Expertise
Appointments with a direct impact on growth and innovation
Frontier People focuses on the roles that decide whether a technology company reaches its next stage. In three areas: Technology Leadership, Commercial Leadership and Critical Engineering Talent.
Technology Leadership
The technical leaders of a technology company. They set the technical direction, build the R&D and engineering organization and take a technology from lab to product.
- CTO
- R&D Director
- R&D Manager
- Head of Engineering
- Engineering Manager
- Principal Architect
Commercial Leadership
Commercial leaders who bring a technical proposition to market, win customers and partners, and build a commercial organization.
- CCO
- VP Sales
- Commercial Director
- Business Development Director
- Strategic Partnerships
Critical Engineering Talent
The scarce architects and engineers who decide how the product is built, tested and developed further.
Frontier People also places engineers in operational technical roles.
- Software Architect
- Test Architect
- Systems Architect
- Principal Engineer
The right people for the next stage
We help organizations hire the people required to move from R&D to Product, Product to Commercialization and Commercialization to Scaling up.
- R&D
From R&D to Product
The technology is proven and has to become a product. That takes technology leaders and architects who can build what works in the lab.
- Product
From Product to Commercialization
The product is looking for its market. That takes commercial leaders who can sell a technical proposition.
- Commercialization
From Commercialization to Scaling up
The organization has to grow with demand. That takes technology and commercial leaders who add structure without losing speed.
- Scaling up
Eight markets in DeepTech and Advanced Technology
- DeepTech
- Artificial Intelligence
- Semiconductor Equipment
- Robotics & Automation
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Energy Transition
- Battery Technology
- Industrial Software
- Defense Industry
For almost two decades, Martijn de Kruijff has worked with companies in software, semiconductor equipment, advanced manufacturing, industrial technology and energy transition.
Two ways to work together
Search for permanent appointments
For appointments in technology leadership, commercial leadership and engineering. A focused search built on a thorough intake.
Contracting and interim placement
Not every need is a permanent appointment. Frontier People also places specialists on a temporary basis.