Our People: Europe
Stef Geerdink
Technical Sales Manager
Netherlands
After 14 years with prior employer I needed new challenges. Since one of my former colleagues joined FCS late ’90-s the simulation business and FCS have always been in my field of interest. With the transition of FCS to Moog in 2005 the path from FCS has lead me to Moog.
Since my start with Moog beginning of 2009 it has been an adventure. Coming from a relative small company the world-wide footprint of Moog, combined with the challenging business of Simulation has been an interesting environment to work in. The surprise has been that quite a number of parallels can be seen between a small organization and one with the size of a multinational.
The Moog Nieuw-Vennep location houses a relative young, well educated enthusiastic team, fun to work with. This has helped me a lot in the transition into a complete new market, with a new customer base and new colleagues to work with.
My first day with Moog was a visit to the ITSEC exhibition in Florida USA. This was a great way to get to know the industry and meet the Moog sales team.
My position with Moog is Technical Sales Manager in the sales team for Simulation Systems. What I enjoy most is the communication with an International market to offer the best solutions for our users.
My favorite memory is the trip to China, so far I have not travelled to this part of the world and the fact to do business with people who live in a different culture was interesting.
Recently I sold an electric motion system to a company who is entering the flight simulator market for ‘amateur pilots’. This was exciting and challenging. So far commercial flight simulators have been used to train pilots for commercial airlines, with this new market flight simulation is now available for a wider public.
Moog has given me the room to follow a number of trainings which are organized internally. This has been a great way to quickly find my way in the organization.
My current position brings me in touch with the whole world through a large international organization, with subsidiaries in many countries.
Friends often ask me, “where were you last night, Zurich?” as a joke on the frequency of travelling. In general I am proud to share examples of the different markets Moog provides Simulation Systems to. It is not known to many of us how important solid training of drivers for airplanes, trucks, trains etc is for our safety!
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