Some of my roles

• Launch in US Alliance - CEO and Co-Founder, 2009-
• Kendall Teams, Market Exploration Program for International Scale-ups (MIT Spin Off) - Co-Founder/Board Member, 2015-
• MIT international e-Teams Program and International Innovation Symposium,  2012-2014 - Member of Organizing Committee, Lecturer, Mentor
• MIT Portugal Program - Guest Lecturer, Judge
• MIT IDEAS Global Challenge - Judge
• MIT MISTI - Netherlands Orientation session for MIT students 2018
• Northeastern University Dept of Political Science - Dialogue of Civilizations Program: Rotterdam, the Netherlands - Speaker 2020, 2021
• Boston University, Panelist International Executive MBA sessions 2017-2019
• Swissnex Boston - Guest Lecturer, Mentor
• French Consulate General, Boston, NETVA Program - Judge, Advisor, Mentor
• Harvard Law School - Bangladesh Sustained Development Conference 2017 - speaker
• Embassy of Estonia, Estonian Study Mission, April 2013 - Lecturer
• Government of Lithuania, Visit of a delegation led by the Vice Minister of Science & Education, Sep 2013 - Organized meetings
• Office of the province of Quebec in Boston 2019 - lecturer
• MassChallenge - Judge, Mentor, International Specialist, 2013-2021
• Boston Cleantech Venture Day 2011-2012 - Organization Committee Member
• Life Sciences conferences (BIO 2012, AdvaMed) - Moderator of panels discussing global collaboration.
• United States Department of State, International Visitor Leadership Program - Lecturer, Specialist
• European Union - Mission of Ecosystem Builders to Boston, presentation - 2019

NETHERLANDS

• Ministry of Economic Affairs/RVO
  • Xplore US 2017 Program - Organizer of the Boston program for Dutch scale-ups built on our kTeams program, 2017
  • Virtual Boston Cleantech Scale-up Mission 2020 - Organizer, Coach
  • Virtual Boston/NYC Biotech Scale-up Mission 2021 - Organizer, Coach, Match Maker
  • Virtual Boston Deep Energy Retrofit Mission 2021 - Organizer, Coach, Match Maker
• MBI Life Sciences and Health Masters Program, Netherlands, 2014, 2016 - Lecturer, Mentor, Judge
• Technology for Health Conference, Den Bosch - speaker 2016
• Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands - Guest Lecturer, Mentor, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
• Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands, presentation for student entrepreneurs - 2016
• Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Guest Lecturer, 2016
• University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam - mentor 2017, 2018
• The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Delft, Netherlands - Guest Lecturer 2017
• University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands - Organizer and speaker for the visit of a group of students to Boston 2018, presentation to students 2019
• NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, Netherlands - presentation to candidates for internships in the US. 2019-2020
• Venture Cafe Rotterdam, Netherlands - Panelist March 2016, 2017
• Health-Valley, Nijmegen, Netherlands - presentation 2015
• Groups of Dutch young entrepreneurs visiting Boston (ACE, HOPE, YES!Delft, Science Based Business Leiden University) - Lecturer, Mentor, Organizer
• Leiden Bio Science Park, Leiden, Netherlands - Guest Lecturer, Mentor
• LUGUS, Leiden, Netherlands - Student entrepreneurs, speaker 2016, 2018, 2020
• Utrecht Inc. - workshop, mentor 2015, 2016, 2017
• Student Inc. Utrecht, Student entrepreneurs, lecturer 2018
• StartupDelta Summit 2018, Arnhem, Netherlands - participated as advisor in session organized by Health Valley organization.
• Embassy of the Netherlands, Washington, DC - project manager for a joint project of the Embassy and the Netherland-America Foundation (NAF) to create a database of Dutch researchers in the US, 2016-2019

DENMARK

• Teknologisk Institut, Copenhagen  - workshop 2015
• Copenhagen Business Academy, Copenhagen - lecturer, judge 2015
• Visit to Boston of the Board of the Danish Regions, January 2016 - Information Session

FRANCE

• EM Lyon, MBA Programs, France - Study visits of groups of MBA students to Boston 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 - organizer and lecturer
• Preparation sessions for EM Lyon Students in Lyon and Paris, 2019

INDIA

• Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai, India - Guest Lecturer, Mentor 2017, Online session for entrepreneurs, Speaker 2020
• Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, India, Guest Lecturer, Mentor, 2016
• Ashoka University, Delhi, India - Guest Lecturer 2015
• International Institute for Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad, India; Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Mentor 2012
• IndiaSoft Conference, Pune 2011, Hyderabad 2012, New Delhi 2015, Mumbai 2016, Hyderabad 2017 - Foreign Delegate, Panelist

OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Netherland America Foundation (NAF), Boston - Chairman
• TiE Boston - long time member
• Boston World Partnership Connector 

Articles, Interviews

• Interview by Dutch business radio station BNR, August 17, 2016
• Interview: Landing in US is difficult; reality check for entrepreneurs, Startup Delta (Netherlands), March 22, 2016
• Boston, a good match for Dutch startups?, Startup Juncture (Netherlands), October 6, 2015
• Do I really need to go to Silicon Valley?, Smart Leaning DK (Denmark), June 25, 2015
• Do I really need to go to Silicon Valley?, Startup Juncture (Netherlands), June 3, 2015
• Interview by Dutch business radio station BNR, Newport RI, May 12, 2015
• MIT eTeams shows effective acceleration for international startups in Boston, BetaBoston, May 29, 2014
• Indian software engineers can drive Boston's high tech growth, Global Business Hub, boston.com, Feb 8, 2013
• 12 oorzaken voor falen in de VS, Sprout, Netherlands. Feb 4, 2013
• Massachusetts: The Leading Destination for Innovative Life Sciences Companies, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center/Launch in US Alliance, Oct 2012
• Partnering opportunities in the life sciences between Boston and the Netherlands, Global Business Hub, boston.com, Aug 7, 2012
• BIO 2012 Is Back In Boston – International Collaboration in Life Sciences, Global Business Hub, boston.com, Jun 13, 2012
• American companies should jump on the India wave, Global Business Hub, boston.com, Feb 21, 2012