Professional Activities

November 2011 to Present, Adviesbureau Beckmann B.V., Kerkrade / Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Founder and CEO of company

Responsible for consulting activities of company

Consulted on many different legal cases regarding contract issues (both international and national), mostly related to technology in the wide sense of the word, privacy, data protection and international trade, and including negotiations, writing and review of contract proposals, and advice on contract performance

Consulted on many different legal cases regarding copyright licensing related to software, including negotiations on behalf of clients, writing licenses, and advising on compliance

Consulted on other aspects of the law such as Dutch corporate law, competition law, and other types of law

Acted as counsel and represented clients in Count on matters related to Dutch administrative law and Dutch medical discipline law

March 2004 to October 2011, Independent Consultant, Eigenbilzen / Brussels, Belgium

Student at the European Law School, Maastricht University (starting 2005)

Offering IT services to small companies

Offering GPS consultancy services to the aviation and GPS industries

General software consulting

General legal consulting

December 2002 to February 2004 ALSTOM Transport SA, Charleroi, Belgium, Contract Manager

Responsible for all contractual aspects of the SA-NBS project for the Swiss Railways (SBB) to install a cabin-signaling system on the new Mattstetten-Rothrist Line, handling customer and sub-contractor correspondence, variation orders, disputes, claims

Internal adviser on all matters pertaining to SA-NBS contract and related subcontracts

General adviser to VP of Information Solutions Business Unit on contractual aspects of several other major projects and tenders

November 2001 to November 2002, ALSTOM Transport SA, Charleroi, Belgium, Product Launch Director, Tracking & Positioning

Defined offerings of ALSTOM Transport Information Solutions offerings in the emerging markets for rail asset tracking & management, and satellite-positioning based signaling systems

Managed bid for the ALSTOM Transport Information Solutions offer to Australian Rail Track Corporation for a signaling system based on satellite positioning

April 2000 to October 2001, ALSTOM Transport SA, Charleroi, Belgium, System Manager

Responsible for the completion of a major release of a cabin-signaling system project for the Dutch Railways, and for the day-to-day management of the team of engineers performing all project system engineering

Handled contract management in absence of a dedicated Contract Manager

August 1999 to March 2000, Independent Consultant, Helmstedt, Germany

Offered systems engineering, avionics certification and industry group representation services to aerospace companies and organizations

February 1999 to July 1999, Aerodata Flugmesstechnik GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany, Product Manager

Responsible for the new AeroNav® IV GPS-based navigation system

Representing Aerodata in several industry working groups and committees developing standards for GPS avionics

February 1992 to December 1998, Trimble Aerospace, Austin, TX, USA, Various roles and responsibilities

Responsible for technical definition, planning and execution of several projects including the Trimble Satellite Landing System, Trimble’s next generation of GPS receiver designs, and year 2000, GPS week 0 rollover and leap year testing of all Trimble avionics products

Represented Trimble in several industry working groups and committees, developing national standards for GPS/WAAS navigation systems

Responsible for planning and execution of the development effort for the TN-500 GPS-based General Aviation navigation system

Introduced new software development process and tools to ensure conformance with Federal Aviation Agency requirements and increase software development efficiency

February 1994 to August 1995, Trimble Avionics, Sunnyvale, CA, USA, Various roles and responsibilities

Supervised avionics software group

Project lead on development and FAA certification of Trimble Avionics products

Developed integrity monitoring algorithms for Trimble avionics products

January 1988 to December 1991, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, Research Assistant

Researched interference problems in the Loran-C radio navigation system

Project lead on contract research done for various European government agencies

Research work resulted in PhD degree in Electrical Engineering

Extra-Curricular Activities

Member of Moot Court Association Gaius in Maastricht, The Netherlands