Dr. Richard Smits

is working from home. 🏡

Inhaber, Managing Director, CSI (R&D outsourcing)
Sofia, Bulgaria

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

R&D project management
research project management
Intercultural management
Conflict Management
Networking
R&D Engineering
Research and Development
Catalyst
Ceramics
Material Science
Innovation Management
Open innovation
Technology transfer
Start-up
Nanotechnology
Project management
Graphene
Printing of printed circuit boards
Bio-based materials
Manufacturing engineering
Six Sigma
Lean Manufacturing
Consulting

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Richard Smits

  • Current 8 years and 2 months, since Apr 2018

    Account manager

    Djadadji

    Sales of biomass boilers; agent for Bulgaria of KARA Energy Systems BV, the Netherlands.

  • Current 11 years and 5 months, since Jan 2015

    Managing Director

    Graphendo

    Graphendo has developed a bottom-up wet chemical method to produce graphene-like materials with excellent properties and price level.

  • Current 22 years and 5 months, since Jan 2004

    Managing Director

    CSI (R&D outsourcing)

    Mediation for and management of chemical research projects outsourced to Bulgaria

  • 6 years and 2 months, Jun 2011 - Jul 2017

    Project Technical Advisor

    European Commission

    Consultant (i.e. not an employee) to the European Commission for the management of 8 research consortia within the 7th Framework Programme (FP7), NMP Programme, New Production Technologies. Bio-based composite materials, printed diagnostic tests, printed electronics, displays, photovoltaics and sensors, catalytic membrane reactors, carbon nanotubes as fire retardants in plastics. Assistance in management of the development projects towards commercially exploitable results. Total budget 50 M€.

  • 2 years and 11 months, May 2007 - Mar 2010

    R&D management assistant

    Sofia University, Faculty of Chemistry

    Assistant to the Project Coordinator of the Sixth Framework consortium "PhotoNanoTech", coordination and communication with 12 partners in 6 countries and with the European Commission, ensuring timely scientific reporting, webmaster of the website www.photonanotech.eu

  • 6 years and 10 months, Nov 1996 - Aug 2003

    Research Engineer

    Haldor Topsoe A/S

    Project manager in the R&D department: developing new catalysts for steam prereforming and catalytic combustion, R&D and technical assistance to production and sales. Manager of outsourced research projects in Russia and Bulgaria.

  • 1 year, Apr 1994 - Mar 1995

    Post-doctoral research fellow

    Tokyo University

    Post-doctoral research fellow in the group of Prof. Y. Iwasawa.

Ausbildung von Richard Smits

  • 9 years and 9 months, Aug 1984 - Apr 1994

    Chemical Engineering

    University of Twente

    Specialized in heterogeneous catalysis. Ph.D. on selective catalytic oxidation with Prof. Julian Ross.

Sprachen

  • German

    B1-B2 (Gute Kenntnisse)

  • English

    C1 (Fließend)

  • French

    A1-A2 (Grundkenntnisse)

  • Dutch

    C2 (Verhandlungssicher / Muttersprachlich)

  • Danish

    C1 (Fließend)

  • Japanese

    A1-A2 (Grundkenntnisse)

  • Bulgarian

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