Joris van den Aker is Program manager Systems Engineering and (Digital) Business Transformation at TNO

About Joris and TNO  Supporting hightech companies to transform from a project- to a product/platform driven systems company. Keywords are transformation, leadership, business, and systems engineering/architecting....About NXT Gen  The goal of NXTGEN Hightech is to bring the Netherlands back to the top. NXTGEN Hightech officially started in May 2023. The aim of the program is to bring the Netherlands back to the top and to contribute to solutions to major social challenges. To achieve this, the NXTGEN High-tech program will invest approximately € 1 billion until 2030 and will boost the Dutch economy with 330 partners. The National Growth Fund supports this program with 450 million euros....About Ronald Scheer Ronald is a discussion leader for podcast series in the field of Education, Technology & Innovation. Ronald is also a lecturer & researcher for Robotics & Mechatronics at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven. He graduated from the University of Twente at the Instrumentation Technology department of Applied Educational Sciences.