INVITED TRAINERS:

BITTEM Training / 26-28 February 2014 / Chisinau Republic of Moldova

Dr. Siemon Smid Project Manager and Senior Training Specialist.
Siemon Smid has over 23 years experience of working with both public and private sector clients at an
executive level throughout Europe, the US, Japan and China. Public sector clients have included the
European Commission, the European Space Agency , European Governments (like UK, NL, IRL, F, S, ES and
RO), and private sector clients have included IBM, Schlumberger, KPN and Philips.
Dr. Aart-Jan Hoeven Senior Training Specialist Innovation.
Aart-Jan Hoeven has more than 20 years of experience working with Phillips in the field of product
development. He is experienced in multidisciplinary and international projects, with focus on software,
electronics, physics and mechanical engineering. Aart-Jan was leading multidisciplinary R&D teams with
up to 50 members in an international environment. Aart-Jan developed a special course on advanced
project management methods in complex R&D environments for the international Philips R&D community.
M. Sc. Anne-Liis Peterson Senior Training Expert Marketing.
Anne-Liis has more than 15 year of experience in marketing of innovation and public relations. She was
researcher at the Estonian Organisation for Copyright Protection and researcher at the Labour Market
Board and the National Institute for Health Development. Besides being a marketing consultant for
companies like Schering, Roche, Kalev, Rngu Mahl, ONOFF and Renault she is a researcher and lecturer at
the Estonian Institute of Humanities of the Tallinn University.
Dr. Michael Boronowsky Senior Training Expert Technology Transfer.
Michael Boronowsky coordinates Knowledge and Technology Transfer activities of the ICT research
institute at the University of Bremen with over 160 researchers. He develops and establishes new concepts
for science business collaboration. He developed and acquired the INTERREG 4B project BONITA (3 Mio.)
where new concepts for efficient knowledge and technology transfer were developed. He is the prime
author of the ISO/IEC 15504 standard based model innoSPICE for technology transfer.
Dr. Tanja Woronowicz Senior Training Expert Technology Transfer.
Tanja Woronowicz is an expert in the area of knowledge and technology transfer. At the University of
Bremen she develops new concepts to improve knowledge- and technology transfer processes within
research organizations. She is the co-author of the ISO/IEC 15504 standard based model innoSPICE . She
develops and performs of trainings in the area of Knowledge- and technology transfer and she assesses
transfer processes within research organizations.
M. Sc. Olga Mala Junior Training Specialist
Olga Mala is an experienced trainer with a background in finance and economics. She is the project
manager to the "Project Technical Assistants" (PTA) for the Thematic Priority "Nanosciences,
Nanotechnologies, Materials, and new Production Technologies" (NMP) for the European Commission, DG
Research. She conducted the marketing analysis for the new marketing strategy of the National Institute
for Research and Development in Microtechnologies (Romania). Olga was a trainer of the Innovation
Assistant Training (IAT), a training course to introduce lean methodologies to improve productivity in
manufacturing and services and quality systems for Latvian and Estonian companies.