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PROJECT MANAGER

SIMON VAN IPENBURG

Simon is a project manager at BEACON. He derives inspiration by developing products that really contribute to the quality of life. He also plays hockey during his time-off. He is passionate about both. At work he makes sure that the desired results are achieved by interacting with all people involved: suppliers, designers, engineers and the end users.

As central defender, Simon plays from the back while at the same time keeping a close eye on everything around him. “The same as with a project team: I observe where things are going, keep the overview and change the strategy on time when needed”.

“PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS LIKE HOCKEY: INTERPRETING THE MOVES, KEEPING OVERVIEW AND LOOKING AHEAD.”

SIMON’S STRENGTHS

Simon excels in connecting people and facilitating progress. His broad knowledge and experience help him to quickly absorb new information. Simon listens and asks critical but supporting questions. He creates bonds within the team, with fun and humour. Visual management is another specialty of Simon. A bit of a cliché, but a good picture tells more than a thousand words. A sparkling scrum board is continuously changing and links the team to the project and to each other.

SIMON’S EXPERIENCE

Simon began his career as a Movement Technologist – developing tools for disabled people. He developed a singlehanded-driven wheelchair for use in paraplegic sports. In the following ten years he was manager product innovation at McRoberts and DUNC, where he developed all kinds of products with different teams.

Simon made the switch to BEACON because he loves to work in a team with colleagues specialised in innovation management. The in-depth and focused discussions about the projects inspire him. Within BEACON, Simon manages multiple innovation projects for our clients at the same time. Here his technical knowhow comes in very handy

CONTACT

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Simon Van Ipenburg

+31 6 27 55 04 88
simon.vanipenburg@beacon.nl
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EDUCATION

Human technology BEng.

CERTIFICATES & TRAINING

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TEAM

  • Quintijn Innikel
  • Tom Stefels
  • Jan Willem Dik
  • Margriet de Vriend
  • Simon van Ipenburg
  • Laurien Wolfswinkel
  • Joline Karelse
  • Yorick Koumans
  • Niels Andela
  • Jurre Miedema
  • Menno van den Eijnden
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Blog posts by Simon van Ipenburg

SIMON VAN IPENBURG (PROJECT MANAGER BEACON) ON USING SCRUM IN PRODUCT INNOVATION

We are excited about scrum as a tool for creating progress in product innovation. This method was originally designed for software development. Scrum allows you to work iteratively (step by step) with your team toward an end product, so you can make regular adjustments

LEES MEER

BEAUTIFUL THING: REMARKABLE TABLET

In the category of “products that make business life a lot easier and more fun”: the reMarkable tablet. For several weeks now I have been using the tablet and she is truly remarkable. The versatility is enormous and perfectly suits my needs as a project manager

LEES MEER

Beautiful thing Apple-airtag:

In my search for a fresh product for our “Pretty Thing” column, I was made aware of the release of the Apple Airtag. Only just a few days on the market, but practically nowhere in stock and mostly available to order by reservation.

LEES MEER

‘FOR SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING PRODUCT INNOVATION, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE IS A MUST’

Many people assume that a good project manager is able to bring a project to completion, regardless of the field of study. At BEACON, we value management skills. However, we also consider experience and subject matter expertise in the field of physical product innovation a must.

LEES MEER
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