20+ years at various managerial positions at Research, Innovation & Strategy, including an initiating and leading development of innovative solutions for consumer electronics, healthcare, and wellness applications. Functions held to date include Innovation Lead, Value Stream Owner, Program Manager, Group​/​Team Lead, Senior Project Manager, Principal staff member. Track record of successfully organizing and managing large multi-disciplinary and international R&D programs with more than 30 engineers, business developers, scientists, located in the EU, India, USA. 10+ years as an Innovation Lead and portfolio manager of new healthcare, wellness, and consumer solutions for the EU, USA and Asian markets. Have an entrepreneurial mindset to identify and bring breakthrough ideas to market. Extensive experience in successfully converting innovative technological research into profitable business propositions, managing entire E2E process from the value proposition creation to final validation & verification. 3+ years as a people manager of an R&D team. Hold a PhD in Signal Processing. Certified Project, Program & Lean Portfolio Manager (Prince2 Practitioner, SAFe6 LPM, MSP). Have filed 50+ US patent applications and produced 20+ publications.