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Sophie V. Vandebroek

Investor

Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures

Greater Boston

About

Advisor, trustee, director and investor; former COO of IBM Research and CTO of Xerox, with expertise in global innovation.

Experience

  1. Strategic Vision Ventures, LLCFounder & CEOcurrent2021 β€” present
  2. IDEXXNon-Executive Board Directorcurrent2013 β€” presentWestbrook, Maine
  3. Wolters KluwerMember of the Supervisory Board (Non-Executive Director)current2020 β€” presentAmsterdam, Netherlands
  4. InariNon-Executive Independent Board Directorcurrent2021 β€” presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  5. RevvityNon Executive Board Directorcurrent2024 β€” presentGreater Boston
  6. Índico Capital PartnersLimited Partnercurrent2025 β€” presentLisbon, Portugal
  7. Biovance CapitalLimited Partnercurrent2025 β€” presentLisbon, Portugal
  8. Blue Tulip VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2025 β€” present
  9. Underscore VCCore Community Limited Partnercurrent2023 β€” presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  10. Safar PartnersStrategic Advisor & Limited Partnercurrent2021 β€” presentGreater Boston
  11. KU Leuven Faculty of Engineering ScienceHonorary Professorcurrent2021 β€” presentLeuven, Flemish Region, Belgium
  12. Flanders AI Research ProgramChair International Advisory Boardcurrent2019 β€” presentLeuven, Belgium
  13. Casa da Figueira Vacation Rental, Luz, PortugalBusiness Ownercurrent2006 β€” presentLagos, Portugal
  14. NorwAIMember AI Innovation Board2022 β€” 2026Norway
  15. Mass Technology Leadership CouncilMember of the Board of Trustees2018 β€” 2022Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts
  16. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySchool of Engineering Inaugural Visiting Scholar for the Academic Year2019 β€” 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts
  17. IBMVP Emerging Technology Partnerships, IBM2018 β€” 2019Cambridge, Massachusetts
  18. IBMChief Operating Officer IBM Research2017 β€” 2018Yorktown Heights, New York
  19. PARC, a Xerox CompanyChair of the Board2008 β€” 2016Palo Alto, California
  20. XeroxXerox Chief Technology Officer and Corporate Vice President2006 β€” 2016Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts

Education

  1. Cornell UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering1986 β€” 1990
  2. KU LeuvenMasters, Electro-mechanical Engineering1981 β€” 1985

Skills & more

Cross-functional Team Leadership99Product Development60Design of Experiments16Program Management60Product Management77Six Sigma30Business Strategy49Engineering Management11R&D99Semiconductors21Engineering37Start-ups27
+12 moreContinuous ImprovementIntegrationEntrepreneurshipProcess EngineeringBusiness DevelopmentNew Business DevelopmentProject PlanningCloud ComputingSaaSEnterprise SoftwareSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Leadership

Languages Dutch Β· English Β· French Β· Portuguese

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