Mathieu Verbeeck

Business Development Manager @ Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

• Identify and (co-)lead exploratory discussions with potential partners;
• Create and structure new business agreements/models;
• Introduce, evaluate and recommend opportunities to the management team;
• Negotiate and close strategic & revenue deals and manage existing partners.
• Communicate and collaborate with a broad range of internal and external constituents (product team, engineering, marketing and sales, legal & executives)

Mathieu Verbeeck’s Specialties:

Areas of Expertise: Business Development, Product Planning & Product Marketing, Project Management, Innovation Management;

Past Experience: worked with(in) different business & product development teams, sales organizations and corporate marketing groups to develop and drive programs that optimally position products & services into the market;

Industries of Expertise: Consumer Electronics – Media & Entertainment – Internet

Mathieu Verbeeck’s Experience

Business Development Manager

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

(Consumer Electronics industry)

April 2009 — Present (10 months)
Business Development Executive

Sony Computer Entertainment

(Public Company; SNE; Consumer Electronics industry)

September 2006 — March 2009 (2 years 7 months)

New Product Planning & Development

Define and support new Business Development opportunities for the different PlayStation platforms.
Project Manager [Innovation Management]

Sony NetServices

(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 2 months)

(1) Project Manager "SNS.TV" [IPTV trial on gaming consoles];
(2) Project Manager for the Red Bull Digital Video Archive;
(3) Project Manager for the EU funded research project iPerG on cross-media gaming applications;
(4) Patent Owner & Project Manager for the "Music Visualization Interface" project using time-based metadata and fingerprinting ID for visualizing audio tracks;
Project Manager [internship]

Janssen Pharmaceutica

(Public Company; Pharmaceuticals industry)

July 2004 — September 2004 (3 months)

Business case: ROI calculation and improvement of content sharing processes (with Documentum 5)
Project Manager [internship]

AGFA

(Computer Software industry)

October 2003 — March 2004 (6 months)

Project dealing with analysis of the SAP/APO package within the Supply Chain Process
Project Manager [internship]

BBC Communications

(Public Company; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)

October 2003 — March 2004 (6 months)

Project dealing with e-communication and e-marketing within B2B enterprises
Project Manager [internship]

Janssen Pharmaceutica

(Public Company; Pharmaceuticals industry)

September 2002 — October 2002 (2 months)

Research Project - Recommendations on On-line Marketing Strategies [email marketing | keyword buying strategy | competitive landscape]
Sales & Marketing Manager

At-lantis

(Internet industry)

March 2000 — August 2002 (2 years 6 months)

Co-founder of internet start-up, specialized in database applications for the internet. Responsible for all sales and marketing activities.

Mathieu Verbeeck’s Education

Vlerick Leuven-Gent Management School

MGM , Master in General Management (PUB) , 2004 — 2005

Thesis: Risk Management Analysis for Amnesty International

Activities and Societies:

President of the Vlerick Student's Association (MGM)
Universiteit Antwerpen

Commercial Engineering , Commercial Engineering - Major in Business Informatics , 1999 — 2004

Thesis: Web Content Management Systems + Case Study at Janssen Pharmaceutica (Johnson & Johnson)

Activities and Societies:

Erasmus Exchange at the Freie Universität Berlin (BWL, 2002-2003)
Freie Universität Berlin

BWL , Commercial Engineering - Major in Business Informatics , 2002 — 2003

Additional Information

Mathieu Verbeeck’s Websites:

My Company

Mathieu Verbeeck’s Interests:

Business Development, Product Planning & Strategic Partnerships within New Media & Entertainment Industry [IP & Mobile Applications || IPTV, Catch-Up TV and Video-On-Demand || Music & Video Streaming Services || Location-Based Services & Applications]