Harold Goddijn

Harold Goddijn
Goddijn - Race in 2013
Born	23 April 1960 Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Residence	Amsterdam Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam (attended)
Years active	1986–present
Known for	Co-Founder and CEO of TomTom
Title	CEO at TomTom
Spouse(s)	Marriage Corinne Vigreux
Children	2

Harold Goddijn (born April 23, 1960) ^[1] is the CEO of the Dutch consumer electronics company TomTom since 2001.^[2]

Early life and education

He studied Economics at the University of Amsterdam from 1982 till 1986.^[3]

Early career

Goddijn started his career with a venture capital firm.^[4] He then founded Psion Netherlands BV in 1989 as a joint venture with Psion computers Plc. In 1998 he was appointed Managing Director of Psion Computers and served on the Board of Psion Plc from 1998 to 1999.^[5] In 1999, Harold Goddijn left Psion and joined Palmtop Software.

TomTom

In 1991, Goddijn's wife Corinne Vigreux left her position as sales director for Psion to help found Palmtop Software; a company that specializes in creating applications for portable pocket computers.^[6] Goddijn invested in Palmtop Software, building a partnership with the co-founders Peter-Frans Pauwels and Pieter Geelen (who are still running the company with him today).^[7] Palmtop Software completely changed their name and their image and is now known as TomTom.^[8]

In 2001, Harold was appointed Chief Executive Officer of TomTom, a role he has held ever since.^[9] During this time, he focused the business on developing navigation software, launching the TomTom Navigator in 2002. Next, Harold made the decision to move into manufacturing hardware solutions, launching the first TomTom GO in 2004.^[10] TomTom has gone on to sell more than 75 million navigation devices globally. Today, more than one billion people use TomTom technology every day.

After licensing its digital maps to Apple (company) for its in-house Maps app and signed a multi-year deal with Uber to provide it with digital maps,^[11] the company has been building up its map making tech that will work in conjunction with the numerous sensors appearing on cars today to enable autonomous driving cars.^[12]^[13]

Other Commitment

He is chair of the Comité Ondernemerschap en Financiering,^[14] advising the Minister of Finance.

Personal life

Goddijn, who now lives in Amsterdam, is married to Corinne Vigreux who is Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Consumer Business Unit since 2008 at TomTom. The couple have two children studying at universities.^[15]

Sources

Autonomous cars and enabling technologies

Overview and context

SAE Levels

Human driver monitors the driving environment (Levels 0,1,2)	Lane departure warning system Automatic parking Collision avoidance system Automatic braking Adaptive cruise control Advanced driver assistance systems Driver drowsiness detection Intelligent speed adaptation Blind spot monitor

System monitors the driving environment (Levels 3,4,5)	Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) Connected car Automotive navigation system Advanced emergency braking system

Vehicles

Cars	VaMP (1994) Spirit of Berlin (2007) General Motors EN-V (2010) MadeInGermany (2011) Google Car (2012) Tesla Model S with Autopilot (2015) LUTZ Pathfinder (2015)

Buses and commercial vehicles	Automated guideway transit ParkShuttle Navia shuttle NuTonomy taxi Freightliner Inspiration Driverless tractor Mobility as a service

Regulation

Enabling technologies

Organizations, Projects & People

Organizations and projects	DAVI Navlab DARPA Grand Challenge VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge Eureka Prometheus Project IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society

People	Harold Goddijn Alberto Broggi

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