About
Advisor, trustee, director and investor; former COO of IBM Research and CTO of Xerox, with expertise in global innovation.
Experience
- Strategic Vision Ventures, LLCFounder & CEOcurrent2021 — present
- IDEXXNon-Executive Board Directorcurrent2013 — presentWestbrook, Maine
- Wolters KluwerMember of the Supervisory Board (Non-Executive Director)current2020 — presentAmsterdam, Netherlands
- InariNon-Executive Independent Board Directorcurrent2021 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- RevvityNon Executive Board Directorcurrent2024 — presentGreater Boston
- Índico Capital PartnersLimited Partnercurrent2025 — presentLisbon, Portugal
- Biovance CapitalLimited Partnercurrent2025 — presentLisbon, Portugal
- Blue Tulip VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2025 — present
- Underscore VCCore Community Limited Partnercurrent2023 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- Safar PartnersStrategic Advisor & Limited Partnercurrent2021 — presentGreater Boston
- KU Leuven Faculty of Engineering ScienceHonorary Professorcurrent2021 — presentLeuven, Flemish Region, Belgium
- Flanders AI Research ProgramChair International Advisory Boardcurrent2019 — presentLeuven, Belgium
- Casa da Figueira Vacation Rental, Luz, PortugalBusiness Ownercurrent2006 — presentLagos, Portugal
- NorwAIMember AI Innovation Board2022 — 2026Norway
- Mass Technology Leadership CouncilMember of the Board of Trustees2018 — 2022Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySchool of Engineering Inaugural Visiting Scholar for the Academic Year2019 — 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts
- IBMVP Emerging Technology Partnerships, IBM2018 — 2019Cambridge, Massachusetts
- IBMChief Operating Officer IBM Research2017 — 2018Yorktown Heights, New York
- PARC, a Xerox CompanyChair of the Board2008 — 2016Palo Alto, California
- XeroxXerox Chief Technology Officer and Corporate Vice President2006 — 2016Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts
- XeroxXerox Chief Engineer2002 — 2006Rochester, New York
- AnalogicNon-executive Board Director2008 — 2016Peabody, Massachusetts
- Nypro, A Jabil CompanyNon-executive Board Director2009 — 2013Clinton, Massachusetts
- Cummins Inc.Science & Technology Council Member2006 — 2010Columbus, Indiana
- Carrier CorporationCarrier SVP and Chief Technology Officer2000 — 2002Hartford, Connecticut
- XeroxXerox Research Center Canada VP, Xerox Research Webster Laboratory Director1991 — 2000Toronto, Canada and Rochester, New York
- IBMIBM Researcher1990 — 1991Yorktown Heights, New York
- imecBelgian National Science Foundation Research Assistant1985 — 1986Leuven, Belgium
- HPInternational Summer Student1984Palo Alto, California
Skills & more
Cross-functional Team Leadership99Product Development60Design of Experiments16Program Management60Product Management77Six Sigma30Business Strategy49Engineering Management11R&D99Semiconductors21Engineering37Start-ups27
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Continuous ImprovementIntegrationEntrepreneurshipProcess EngineeringBusiness DevelopmentNew Business DevelopmentProject PlanningCloud ComputingSaaSEnterprise SoftwareSoftware as a Service (SaaS)LeadershipLanguages Dutch · English · French · Portuguese
From Sophie's professional profile.
Colleagues at Blue Tulip Ventures
Amy Villeneuve
Board Director, Advisor & Past COO and President of Amazon Robotics at Underscore VC
Brent Sapiro
Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Carla Brodley
Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Claire Hughes Johnson
Corporate Officer, Stripe at Operator Collective
Dune Thorne
Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Eric Cohen
Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Eric Horvitz
Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Esther Dyson
Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sophie V. Vandebroek?
- Advisor, trustee, director and investor; former COO of IBM Research and CTO of Xerox, with expertise in global innovation.
- Where does Sophie V. Vandebroek work?
- Sophie V. Vandebroek is at Blue Tulip Ventures.
- Where did Sophie V. Vandebroek go to school?
- Sophie V. Vandebroek studied at Cornell University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering); KU Leuven (Masters, Electro-mechanical Engineering).
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Also attended KU Leuven176
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Shared employers
Also worked at Mass Technology Leadership Council3
Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology479
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