Founder-CEO · Board Chairman · Advisor
Michel
Tzsfaldet
Technology chief executive and board chairman. I build companies at the frontier of enterprise IT, defense, and AI — and help boards navigate growth and change.
What I do
I turn frontier technology into revenue — and build the companies and governance around it.
A founder-CEO and commercial leader who builds businesses from the ground up and turns frontier technology into revenue. A rare combination in a single profile: an enterprise commercial track record — a solo-run IT company at €19M turnover, and the largest Microsoft Surface partner in the Benelux — deep-tech domain expertise, hands-on technical fluency, and an international network spanning Europe, the Gulf, the United States and China.
Enterprise IT & data-center hardware
Procurement, channel and supply across enterprise clients.
Defense, security & dual-use technology
Commercial pipelines in safety, security and naval-defense markets.
Enterprise AI adoption
Commercial and go-to-market strategy for applied business AI.
Fundraising, cap tables & turnaround
Financing rounds, cap-table design and live restructuring.
International market entry
Gulf / MENA, DACH and China — networked and on the ground.
Deep tech — holographic & optical display
A specialist niche: glasses-free holographic data visualization.
Selected achievements
A record built from zero, in real numbers.
€19M
Solo-built enterprise-IT business, annual turnover
#1
Microsoft Surface partner in the Benelux
45
Person export division built and led
4
Patent applications, named inventor
18+
Years of international commercial leadership
4
Languages — three at native level
The short version
From an export desk to founding companies at the edge of deep tech.
I started in export sales, built a 45-person division, then went out on my own — running a solo enterprise-IT business to €19 million and the largest Microsoft Surface partnership in the Benelux. When I saw where display technology was heading, I wound it down and founded Tekle Holographics, where I now chair the board and lead the company through its next phase.
Recognition
Vouched for by institutions, not adjectives.
The proof here is institutional. Michel’s work has been featured by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the REAIM 2023 summit, presented to H.M. Queen Máxima on a Dutch economic mission to California, and covered by S&P Global and the BBC World Service.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Quoted in S&P Global Market Intelligence’s analysis of CES 2022.
BBC World Service — Business Daily
Featured on the BBC World Service programme Business Daily.
Rijksoverheid — REAIM 2023
Featured by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the REAIM 2023 summit on responsible AI in the military domain.
Open to senior executive, board, and advisory roles.