1. Ronald Diederix (1955)
Curriculum Vitae
DETAILS
Name Ronald. R. Diederix
Address Allée de la Marine Royale
22 Le Galion A2
06210 Mandelieu la Napoule, France
Telephone +33 4 93 499 206
Mobile +33 6 22 52 11 72
E-mail ron.diederix@orange.fr
PROFILE
Extravert manager with a good sense of humour
Natural networker, result orientated, likes challenges and is pleasant to work with.
Talented communicator
Strategic thinker able to achieve workable solutions for complex challenges
Natural person with flair, who likes to work with and for people, most effectively in a team
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
• Sales and Business Development
• Project management
• Design and Testing of (military) acoustic systems (e.g. Anti Submarine Warfare)
• Hardware and Software development (Real-Time Environment)
WORK EXPERIENCE
November 2004-Present General Manager of my own consultancy firm CONSEIL
STRATEGIQUE - STRATEGIC INFORMATION (CSSI) SAS.
Business Development, M&A, Joint Ventures and strategic co-
operation within the Naval Electronics (Defence) Market,
customers: EDO (now ITT-Excelis, USA) from November
2004-May 2006, Atlas Elektronik, Bremen, Germany, from
May 2006 till the present.
Activities: Marketing, Business Capture/Strategy, Agents, and
Teaming. Countries: Europe, Africa and miscellaneous world
wide, Shipyard accounts; Damen, Navantia, CMN
January 2001- November 2004 JDR CABLE SYSTEMS (NL), Sales representative, based in
the South of France, Defence and Offshore accounts. My
sales represented around 20% of the company turnover

2. January 1991- December 2000 Thomson Sintra (now Thales Underwater Systems), France;
Sea Trial Manager (sonar systems for surface ships),
Programme Manager (Asia), Sales Manager (captured around
200 M Euro business)
May 1986-December 1990 SIGNAAL (Now Thales Netherlands), Radar and Sonar
development

3. QUALIFICATIONS & FORMAL TUITION:
2013 Shipley training (Capture Management, Proposal Management)
1997-2000 Management training courses (International Sales, Finances and Project
Management) with Thales (at the Thales University in Paris)
1986-1987 Product Development training courses with Philips (SIGNAAL was then a Philips
subsidiary)
1986 Masters Degree in marine geophysics was obtained from the same University
1978 Bachelor's degree in physics was obtained from the State University of Utrecht in
Holland
OTHER
Languages: fluent in Dutch (native tongue), English, French and German
INTERESTS
• International politics and history,
• Sailing, Boating, Hiking
• Flying single engine airplanes
• Travelling and people