André van Geelen

André van Geelen is an experienced executive in the semiconductor and mobile markets. After Philips, JDS-Uniphase and NXP, he was part of the early high tech startup III-V Photonics and founded EPCOS Netherlands in 2007 via a spin-out from NXP. In 2014 this was acquired by Qualcomm. Since 2015, he supports high tech start- and scale-ups with their technology challenges and in finding their strategic direction and venture capital for their growth.

With his background in business, strategy, technology and innovation he likes to support entrepreneurs and founding teams with their go-to market, VC funding, strategic technology choices and IP. His experiences from both major tech companies and startups help to bridge the gap between these worlds.

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