Board and Investment Committee, Quantum Fund

QAI Ventures

Empowering the future of computing through global startup investments and collaborative ecosystem building.

Advisory Board Member, Member of Investment Committee

European Defense Investor Network

Members network of venture capital professionals who invest in European defense and dual use technologies.

Member

Various 

Entrepreneur. Some venture-backed, some not. Some exited, some not. 
Mentor over the years in several startup programs including Seedcamp, Startup Bootcamp, Wayra, Techstars, Le Camping, and others.
Time spent on the investing side at Morgenthaler and Advent, amongst others.
Board member on seed funds, VC funds, accelerators, non profits, two schools, a private bank, and dozens of startups. 
Still learning.

Founder, Investor, Mentor, Board Member

QDNL Participations

QDNL Participations is the investment fund of Quantum Delta NL, a €615M Dutch public-private partnership of global tech companies, government agencies, and all major quantum research centers in the Netherlands. Portfolio includes Quantware, Fermioniq, Q*bird, Orange Quantum Systems, and more.

Member of Advisory Board and Investment Committee

Techleapnl

Techleap is a non-profit, publicly funded organisation helping to build a thriving startup ecosystem in the Netherlands. Techleap helps quantify and accelerate the Dutch tech ecosystem, creating the optimal climate for tech companies to scale with programs and initiatives for improving access to capital, market and talent.

Advisory Board Member

Transatlantic entrepreneur turned investor living in and loving Europe. 
20+ years as an entrepreneur and VC. 
Passionate about innovation, technology, and startups.
Specialties: VC, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Deeptech.

Michael Jackson

When you know all the hundreds of billions of dollars in capex is money well spent. 😽

"Patents aren’t the golden ticket. When you start with the market, the mission and the team, the rest, including the right IP, will follow.". 👏 

TTOs regularly overvalue IP. The relevancy of a patent is pretty short, and it's far from being the end all, be all for success in deeptech. Good on Ale Maiano for calling this out. If you're a scientist interested in entrepreneurship, check out Wilbe asap. There's no better place for you. 👩‍🔬 

"The cult of intellectual property (IP) has become a distraction. Too often, founders and investors mistake a patent filing for proof of progress...foundational IP has its place, but it should serve the venture, not dictate it. A startup built around a patent risks becoming a company searching for a problem, rather than a venture solving one. Worse, it often signals that the founding team is motivated more by scientific pride than entrepreneurial instinct." 💯 Amen brother. Shout it loud and shout it proud.

https://lnkd.in/eYtSg_hh

The cyberattack on JLR has had a significant negative impact on the UK economy. The general public in most countries are still naive to the fact that cyberattacks can be more economically destructive than actual physical attacks...and the threat will only get worse with more AI and compute.

Toyota North America

Digital Program Manager for the TBMNC OneTech IT Task Force - Program Management for PMO, and all OneTech IT software and infrastructure supporting Toyota Motor North America's new battery plant in North Carolina.

Snr. Manager II (Director), TBMNC Task Force Leader - Program Manager

The Pasha Group

•  Create and sustain strong business relationships with key PAS OEM customers, as well as monitor customer service or performance issue concerns.  

•  Proactively follow-up on all customer service or performance concerns, identify root cause(s), implement countermeasures, and communicate countermeasures/resolution to the customer.

•  Position PAS as a strategic solution provider for all finished vehicle logistics OEM projects.  

•  Represent PAS at strategic industry events in order to enhance PAS brand perception.

•  Manage strategic relationships with key Port Authorities, Federal, State, and local governmental 
agencies critical to PAS operations.

•  Manage contractual agreements with PAS Customers, including pricing and rate analysis. 

•  Champion and act as executive sponsor for strategic initiatives to enhance major systems, kaizen business processes, and provide leadership development to PAS team members.

Vice President Business Development & Administration

•	Pasha Automotive Services Divisional Controller - Provide financial reporting and key metrics analysis for billing and AR integrity and profitability by customer and department. 

•	Develop, track and analyze key performance metrics to assist with executive-level decision-making.  Leverage, automate and improve existing BI tools.

•	Lead projects and analytics for a wide range of business initiatives, including business, financial, process improvements, and strategic and operational planning.

•	Manage all governmental relations and interaction with municipal, county, federal, and port government agencies related to Pasha Automotive Services operations nationwide.

•	Implement and lead an enterprise wide associate development coaching and mentoring program to ensure a consistent talent pipeline to support future company growth.

