ESI Eindhoven Area, Netherlands
March 2016 Science and operations director
Originally founded in 2002, the former Embedded Systems Institute (ESI) was integrated in TNO in January 2013 as the research group Embedded Systems Innovation by TNO (TNO-ESI). Its (founding) partners are industry-leading companies ASML, NXP, Oce, Philips, Thales and TNO, along with Delft University of Technology, Radboud University and Eindhoven University of Technology. Since 2018 ESI is a so-called JIC - a Joint Innovation Centre - an initative of industry, academia and TNO.
The ESI programme represents the special interests of the national high-tech OEM- and SME industry,
and addresses our society’s current and future needs in fields such as mobility, health, and safety & security.
Wouter Leibbrandt is Senior Director of NXP Research where he manages the Advanced Applications Lab.
This lab investigates new application concepts around future advanced silicon products,
among others in the area of smart living, wireless sensor networks, digital connectivity and sustainable energy management.
Wouter has been with NXP semiconductors since 2006.
Systems and Applications Technology Domain Leader in NXP; Long Term Innovation program manager
Responsible for coordination of the Internet of Things Vision and Strategy cross-company
Evangelist of the NXP Internet of Things Vision inside and outside the company
Technology Scout
Member of NXP Chief Technology Office MT
Before that, he was with Philips Research labs for 14 years,
managing a variety of projects and departments.
From 2004 to 2006 he lived and worked in China,
managing part of the Philips Research labs in Shanghai.
Wouter is on the advisory board of the Smart Energy Collective, he is a member of the working group Savings in Electricity of the Dutch Agency for Energy Transition and takes part in various other committees in the area of sustainability and energy management.
Research Scientist
jun. 1992 - mrt. 1998
Industrial research into Optical Storage systems including lightpaths for recordable CD, lightpath for MMCD,
later DVD, development of an Optical Tape system, Blu-ray Disc
Wouter holds a PhD in physics from Utrecht University.
He lives with his wife and three
children in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.