Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Running my own business supporting small and medium sized companies with their IT challenges and opportunities. IT professional with over 25 years experience in midsize and large companies in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Switzerland. Gets inspired by working with people and building winning teams. Enjoys working with business management to get the value of IT. Thanks to many years in leadership positions able to drive general business. Extensive experience with leading change at organisational, team and personal level.
IT management consultancy for small and medium sized companies. Our services improve your IT so that costs can be saved, revenue increased and risks reduced. Service areas: IT strategy and policy, IT management, security & compliance, IT supplier check, coaching / sparring, program management.
Responsible for Finance, Legal, HR and IT
Sparring partner for management. Helping out with business development, IT and HR challenges.
Member of the three person MT. Responsible for all operational aspects of the start-up: finance, IT, HR, legal, operations. Strengthened processes where needed and without introducing bureaucracy. Created business plan for scale-up phase. Defined software license model. Negotiated contracts with large customers. Led the investment round.
As member of the regional business leadership team deliver IT value to the business in the region. Globally responsible for internal communication about IT. Have been closely involved in the integration of the former Danisco/Genencor business into DuPont Industrial Biosciences.
As member of the regional business leadership team involved in general management of the regional Crop Protection business. Deliver IT value to the business. Co-led the development of the digital marketing strategy and competency, and the implementation of web and mobile tools. Led the adoption of Microsoft collaboration tools. Drove digitization of business processes in manufacturing, warehousing, finance and customer service. Had 7 direct reports (business process owners, project managers, site IT leader) in France, UK, Poland, Italy. Regional business has 1000 people, 3 manufacturing locations, 1 R&D center and office locations in major countries in west and eastern Europe.
Member of regional Sourcing & Logistics leadership team. Enabled step change improvement in EMEA Logistics and Supply Chain systems reliability in collaboration with businesses and functions. Led a team of 20 people: project managers, business process owners, application owners, developers and support engineers.
Responsible for corporate IT in Brunel and its companies. Led a team of 17 people covering projects, software development and helpdesk,
Financial control of the Dutch Brunel companies. Involved in IPO of Brunel on Amsterdam Stock Exchange in June 1997.
Created the software for matching demand and supply of technical specialists. Led the ISO 9001 certification. As member of the Multec management team, responsible for back office processes.