Director of scientific research at Hackers and Founders (H/F) the world’s largest community of technology startups and scaleups with 300.000+ members across 60 countries. With an international PhD in Marketing, an MBA and two degrees in Engineering, he has lectured for more than 20 years technology marketing and e-marketing nourished by his combined practitioner-research trajectory. He is a scientific expert for the European Commission and advises governments in four continents on the development of their innovation ecosystems and science-based / technology startups. His knowledge transfer efforts were recently recognised with the award of an Honorary Professorship.