Filip De Smet

Collaboration Betters The World

Antwerp Metropolitan Area

About

The mix of Filip's practical based experience and theoretical knowledge of project management - both traditional and SCRUM - give him the ability to quickly identify business concerns, develop multiple viewpoints and translate them into efficient IT solutions that provide value to the stakeholders. As a PRINCE2 Certified Project Manager, Filip keeps a view on the bigger picture and the place of the project in the corporate or programme environment. He is used to managing development and test teams and the planning of their activities. Filip is also an expert in requirements modeling, functional analysis, application architectures and UML as well as OO analysis and design. Specialties: * Project Management (Prince2, SCRUM) * Business and functional requirements analysis * Translating business problems into IT solutions * Modeling application architectures * SEPA Direct Debits (SDD) * SEPA Credit Transfers (SCT)

Experience

  • CBTW (Brussels, Belgium)
    • Tech Manager
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    • Senior Consultant
      Jan 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

  • Project Manager at Atlas Copco
    Jun 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

    As member of the CT-IS (Compressor Technique - Information Services) CCA (Customer Center Applications) team following roles/tasks were taken up: Project Management - Project Manager and SPOC for AIB - Planning for the project team (internal .Net developers and business people as well as external teams) - SPOC towards external supplier and other internal teams - Communication to Project Board - Time/budget estimations - Sourcing of consultants to assist the internal teams - Follow-up of analysis, development, testing, go-live, aftercare Projects AIB - Atlas Copco Instruction Books - Business critical software used to make user manuals and service engineer manuals - The project replaces the current software by new software - Also the alignment on the way of working between the different divisions is important

  • Project Manager at Atlas Copco
    Feb 2020 - Mar 2020 · 2 mos

    As member of the CT-IS (Compressor Technique - Information Services) CCA (Customer Center Applications) team following roles/tasks were taken up: Project Management - Project Manager and SPOC for two major projects (AIB and ASL) and a number of smaller ones - Planning for the different project teams (internal .Net developers and business people as well as external teams) - SPOC towards external suppliers and other internal teams - Communication to Project Boards - Time/budget estimations - Sourcing of consultants to assist the internal teams - Follow-up of analysis, development, testing, go-live, aftercare Projects AIB - Atlas Copco Instruction Books - This software is used to make user manuals and service engineer manuals - The project replaces the current software by new software - Also the alignment on the way of working between the different divisions is important ASL - Atlas Copco Spare Parts Lists - This software is used to make spare parts lists for maintenance engineers - The project replaces the current software by new software (target: 2023) - Important is the centralization of activities in GECIA (India) and to establish a common way of working - Feasibility study to determine the supplier Service Connect - Software used by support engineers to look up details of air compressors: exact configuration, instruction books, spare parts lists - Business critical application with 16.000+ users - Preparation of Phase 2 of the application Smaller projects - LOU - Literature on USB - LOD - Literature on Demand

  • Project Manager at Digipolis
    May 2018 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

    As member of the SAP Financial Competence Center following roles/tasks were taken up: Project Management - Project Manager and SPOC for all SAP-related projects of the financial department of City of Antwerp (including OCMW) - Sprint planning for a team of 15 SAP analysts and developers – SCRUM-like framework - SPOC towards external suppliers (EDI, grant management) and other internal teams - Communication to Project Boards - Time/budget estimations - Sourcing of consultants to assist the internal team - Follow-up of analysis, development, testing, go-live, aftercare Projects NPO Integration - Direct contact with responsible people from each NPO to assess the differences in financial processes in order to align them with current processes within City of Antwerp - NPO’s are Antwerp Brand Store, Antwerp City Sports, Day-care, Antwerp Student City, Antwerp Musea, Digipolis Integration Antwerp City/OCMW - Integration of the financial departments of Antwerp City and Antwerp OCMW Accounting year end closing - Planning of activities together with financial department - Specific was the change of legislature for the 2019 closing due to the 2018 municipal elections (new multi-year plan) Grant Management - Software targeted specifically to handle grants (Flemish, Belgian, European, non-EU) for City of Antwerp

  • Senior Consultant at AC Partners
    Sep 1997 - Dec 2019 · 22 yrs 4 mos

    • Consultant in various functions (see projects below)