Jen Wartena studied at the Delft Technical University and started his career at one of the commercial ship builders in the Netherland’s northern province Groningen. Here his talents were recognised and Jen was given the opportunity and freedom to organise the construction of a series of tankers in a non-traditional manner. He introduced modular construction principles, extensive use 3-modeling tools and moved inefficient man-hours away from the ship into efficient workshops.Then, to broaden his horizons, Jen worked from 2000 through 2004 at one of Holland’s leading yacht builders, where he was responsible for improving operational and production management procedures. Jen and Wim are passionate about their chosen profession and are motivated to make ICON Yachts a new industry leader. This dedication and drive is reflected in the organisation of the company around a key team of Technical Specialists each with matching knowledge and enthusiasm about a specific aspect yacht- and ship building construction process.