Van Der Kooij, B. J. G.

B. J. G. van der Kooij (1947) earned an MBA from the Interfaculteit Bedrijfskunde and an MSEE from the Delft University of Technology (TU-Delft). After a successful stint at Holec NV, where he focused on corporate strategy and innovation, he served on the Dutch parliament from 1982 to 1986. He eventually returned to academia, where he taught management of innovation at the Eindhoven University of Technology and founded Ashmore Software BV, a pioneering developer of tax application software for personal computers.

The author of three books on innovation, he is currently a doctoral candidate