Our team
Are you a startup from the Brainport region or do you have plans to start a business with a new innovation or technology, product or service? The team at The Gate would love to help you get started!
To make a strong start, it is important that your idea literally gets off the ground. And there's a lot involved in that. The business developers at The Gate have specialist knowledge and a large network. They are there to help you further.
Management
Jeroen van Woerden
Managing Director | The Gate
Sonja Vos-Poppelaars
Managing Director | TU/e Participations
Organizational Support
Yvonne van Kempen
Management Assistant | The Gate
Christian Staupe
Senior Business Developer | TU/e
Wanda Sweeris-Sigrist
Finance
Charlotte van den Heuvel-Triantafyllidis
Marketing & Communications
Femke Tolsma
Communications Officer
IP Support
Nataša Maršić
IP Manager
Suki Sandhu
Intellectual Property & License Officer | TU/e
Anna Wetzels
Intellectual Property Advisor | TU/e
Incubation Support
Monique Greve
Program Manager Business Incubator | TU/e
Liesbeth Litjens
Business Incubation Officer
Onze Business developers
Bart van Grevenhof
Business Developer Student Entrepreneurship | TU/e
Beaudine Moll
Jr. Business Developer Student Entrepreneurship | TU/e
Fons Sweegers
Business Developer Energy & Built Environment | TU/e
Marcel Quist
Business Developer AI and MedTech | TU/e
Marcella Gagliardo
Business Developer Electronics, Photonics & Quantum | TU/e
Irina Kulizhnikova
Business Developer AI
Sebastiaan Huntjens
Business Developer Medtech | Biotech
Valeria Saar-Kovrov
Businesses Developer Biotech
Gert Poppe
Business Developer | Fontys
Pepijn Herman
Manager Product Development | BOM
Marielle Sleumer
Business Developer | Brainport Development
Jelle Schunselaar
Manager Business | Brainport Development
