TSI President and Consultant: Ing. Dick van Barneveld

 

Name:

Ing. Dick van Barneveld

Position:

Executive President

Organisation:

Top Spin International

Address:

P.O. Box 545                7500 AM Enschede
The Netherlands

Tel. No.:

+31 53 483 6488

Fax No.:

+31 53 433 7415

E-Mail:

D.vanBarneveld@topspin.org

Qualifications:

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Certificate in Personnel Management

Experience:

  • 8 years in technology and management in the private sector
  • 4 years in personnel affairs - Ministry of Defence
  • 10 years in personnel and organisation - University of Twente
  • 16 years in technology transfer activities - University of Twente
  • 2 years experience in EC-DG13 UNISPIN project

Specialist Areas:

  • International spin-off promotion and support in Curacao in relation with The Netherlands via the SPOC project. See www.spocnet.net.
  • Technology transfer from university to industry; start-up of the first ILO in The Netherlands
  • Project manager and trainer in the EU Leonardo da Vinci training programme for Industry - Research Liaison Officers (ILO's)
  • Implementing and executing system for new knowledge-based entrepreneurship at University campus; operational founder of so-called TOP-programme
  • Co-founder of the Technology Group Twente; a group of appr. 100 new knowledge-based companies with a strong relationship with the University of Twente;
  • Consultant in several science park schemes all over Europe; EK SPRINT programme, appr. 10 assignments in UK, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Central European countries;
  • Development and execution of training programmes for incubators and science park managers; creation of programmes in several countries in Latin America, participation as a consultant and a lecturer in UK, Russia, Central Europe and Australia;
  • European coordinator of Columbus Innovation Consortium (CIC); CIC is an exchange programme between European and Latin American universities under CRE, which mainly focusses on technology transfer and exchange of know-how on new business start-up programmes and on regional development.

Language Skills:

Dutch - mother tongue
German - very good
English - very good
French - basic