Management Team
LUMICKS is managed by an experienced team with diverse backgrounds. They combine business experience with technical expertise and a strong drive for growth and impact through customer success.
Team
Nander Alblas
System Engineer
Joanna Andrecka
Customer Success Scientist
Walther-Otto von Ferdinandsburg
Office Pup
Ernie Au
Sales Account Manager
Zsombor Balassy
Application Scientist
Kassandra Barbetsea
Marketing Manager
Tiago Bonetti
Software Engineer
Rens Braster
Application Development Scientist
Onno Broekmans
Software Engineer
Jordi Cabanas-Danés
Application Scientist
Rosalie Driessen
Product Manager
Vitalij Fedotov
Mechanical Engineer
Bas Groen
Regional Sales Manager
Vito Havik
Operations Specialist
Sigrid van Eck
Office Manager Assistant
Michiel van Heiningen
Design Engineer
Maurice Hendriks
Sales Account Manager
Jochem Janmaat
Field Service Engineer
Doenja Jansen
Marketing Specialist
Douwe Kamsma
Technology Development Engineer
Hrishikesh Kelkar
Technology Development Engineer
Nataliya Komarova
HR Manager
Jerom Langeveld
Design Engineer
Steven Lamerton
Software Engineer
Agostino Mirone
Software Engineer
Dean Moldovan
Software Engineer
Ann Mukhortava
Application Scientist
Felix Oswald
System Architect
Aida LIauró Portell
Application Scientist
Ali Raja
Regional Director
Avin Ramaiya
Application Scientist
Philipp Rauch
Sales Account Manager
Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Trey Simpson
Application Scientist
Thomas Cohen Stuart
System Architect
Brenda Ruimschoot
Financial Assistant
Nancy Ruimschoot
Financial Assistant
Elena Merino Rodríguez
Application Scientist
Sadaf Soroudi
Marketing Specialist
Sara Tafoya
Application Scientist
James Wilkinson
Market Development Specialist
Roeland van Wijk
System Engineer
Chenlu Yu
Application Scientist
Ilias Zarguit
Back Office Service Engineer
Olivier Heyning
CEO
Following a Sales and Business Development Director role at FEI— now ThermoFisher— Olivier Heyning co-founded LUMICKS in 2014. He is an experienced manager with in-depth knowledge of the life-science equipment market.
Willem Peutz
Head of Sales
A born entrepeneur with a degree in Optics from St. Barbara, Willem worked for McKinsey and Shell before joining LUMICKS early on. He is currently responsible for global sales and customer success.
Gijs Oude Elberink
COO
Having previously worked at Philips and at FEI/Thermofisher as Operations Director and Head of Global Sourcing & Operations Director respectively, Gijs is currently overseeing all R&D projects, sourcing and overall operations at LUMICKS.
Bauke van Rhijn
CFO
Bauke previously worked at ING’s Corporate Finance division. At LUMICKS he is responsible for everything concerning finance, accounting, and administration, and he plays a vital role in strategy formulation as well as managing bank and investor relations.
Andrea Candelli
Head of Business Development
As co-founder of LUMICKS Andrea is an expert in the field of single-molecule applications, turning a self-built proof-of-concept prototype into a business opportunity. Currently, Andrea leads the business development team and is in charge of developing the next applications in the Pharma field.
Gerrit Sitters
Product Manager
During his Ph.D. in Physics at the VU University Gerrit further developed both C-Trap & AFS technologies. An expert on both products in LUMICKS’s portfolio, Gerrit focuses on the top market requirements and translating these into the overall technical and commercial roadmap.
Lycke Cappelle
General Counsel / Human Resources
Previously a Corporate and IP lawyer at Allen & Overy and Heussen, Lycke fills two crucial roles for LUMICKS; legal & compliance as well as HR, recruitment & overall employee satisfaction.
Mattijs de Groot
CTO
Mattijs has been developing high-tech optics instruments for over 10 years. As a deep content expert in hardware, electronics and software, Mattijs oversees the key developments for LUMICKS technical roadmap and manages the related IP portfolio.
Supervisory Board
Seasoned business & life science experts make up LUMICKS’s supervisory board, advising us on strategy and key decisions.
Peter van den Broek (NL)
Supervisory Board
High-tech equipment business expert
Previously CEO of Leica, Senior Vice President at Fluke
Pieter van der Meer (NL)
Supervisory Board
Seasoned Life Science Venture Capitalist
Managing Partner Gilde Healthcare Partners
Erik Walldén (SE), Chairman
Supervisory Board
30 years of Life Science & Biotech executive experience
Previous CEO of: Biacore (GE), Biotage (IPO), Perseptive (Life Techn.), Pharmacia (GE), Gyros, Affibody
Don Kania (USA)
Supervisory Board
CEO at FEI for 10 yrs (acquired by ThermoFisher), COO at Veeco
Management role at LLNL and LANL labs.
PhD in Physics & Engineering from University of Michigan.
Technical Advisory Board
LUMICKS’s technical advisory board includes the most knowledgeable people on our applications and technology.
Prof.dr. Gijs Wuite (NL)
Technical Advisory Board
Biophysicist, PhD from UC Berkeley, Single-molecule force spectroscopy and Optical Tweezers expert
Co-founded LUMICKS in 2014
Prof.dr.ir. Erwin Peterman (NL)
Technical Advisory Board
Biophysicist, Post-doc Stanford University at W.E. Moerner (Nobel laureate 2014), Single-molecule microscopy expert
Co-founded LUMICKS in 2014
Gigi Wang (USA)
Technical Advisory Board
Global mentor for entrepreneurship and innovation
Managing Partner of MG-Team, LLC,
Chair of Berkeley Method Boot-camp, Board Member MITEF/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB)
Dr. ir. Iddo Heller (NL)
Technical Advisory Board
Assistant Professor Physics of Living Systems at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Developed high tech instruments for >10 years
Developer of super-resolution optical tweezers & fluorescenc
Prof. Arne Gennerich (USA)
Technical Advisory Board
Associate Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Single-molecule biophysicist, expert on molecular motors, and microscope developer
Dr. Frank Lison (DE)
Technical Advisory Board
Seasoned SME high-tech optics company GM
Successfully built & exited three similar companies