About Syb Leijenaar

I am a creative thinker and I combine technical depth with strong process knowledge and business insight. Right from the start of my career I have been involved in product development in many different branches such as medical devices, production equipment for the semi-conductor industry, food production, vending machines, consumer products and agricultural/horticultural machines.

With a solid foundation in mechanical engineering and mechatronic system design, I have broadened my scope to include lean project management, design thinking, product management and "Logical Thinking Processes".

I am a Rapid Learning Cycles Certified® Affiliate who is fully trained to help companies adopt the Rapid Learning Cycles framework as described in the work of Katherine Radeka.

Since the start of Leijenaar Solutions in 2008 I have helped various companies with product development projects. I have done this in different roles, such as system architect, mechatronic designer, project manager and engineering manager.

I have always had a great interest in methods of developing the right product and speeding up the process. For this I learned from Systems Engineering, Theory of Constraints, Logical Thinking Process, OODA, Kanban, Design Thinking and Lean Product Development.

In 2011 I attended a presentation from Katherine Radeka on the Rapid Learning Cycles Framework. This framework is a synthesis of many of the insights that help to develop the right product faster. It pushes learning forward and postpones decisions as late as possible. Today I am a Rapid Learning Cycles Certified® Affiliate.

As a product engineering manager I introduced the Rapid learning Cycle framework as a way of working in the product development department of a design driven consumer products manufacturer. As a system architect and project manager for several new concept development projects, I applied the RLC framework to manage the project.

In 2018 I developed my own electric mowing system, Eco Clipper, for maintaining large fields of grass  and I market it through LS Products BV. These products are well picked up in the niche market for sod farmers. Customers of Eco Clipper can reduce their mowing costs significantly. There are examples that customers triple the capacity, halve the fuel costs and increase the cutting quality all at the same time by switching to Eco Clipper.

Today I am especially interested to help companies to develop their products faster. In sharp  focused engagements I would like to help you focus on your goal and facilitate development teams in setting up development plans to develop the right product faster.