The Randstad, Netherlands
Nearly 40 years of experience in the field of digital, strategy, marketing & sales and business / digital transformation in both management, consultancy and investment roles in small, medium and large organizations. Strong team builder, enables and motivates professionals and managers to top performance. Specializations: business and digital strategy, business and digital transformation, B2B sales & marketing, business & information planning / transition planning, business information management, developing customer-focused organizations, CRM, designing and implementing organizational governance models (including Agile / hybrid / SCRUM / Kanban), change management, project / change portfolio management. Coaching and training of professionals and managers. Moderation in complex situations. Experience with mergers & acquisitions (M&A) from different perspectives: preparation and guidance of acquisitions from buy and sell position, divestments, unbundling and integration processes. “David has a high degree of result orientation, with attention to both people, business and process and the right timing. Strong in stakeholder management: ultimate bridge builder, great conflict and complexity solving ability. Stress resistant. An entrepreneur.” MBTI Profile: ENTJ (Extraversion, Intuition, Thinking, Judging): "develop strategies that contribute to broader goals, take the lead and do what is needed, action-oriented and energetic approach, loves complex problems and is resourceful, provides structure and overview". Author of book "Integraal programmamanagement: grip op de sturing van proces, inhoud en verandering" . Academic Services, 2008, ISBN 978 90 12 11779 1
Samen met Marc Beijen ben ik een nieuwe consultancy gestart: Kingfisher & Partners. Wij helpen organisaties in bedrijfsleven en overheid bij het richten van hun strategie en de vertaling hiervan naar succesvolle transformatie. Wij zijn innovatief en ondernemend; met een frisse, open en holistische blik ontsluiten we digitale kansen en nieuwe business modellen. Door ‘blue ocean’-denken en resultaatgerichte samenwerking helpen wij organisaties unieke en duurzame waarde te creëren - weg van de concurrentie en naar nieuwe markten. Zie https://www.kingfisherpartners.nl/ voor meer informatie.
Together with Mensys - a company that has been delivering software for over 25 years - I designed and created a new B2B webshop: software.eu . This webshop aims to be the nr. 1 channel in Europe to buy software. We offer a range of more than 20,000 unique software products. We are extremely customer focussed and deliver advise and support during the process of software purchase and activation. See www.software.eu for more information.
I am proud to share that, since April 2025, I have been appointed as the Chair by the General Assembly of the Royal Water Sports Association Loosdrecht (KWVL). The KWVL is the largest water sports club in the Netherlands, with 2,500 members. For more information, visit www.kwvl.nl
Global responsibilty for all digital consultancy, services and software business (350 FTE). Member of the Executive Council.