Diederik van Houten

Consultant at TBL Mirror fund and Safaricom Spark fund Providing strategic advice to top management of portfolio companies on behalf of the shareholders

Technical chief of a TU-Delft Design project to design the first electric buggy in the world to compete in the Dakar rally in cooperation with the customer Tim Coronel. Responsibilities: Prioritize the design requirements, analyse the different design options. Managing the design sub-teams and cultivating customer relationship.

Analysing and testing the developed software products on technical and functional errors, consulting the designers on improvements for future versions both on content and development strategy. Functioning as a mediator between technical developers and design team

Expanding and improving a tracking system for Eurocopter mission control computers. The primary task was to extend an existing single unit tracking system to an efficient tracking system for all sub modules, increasing its complexity while keeping it simple to operate. The software was later to be used by EADS Defence Electronics.

Courses taken in Strategic Management and International Corporate Finance

Two year degree linking engineering specialisation with modern management techniques. Subjects: New Product Development, Management Science, Supply Chain Management and Engineering Economics.

Courses in:Air Transportation and Systems, Systems Engineering and Technical Management Techniques, Space Engineering and Technology, Aerospace Systems and Control Theory, Business Economics