Willem Bulthuis

Investing capital, experience and creativity in de-risking and growing sustainability ventures

Verso offers a SaaS-solution for CSR management and communication, from SMEs to global businesses. Collect your responsibility data, learn from peers, track your improvement and share it easily with any audience. Then take a leap into the future. Verso enables dynamic online reporting, meaning you can share your performance with the world. 24.7.365.

pixx.io develops professional photo and media storage and management solutions, aimed at media & advertisement agencies, medium-sized companies and government organisations. Highly convenient importing, indexing, versioning, license management and searching of images, as well as intelligent, application-dependent format conversions, enable all types of users in an organisation to work together more efficiently.

CrowdPatent is the worldwide first crowdfunding platform for inventions. The platform brings inventors, (crowd) investors and innovative industries together in order to crowdsource inventions, crowdfund their patent application and sell the resulting patents to companies deploying the invention.

Frühphase Finanzierung und Coaching von High-Tech Start-ups

secunet, a stocklisted company with revenue growth from 67 M€ revenue in 2012 to over 82 M€ in 2014, is one of Germany's leading providers of critical IT security solutions and consulting, and is official IT security partner of the Federal Republic of Germany. Key market segments are Government, Defense, and demanding industries like Automotive and Telecom.

Hired as Group CTO, responsible for Technology & Innovation, with a 10M€ innovation budget. Tasked by the Board with developing and implementing a major strategic growth program, expanding from a commodity Smartcard business into Software & Services. Responsible for restructuring a 700 M€ Division, including 2 post-merger integrations. Appointed as Senior VP Global Marketing & Sales of the new Mobile Security Division, to build a Global Sales Organisation with over 300 employees in 17 subsidiaries.

Venyon was founded in 2006 as Start-up Joint Venture between Nokia and Giesecke & Devrient to develop and provide Trusted Service Manager (TSM) services for the Near Field Communications (NFC) ecosystem. It was later integrated fully into Giesecke & Devrient.

Worldwide responsibility for automotive marketing & sales. Over 1 B$ sales including Car Infotainment and Safety & Comfort, with worldwide market leadership in Car Radio, In-Vehicle Networking, Car Access. Realised double-digit sales growth and increased market share. Implemented a multi-channel sales approach, leveraging specialised distributors and building relations with the customer´s customers (car OEMs).

Reporting to Philips Board Member and CTO. Responsible for a Philips-wide Program to align and grow the 2 B$ Automotive business across multiple Divisions and establish cross-Divisional Key Account Management (One Face to the Customer). Interim VP Global Automotive Marketing & Sales for a 500M$ car infotainment portfolio at the Philips Optical Storage Division. Responsible for a Corporate Program to increase transfer from Research into Businesses, either internally, through licensing or spinouts.

Artificial Intelligence, Computer-Based Training, Intelligent Help Systems