The document outlines Micha Verhagen's expertise in strategic programme management. It discusses excellence in innovation execution through early risk mitigation and stage-gate investments. Verhagen has extensive experience in programme management, financial analysis, and organizational change from roles at Philips, NXP, and Logica. He holds an Executive MBA from London Business School and can help clients achieve innovation goals.

1. Strategic Programme Management
Micha Verhagen

2. Excellence in strategic programme management
Make most of scarce resources: increase investment after risk mitigation
Supply Chain New supplier Innovation
Open Funnel
Innovation Viral
marketing Product A
Diversity
and HR Process
Advertising
Inclusion Supply Chain
optimization
Customer
ideation Healthcare Product B
Sales
Channel New OEM • Key milestone roadmap
• Business case impact
• Organizational embedding
Ideation Selection Execution
Excellence in innovation execution must start early on in the opportunity development: only
increase investment after key risks have been eliminated or mitigated.

3. Stage-gate investments, manage stakeholders
Project management, financial, organizational & people skills needed
Activity Deliverables
Plan key • Stage-gate execution plan with implementation stages and
milestone key milestones.
roadmap • For each stage the investment required for the
opportunity to pass the next gate.
Evaluate • Financial analysis of the impact of the project: the cash
business flow requirements, the return on investment, the NPV.
case impact • The key success factors: what does it take for this to be
successful, what are our key assumptions?
Plan • Generate buy-in with key stakeholders inside or outside
organizational the organization that can make or break this opportunity.
embedding • Identify and mitigate organizational conflicts – in supply
chain, sales channel, incentives, production
Skills needed
Project management – execution risks management, financial understanding – P&L, NPV, cash
flow, organizational understanding – pitfalls and opportunities of ‘interpreneurship’

4. Solid execution enables portfolio management
Match innovation pipeline with strategic goals and investment appetite
Disciplined opportunity development enables innovation management at portfolio level:
• Is our portfolio of innovations in line with our overall strategic goals?
• Does the level of investment match our expectations of market development?
Innovation portfolio Investment roadmap
• Generate insight into the investment
roadmap needed for the innovation
portfolio.
• Generate insight in to what extent the
innovation portfolio matches against
relevant strategic dimensions.

5. I can help you achieve your innovation goals
Project management, financial, organizational & people skills
I can help both at the individual opportunity level and at the opportunity portfolio level
Skills Experience
Project Management • Programme (and project) management experience in a large blue-chip
innovation environment
• Significant international experience: Japan, United
Kingdom, USA, Netherlands
Financial • Director Corporate Strategy for Philips Board of Management, Business
development manager
• Graduated Executive MBA with distinction from one of the world’s
premier business schools
Organizational • Board level experience, Product Line Director of start up business in
Philips / NXP business incubator
• Managed teams of professionals, spread over several countries
(Asia, Europe, USA )
I love coaching people: both professionally (e.g. as Product line Director – on developing
business cases) and privately (e.g. as Head Coach of UK National Softball team)

6. I have a track record in programme management
Track record in innovation - drive for excellence - passion for coaching
Drive for excellence
• Graduated from London
Business School with
distinction
• London Business School is
consistently ranked among
the top schools in the
world
Passion for coaching
Strong track record in • Head coach Great Britain
innovation management National Softball team
• Selected for Philips Top • Twice European champion
Potential Program (1998, 2002)
• Selected for NXP • Five times Great Britain
Leadership Journey national champion
• Significant international • Kokubunji (Japan), city
experience champion

7. Significant experience in international blue chips
Strategic Programme Management is at the intersection of my passions
Curriculum Vitae
CAREER HISTORY EDUCATION
2009 – Elang SPM Mijdrecht, the Netherlands 2000 – 2002 London Business School, UK
Owner Executive MBA, with Distinction (top 10%)
2008 – 2009 Logica Den Haag, the Netherlands 1987 – 1993 Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Sales & Account Manager Drs (MSc) Computer Science
2006 – 2008 Philips / NXP Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Product Line Director
LANGUAGES
2003 – 2005 Philips International Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Director Corporate Strategy
Dutch Fluent
2002 Philips International Amsterdam, the Netherlands
English Fluent
Business Development Manager
German Conversational
1998 – 2000 Web3D Consortium Palo Alto, USA
Japanese Survival
Director
1996 – 2002 Philips Electronics U.K. Redhill, United Kingdom
Programme Manager ACTIVITIES
1995 – 1996 Hitachi Ltd. Tokyo, Japan
Project Leader 1997 – 2001 Great Britain National Softball Team
1993 – 1995 Philips Electronics Eindhoven, the Netherlands London, UK
Research Scientist Head Coach

8. Thank you
Micha Verhagen
Rozenobel 12
3641 NK Mijdrecht
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0) 2972 41489
Mob: +31 (0) 6205 60857
E-mail: micha.verhagen@gmail.com