Management team
The members of Recore Systems' management team bring together an inspiring mix of internationally recognized expertise in the field of reconfigurable computing, long-term understanding of the semiconductor business, and entrepreneurship. They are dedicated to Recore Systems’ business success and leadership in the field of reconfigurable computing.
Paul M. Heysters, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Paul Heysters has more than 7 years experience working in the field of reconfigurable computing. In his career, he has worked for high-technology companies in both Europe and the USA, including Ericsson, Philips and Chameleon Systems. Before co-founding Recore Systems, he led research on coarse-grained reconfigurable computing for the Chameleon project at the University of Twente (The Netherlands) and worked collaboratively with industry organizations.
Paul received his MSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Twente in 1998 and his doctorate in 2004 for his PhD thesis entitled “Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Processors – Flexibility meets Efficiency.”
Paul Heysters is co-founder of Recore Systems.
Dr. ir. Lodewijk T. Smit
Chief Financial Officer
Lodewijk Smit has more than 8 years' experience in heterogeneous parallel computer architectures and reconfigurable computing. In his career, he has worked for several multinational companies including Bell Labs, Philips Research, KPN, Akzo Nobel and Océ. Before co-founding Recore Systems, he was involved in research projects such as “Smart Chips for Smart Surroundings” (supported by the 6th Framework Programme (FP6) of the European Commission) and the “Adaptive Ad-Hoc Freeband” project at the University of Twente (The Netherlands).
Lodewijk received his MSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Twente in 1996 and his PhD degree for his thesis entitled “Energy-Efficient Wireless Communication” in 2004.
Lodewijk Smit is co-founder of Recore Systems.
Dr. ir. Gerard K. Rauwerda
Executive Director
Gerard Rauwerda has over 6 years' experience in wireless communications systems and has a background in electrical engineering. Gerard worked for Ericsson and later at the University of Twente (The Netherlands). He contributed to the Freeband Impulse “Adaptive Wireless Networking” project. During this project, Gerard was a visiting researcher at Atmel Germany.
Gerard obtained his MSc degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Twente in 2002. He received his PhD degree from the University of Twente in January 2008 for his thesis titled “Multi-Standard Adaptive Wireless Communication Receivers – Adaptive Applications Mapped on Heterogeneous Dynamically Reconfigurable Hardware”.
Gerard Rauwerda is co-founder of Recore Systems.
Raoul Daniels, M.Sc.
Vice President Marketing and Sales
Raoul brings more than 20 years of experience in marketing, business development and applications after having held international senior level positions in a number of semiconductor companies within the medical, industrial, automotive and consumer industries.
Before joining Recore Systems, Raoul worked for MIPS/Chipidea where his last position was Design Site Manager and Marketing Director for the mixed-signal ASSP and ASIC product line. He also held Strategic Marketing responsibilities for the Low-Power and Wireless Semiconductor Products at ON Semiconductors and FPGA, MCU and DSP product lines at Texas Instruments.
Raoul obtained a Master's degree in Nuclear Physics and Electronics from the Institute of Nuclear Research in Brussels in 1979.
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Van den Kroonenberg prize 2010
Recore Systems was awarded the 2010 Van den Kroonenberg prize for young, innovative entrepreneurs who maintain close contacts with the University of Twente.
New Venture 2006
In 2006 Recore Systems won the Dutch business plan competition.
