Meet Our Team

 Prof. Dr. Ir. Erik H. Volkerink - Board member, President, Liaison Dutch Government

Erik Volkerink is a Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University and Chief Scientist Verigy Memory Test Solutions. He is an expert in Semiconductor Design & Test. He received a Best Paper Award at the CPA conference in the United Kingdom for his work on Software Development Methodologies for Real-time Distributed Hardware Systems. He is active in many industry wide activities. For example, he was Registration Chair, Finance Chair, and IEEE Liaison of the Pacific Northwest Test Workshop, Keynote Speaker of the Future of ATE Workshop (FATE) at the International Test Conference, Program Committee Member of the International Test Conference (ITC), SOC Test Topic Chair of the European Test Workshop (ETW), and Cost-of-Test Section Lead of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS).

Erik earned a doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California and received a Master and Bachelor degree in Engineering from the University of Twente in The Netherlands. He also completed the Business Administration certificate program from the School of Business, the Communications & Psychology certificate program from the School of Humanities, and the Computer Science certificate program from the School of Computer Science.

Erik is also an example of how people with learning disabilities are able to overcome their deficiencies; and is the foundation for his passion with respect to education.  Prior to his University accomplishments, Erik worked as an Electrician in The Netherlands after he completed vocational training and special education schooling for children with learning disabilities.

 Bob A. Carlier, MBA  - Board member, Marketing, and Emergency Procedures

Bob Carlier is an independent management consultant focused on global marketing and business development. Prior to consulting, Bob spent more than 20 years in strategic, high profile brand development and business management in executive positions with Gillette, Tyson, and RJR-Nabisco, as well as, Oracle Corporation and venture capital backed high-tech start-ups.  He started his career at Johnson & Johnson Personal Products Company in Brand Management.

Bob Carlier earned a MBA from The George Washington University in Washington, DC and Bachelor degrees in Business Administration and Spanish form The American University in Washington, DC.  Bob also studied at The Hague Academy of International Law in The Netherlands and at the University of Madrid.  He has co-authored: “Should Madison Meet the Bar” published in the Maryland Law Forum; and, Bartoons Sales Cartoons, a book of sales training cartoons dealing with the everyday trials and tribulations of sales-reps and sales managers, published by R&E Publishers.

From an early age Bob lived abroad in different countries and had to operate within a variety of different education systems.  He is fluent in several languages and knows first hand how important it is for expatriate children to maintain and enhance their native language skills while living in a host country. Bob enjoys sports and fitness and is a regular at the Cubberley tennis courts.

 Pascual Starink - Board member , Treasurer

 Ir. Andre Kuper - Board member, Website Design, and Secretary

André Kuper is an expert in supply chain management processes and has published and presented in this field.  In his specialist role at HP Global Operations he is tasked with harnessing the best practices and to promote and encourage their use by conducting training programs internally, as well as, within the IT community outside of Hewlett-Packard.  Prior to HP, he worked at the Applied Low Temperature Lab at the University of Twente; and also as an intern at Anderson Consulting in The Netherlands, where he worked on projects pertaining to change-management and the application of technology to learning.

André Kuper, earned a Master degree in Applied Physics and a Master degree in Instructional Systems Design, both from the University of Twente in The Netherlands.

Ynet van der Veen - Board member, legal and events

DSSV would like to acknowledge the efforts from:

• Jose Jans
• Pieter Noordam
• Peter Dekker
• Thea Swenson
• Patricia van Dreumel
• Anky van Deursen
• Margriet Kolkman
• Rianne Rutten
• Katinka Dierick
• Wendy van der Palen
• Marcel Dignum
• Ingrid Brand
• Ralph Pais  

Liesbeth van den Berg has designed our logo.

• For information about our program, contact: Miriam van Ringelestijn (408-250-8074)

• Our mailing address: Dutch School Silicon Valley, P.O. Box 51826, Palo Alto CA 94303