Born at Hulst, below the river Scald, but still in The Netherlands
Secondary school education: Gymnasium ß of the St. Stanislascollege, Delft
Graduation at the Network Theory Section of the Electrical Engineering Department from the University of Technology, Delft
Conscripted from 1966-1968, he set up an Electronics Measurements Laboratory and teached Network Theory at the Royal Military Academy, Breda.
On September 1, 1968 he joined Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands in the Telecommunication Switching Systems research group. His early work on waveform coder implementation using digital signal processing techniques resulted in 19 patents and 7 publications, as well as in the architecture design of the first chip to be processed in the LSI Shop of the Nat. Lab. in 1975. From 1977-1981 he was engaged in research on digital audio. He supervised the design and implementation of an advanced interactive computer facility for the real-time simulation of signal processing algorithms and their implementation. It comprised a.o. the first VAX computer and the first FPS array processor in Philips.
In December 1981 he joined the Product Development Coordination Bureau (OCB) being charged with Corporate CAD Coordination. He performed comprehensive studies on the design methodology and CAD tools required for the design of custom VLSI circuits, and on the consequences of workstations for product development. He initiated a corporate project for a Philips Component Database, as well as a restructuring of the CAD coordination organization in the company to improve its efficiency and provide proper control over the whole lifecycle of corporate projects. He became involved in the ARCADE project (we would call it now a CAD Framework project) and the necessary focussing of its objectives in the direction of design management. He provided management assistance to several Product Divisions in this period.
In March 1985 he joined the newly established Corporate CAD Centre to head its Marketing and Strategy Planning Department. This was postponed to chair first a System Engineering Study team for the ARCADE product from March 1985 until January 1986.
Setting up a Strategy Planning and Marketing Department for the Corporate CAD Centre within ISA (Information Systems and Automation division) began in Februari 1986. An extensive round of consultation with Product Division managment was organised to inventorise the Philips needs on CAD. He started a bimonthly publication for the promotion of CAD (CAD News) and initiated a Philips CAD Conference which was held quite successfully in 1986, 1987 and 1989. In July 1986 he was asked to take over ad interim the management of the ARCADE project and to analyze the status of the ARCADE project. After an in-depth study he had to advice Philips top-management to conclude the project and consequently to change the direction in which a solution was sought for the design management problem.
In Februari 1987 he became department head of the newly formed CAD Management Systems department which had to implement the new strategy of evolutionary development of design management systems which he had developed. In two Divisions projects were started to customize a bought-in design management system solution.
In parallel with the Design Management Systems activities he became involved with the set up and commercial negotiations around the software engineering of the Silicon Compilers for Digital Signal Processors as developed at the Philips Research Laboratories. This task became so comprehensive that he decided to accept the offer to be the full-time manager of the resulting DSP Project.
The DSP Project was started on 18 August 1988, and was gradually adapted during the Project run time. He remained Project Manager, responsible for the contract management, for the introduction of the resulting CAD system (DSP Station of Mentor Graphics) in Philips and for the continuation of technology transfer into DSP Station until June 1997.
After the resolution of the Corporate CAD Centre in 1991, he moved to the Corporate Product Development Coordination Department in Philips International B.V., maintaining the DSP Project leadership on a part time basis.
In May 1991 he became JESSI Coordinator in Philips, responsible for the administrative control of the JESSI project within the company.
In this function he also organised that the DSP Project became the JESSI project AC 75: Productizing CAD-Tools for a DSP ASIC Design Methodology, later renamed in Design Methodologies and Tools for DSP Systems-on-a-Chip.
From August 1996 on he began preparing the start up of the MEDEA Office in Paris after an initial period in Munich. He was appointed Director of the MEDEA Office per 1997-01-01, on leave from Philips International B.V.
Thanks to much help from the French industries and local, regional and country civil servants it became possible to establish the MEDEA Office in the Tour-Montparnasse in Paris from 21 April 1997 on.
Early 1998 he was asked to return to Philips to fill an urgent vacancy in Philips Semiconductors.
In May 1998 he became Manager of the Design Technology Group in the Chief Technology Office of Philips Semiconductors. At the same time he started with the co-ordination of System-level Design Methodology activities and the co-ordination of the Research activities contracted out to Philips Research. After October 1, 1998 he concentrated on the latter two activities as Manager Design Technology. He retired on September 1st, 2000 at the mandatory age.
2000 - now, Eggermont Consultancy
He started his own consultancy business with a first large assignment on technology roadmapping for Embedded Systems. He advised on and contributed to the vision on product data management for one of the Philips divisions. A further large assignment focussed on unifying and aligning the vision, goals and strategy of a large research establishment. Smaller assignments involved a.o. setting up a contract for a technology partnership.
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