Danielle Tichner

Danielle is results-oriented & seasoned entrepreneur, investor and venture builder, with extensive experience in leading high complexity software & hardware projects.

Danielle has started her career as a junior at the trading floor of FIMAT SNC, derivatives arm of Societe Generale.

Opportunity came along to join a fast track career path at Philips Consumer Electronics, where Danielle acquired sound knowledge in Product Creation Process, Production, Value Chain and managed high complexity IT projects, i.e. "Lightxchange" (Philips/Siemens trading platform with reversed auctions); "GSRS", pan-Philips IT project, involving platform & secure interfaces development, where Danielle led the project as Global Project Manager for Philips's biggest product division: Philips Consumer Electronics.

Danielle's last position at Philips was Head of Purchasing & Supply Chain, member of the management team of Business Unit BDS, where Danielle has led a timely development & availability of new CE products (OEM).

Danielle has established W-SOURCE LTD. to pursue her entrepreneur's calling. Initially W-SOURCE Ltd. has serviced Consumer Electronics market & IoT, later pivoting into software with fintech, AI, cyber, AR/VR and blockchain/DLT offering, and offered investment banking services.

W-SOURCE has onboarded its first blockchain project end of 2016, since then W-SOURCE has been an active member of an early crypto community, operating between Middle East, Asia and Europe.

Danielle and partners have been working on investments, in-house development and venture building in the fields of AI, IoT, Web3 infrastructure and other deeptech projects.

Danielle holds BBA & MBA diplomas in Finance and Management, from Institut Superior de Gestion (ISG) and Brandford University, respectively.

Danielle is currently acting as a Chairperson of High-Tech Innovation & Technology Alliance (HITA), Venture Partner at R3i Ventures, Mentor at 500 Startups & Intema, board member and board observer of numerous ventures.