Laurens van Wijk

Interim Manager | CIO | IT Director

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

About

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.

Experience

  • Senior IT Business Manager at Laurens van Wijk Consultancy
    Jun 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 2 mos

    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.

  • Fizyr, #1 in software for automated picking of unknown items and parcels (9 yrs 5 mos)
    • Chief Information Officer
      Dec 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 8 mos

      Responsible for Finance, Legal, HR and IT

    • Advisor
      Jan 2019 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr

      Sparring partner for management. Helping out with business development, IT and HR challenges.

    • COO
      Sep 2017 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

      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.

  • DuPont (15 yrs 8 mos)
    • Regional CIO Industrial Biosciences EMEA
      Feb 2013 - Apr 2016 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      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.

    • Regional CIO Crop Protection EMEA
      Oct 2011 - Apr 2016 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      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.

    • IT Leader Sourcing & Logistics EMEA
      Feb 2008 - Oct 2011 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      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.

  • Brunel (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
    • IS Manager
      Mar 1998 - Aug 2000 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Responsible for corporate IT in Brunel and its companies. Led a team of 17 people covering projects, software development and helpdesk,

    • Controller / Business Analyst
      Apr 1996 - Feb 1998 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Financial control of the Dutch Brunel companies. Involved in IPO of Brunel on Amsterdam Stock Exchange in June 1997.

  • IS Leader at Multec
    Jun 1991 - Mar 1996 · 4 yrs 10 mos

    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.