Ir. G.H. (Gert Hans) Berghuis

Ir. G.H. (Gert Hans) Berghuis

Profile

Experience


2016 – now
senior partner and innovation strategist at Fabrique
2014 – now
CEO at Fabrique Ventures, coaching start-ups (some of which Fabrique participates in)
2006 – 2016
CEO and Chair of the board
1999 – 2006
Business Unit manager Interactive Media at Fabrique

Lectures

    Currently:

    • Coordinator Brand and Product Commercialisation, The five step model for product launch strategies
    • Coach in Strategic Value of Design
    • Coach in Build Your StartUp
    • IDE Masterclass Lean Innovation
    • Graduation Students


    In the past:

    • Lecture in IDE Masterclass Design Leadership and Innovation with Giulia Calabretta, Strategic Design in practice: 7 examples.
    • Lecture in PO1, Integrated Design, Scrum & Lean Start-up in 20 minutes
    • Client in PO3, Design Driven Innovation
    • Lecture in Design Consultancy Practice, Lessons from the trenches
    • Joined SPD trip to Helsinki

      Education

      1990 – 1996
      Delft University of Technology, faculty Industrial Design Engineering
      2003 -2004
      Small Business School, Stichting Bedrijfskunde

      Expertise

      Specialisation

        • Business modelling: how to design a working business model?
        • Agile and Lean Start-Up: how to speed up innovation?
        • Validation: how to find out whether your idea is Desirable, Viable and Feasible?
        • Pitching: how to persuade your audience to get a ‘yes’?
        • Product Launch Strategy: how to introduce your new product to the market?

          Biography

          Gert Hans Berghuis graduated from the faculty Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology in 1996. He is working as Lead of Innovation Factory at Rabobank HQ.

          Immediately after his graduation, Gert Hans joined Design Agency Fabrique, and enforced the interactive media department. After a year, he became a partner, and managed the ever growing new media business unit. In 2006, he became CEO of Fabrique [brands, design & Interaction]. Under his joint leadership, Fabrique has grown through the years into a multifaceted design consultancy. It currently employs more than 100 staff of artists, engineers and storytellers. In 2016, Gert Hans et al appointed a new board of directors, and stepped back as a CEO to work in project again. He started working as a senior partner and participated as innovation strategist in start-ups and Corporate Ventures.

          At the TU Delft faculty of IDE, Gert Hans works part-time in the master Strategic Product Development as a lecturer, coordinator, coach and graduation coach.

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