{"id":284,"date":"2022-09-26T15:56:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T13:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdes-alliance.org\/?page_id=284"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:21:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:21:57","slug":"board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdes-alliance.org\/index.php\/board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"The Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The President<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The amendment of the Articles of Association approved at the Annual General Assembly in September 2025 introduced the possibility to appoint a President to support the day-to-day operations of the Alliance and strengthen its overall coordination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefan Pielmeier brings extensive experience in VDES standardisation and international maritime cooperation, and will play an important role in supporting the Alliance\u2019s mission to advance VDES globally.<\/p>\n\n\n

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President: Stefan Pielmeier, Albatros-Tech<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Chairmanship<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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At the Annual General Assembly on the 15th of September 2025, the below pair of chairmen was elected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chairman: Peter Bergljung, FLIR TransponderTech<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Co-chairman: Derek Love, CML Microcircuits (UK)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Board Members<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

VDES Alliance is governed by a talented and diverse Board, responsible for comprehensive planning, implementing, and monitoring of VDES technologies across the globe and to encourage cordiality amongst the members. These members were elected at the Annual General Assembly, on the 15th of September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lars L\u00f8ge, Space Norway<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Koichi Nishimura, TST Corporation<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jorge Arroyo, USCG<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pieter Winter, S3C<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Luiz Rocha, Sternula<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Administration<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The Board gets help from the following staff:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Administrative Assistant:<\/strong> Adam Kalnick\u00fd, Sternula<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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The President The amendment of the Articles of Association approved at the Annual General Assembly in September 2025 introduced the possibility to appoint a President to support the day-to-day operations of the Alliance and strengthen its overall coordination. Stefan Pielmeier brings extensive experience in VDES standardisation and international maritime cooperation, and will play an important […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-284","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdes-alliance.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdes-alliance.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdes-alliance.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdes-alliance.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdes-alliance.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdes-alliance.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1638,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdes-alliance.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284\/revisions\/1638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdes-alliance.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}