New sales engineer Michiel Ribbens: I strongly believe in personal contact with customers!
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As of May first Michiel Ribbens started in the role of sales engineer. Time to hear him out about his background and his role at Minerva.
"When I was about eight years old I wanted to work into the field of technology. As a youngster I was always busy building things with Lego and Meccano. I also quickly became fascinated with airplanes. I followed an MBO 4 training and did an internship at Woensdrecht where I was able to work on F16 fighter jets. I also studied aeronautical technology in Delft for a year.
My first job was in the food industry, where I worked for more than three years as a service employee at the American company Heat and Control. I got a lot of responsibility there, I had a lot of customer contact, flew all over the world and gradually got more and more sales tasks.
After that I worked in sales at the Swiss company Kistler, which is active in the sale of sensors in the high-tech market. They have customers in the aerospace industry, for example Airbus.
Minerva is a Kistler customer. In 2018 I met Carel Adolfse from Minerva at VSL in Delft for an introduction of a data acquisition and ballistics sensor purchased by Minerva.
After an introduction to Henk the following year, I was approached earlier this year whether I was interested in a position at Minerva. After a number of good conversations I became enthusiastic and started May 1 as a sales engineer.
I find Minerva a very interesting company because of my affinity with technology, sales and service. What I like is that as a sales engineer at Minerva I have the opportunity to visit customers. I find service and clear communication important and strongly believe in personal contact!"
Mai 13, 2020