Vice President Planning, Analysis, and Development

Toyota Motor Sales, USA

Responsible for leadership and direction of a diverse Multi-disciplinary team whose responsibilities include:

•	Partnering with the TLS Rail, Truck, and Marine teams and lead complex analysis and modeling of the TLS logistics supply chain network in order to optimize logistics performance and minimize cost. 

•	Support and facilitate communication of strategic information across the Toyota enterprise, including facilitating KPI & Kaizen information sharing, improved financial transparency to Executives, and leveraging strategic logistics partners to support Toyota’s objectives. 

•	Manage content and coordination of TLS Board of Directors Meetings, and the annual TLS Logistics Partners Meeting event.  Point of contact for logistics industry press inquiries.

•	Manage business processes for the Toyota Transportation Management System (Oracle Transportation Manager), including logistics network optimization processes to ensure that TLS gains the maximum advantage from TTMS.

•	Direct the TLS Business Controls group, responsible for reviewing approx. $1.6B in freight payments annually.

•	Perform special Executive assignments requiring complex analytic, financial, communications, contract negotiation, or business process expertise. Examples include port lease negotiations, 3PL contracts, and leading major event (earthquake/tsunami) response teams.

National Manager - Strategic Planning, Network Optimization, and Bus Cntl - Toyota Logistics Service

Toyota

Responsible for management of all marine logistics transportation for all inbound CBU Japan vehicles (approx. 1.2M units annually), as well as all outbound NAP Export vehicles (approx 30K units annually).  Specific activities included all ongoing support, schedule coordination and negotiations with TMC Vehicle Logistics Division (VLD) and the steamship companies to help ensure on-time arrival, and smooth discharge processing. 

•	NAP Export Kaizen Team – Initiated a cross organizational team to ensures enterprise alignment to resolve the challenges related to rapidly increasing NAP export volume.  

•	ILWU Contingency Planning Team – Initiated a team to collaborate with our VDCs, marine carriers, and TMC VLD to create a contingency plan, and decision timeline in the event of any labor disruption which could impact port or vessel discharge operations.

•	Long Beach Marine Environmental Task Force – Created a task force of VDC Management and each of our import marine carriers to define a path to environmental compliance in order to facilitate the renewal of Toyota’s lease for the Long Beach VDC facility.

National Manager - Marine Logistics & Export - Toyota Logistics Services

Responsible for business analysis and design for all TLS Application Systems.  Specific activities included all ongoing support, and systems planning for both projects and enhancements to all TLS Vehicle Logistics systems supporting Toyota, Lexus and Scion including:

•	Toyota Transportation Management System (TTMS) – Responsible for the evaluation, selection and business implementation of the new Oracle Transportation Management software. 
 
•	NVS – National Vehicle System – TLS processing, vehicle accounting, Vehicle accounting, Export, Toyota de Puerto Rico, Toyota de Mexico

•	NPPS – National Port Processing Systems – Port operations, rail, truck, vessel and plant marshalling yard logistics.

National Manager - Business Systems - Toyota Logistics Services

Responsible for the management and development of all Automotive Application Systems.
(12 managers, 18 professional staff, 120 on-site contractors)  Specific activities included all ongoing support, maintenance and enhancements to all Vehicle systems supporting Toyota, Lexus and Scion including:

•	NVS – National Vehicle System – Vehicle Allocation, Sales Reporting, Logistics, Vehicle accounting, Export, Toyota de Puerto Rico, Toyota de Mexico 

•	NPPS – National Production Processing Systems – Port operations, rail, truck, vessel and plant marshalling yard logistics.

•	DPMS – Dealer Pipeline Management System – Vehicle production order administration, order change, and vehicle reassignment system.

•	TOMS – Toyota Order Management System – Production ordering system for all Toyota, Lexus and Scion Vehicles

•	Mexico Launch IT program management – All systems development and IT budget

•	Scion Launch IT program management – All systems and IT budget

•	IT Budget Management – Manage approx. $20M annually in IT budget (12% of total Toyota IT budget).

National Manager - Automotive Systems - TMS Information Systems

Toyota Financial Services

National Systems & Regulatory Affairs Manager - Insurance Services

Systems Development Manager - Insurance Services

I’m a business leader in information technology strategy, vehicle logistics, automotive operations and finance.

I love to coach, mentor and develop good people into great contributors and leaders.

I lead complex analysis to business challenges and create provocative visualizations that brings the data to life!

I build strategies, and then turn them into positive outcomes.

I’m a leader who get things done!  Let’s get to work!

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