John Blankendaal (1961) started in 2011 as managing director of Brainport Industries. Before that he was program manager at the Brabant Development Agency. John is also the director of the foundation Smart Connected Supplier Netwerk (SCSN). This foundation is DIH and has the I-space gold label. He is board member of the EDIH and involved in several initiatives like GAIA-X-, Catena-X, IDSA and European projects like Market 4.0, EUR3KA, DIMOFAC and AIREGIO.