Geleyn Meijer

IIP/Create, Logica, Bestuurslid SII

Rondetafel (16:20 - 17:00).

Profile

Geleyn Meijer is an inspirational leader with a proven track record on innovation leadership and a wide international network.

As Strategy & Innovation Director of Logica he is driven by the creative potential of our economy and society. He acts as as thought leader in services innovation and masterminded embedded innovation as innovation process for ICT services companies. He represents Logica in various national and international eco-systems on the future of the IT services industry and is expert in the Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group, a EU-wide think-tank.

He is advisor to the Dutch ICT innovation council, stimulating the creativity in services development among businesses and academia. Together with leading Dutch media  companies, SME’s and universities he launched the ICT Innovation Platform for the Creative industry (IIP/Create).

Background

Geleyn Roelof Meijer (1960) received his PhD in Robotics and Computer Science in 1991. He is partner of Logica and strategy director of Logica Management Consulting Netherlands. Since 2003 he pioneered Logica’s innovation policy and R&D project involvement. In 2005 he became the Group Innovation Director for Logica, setting-up the activities across the group and assuring Logica’s active participation in strategic business developments with clients and alliance partners. From 2007 to 2009 he was managing director of Logica’s NL Business Consulting unit where he led the growth from 40 to 170 consultants with a strong focus on exploiting the innovation potential of Logica.

He has extensive experience as director and board member of several large national and EU-wide research consortia with a focus on programme management, project selection and validation.

He is associate professor at the University of Amsterdam and guest lecturer at TU Delft and Erasmus University. He publishes regularly and is speaker on various conferences and in expert panels.