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'''Paul Verhoef''' has been working for the European Commission in various capacities for more than 10 years. Most recently he has been with the DG Information Society in Brussels. Here, he directed a team with responsibility for international policies in telecommunications, Internet, e-commerce, and Information Society. | |||
==Past Work== | |||
Paul Verhoef was the Head of Satellite Navigation System ([[Galileo]]) unit for the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport (DG TREN). In that capacity he was involved in negotiating technical, economic, and legal parameters for various projects involving Satellite Navigation and GPS.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-155784197.html Galileo spurs new thinking.(Paul Verhoef, European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport)(Interview) ]</ref> | |||
Verhoef also worked as Advisor to the Director-General and was a staff member in the private offices of Commissioner [[Martin Bangemann]] for the European Commission. His background and experience also include project management for the [[European Space Agency]], engineering management for [[Eutelsat]] in France and the International Telecommunication Union for the Pacific Regional Development Program. | |||
==Education== | |||
He received his education from Technical University of Eindhoven, in the Netherlands from where he received his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree. | |||
==Languages== | |||
He speaks four languages with Dutch being his first language, followed by English, French and German.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/verhoef.htm ICANN biography data]</ref> | He speaks four languages with Dutch being his first language, followed by English, French and German.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/verhoef.htm ICANN biography data]</ref> | ||
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Paul Verhoef has been working for the European Commission in various capacities for more than 10 years. Most recently he has been with the DG Information Society in Brussels. Here, he directed a team with responsibility for international policies in telecommunications, Internet, e-commerce, and Information Society.
Past Work
Paul Verhoef was the Head of Satellite Navigation System (Galileo) unit for the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport (DG TREN). In that capacity he was involved in negotiating technical, economic, and legal parameters for various projects involving Satellite Navigation and GPS.[1]
Verhoef also worked as Advisor to the Director-General and was a staff member in the private offices of Commissioner Martin Bangemann for the European Commission. His background and experience also include project management for the European Space Agency, engineering management for Eutelsat in France and the International Telecommunication Union for the Pacific Regional Development Program.
Education
He received his education from Technical University of Eindhoven, in the Netherlands from where he received his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.
Languages
He speaks four languages with Dutch being his first language, followed by English, French and German.[2]