Piet De Maertelaere

Strategic Business Development Manager

Ghent Metropolitan Area

About

Senior manager having extensive experience within the EV, telecommunication services & electronic equipment industry on product & business development, product-marketing and service-operations level. Ability to convert new ideas into a business opportunity & strategy and get it operational implemented, generating new business benefits. Result driven pragmatic leader mentality. Creating a for both customers and the team a stimulating professional experience, where sharing of knowledge does happen and creation and implementation of new innovations and transformations is moving the business forward.

Experience

  • MobilityPlus (Full-time · 5 yrs 7 mos)
    • Strategic Business Development Manager
      Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    • Product Manager
      Jun 2022 - Apr 2026 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    • Business Development Manager
      Jan 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Begeleid bedrijven in hun veranderingstraject naar gebruik van elektrische voertuigen en de daaraan gerelateerde implementatie van slimme laadinfrastructuur. Verzekert oplossingen waarbij een optimale user experience, kostefficiëntie en optimaal gebruik van groene energie centraal staan.

  • Service Business Line Manager at Sauermann Group
    Sep 2019 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Global responsible for the product definition, market implementation & business success of Sauermann Group Service propositions. The service propositions that are offered worldwide cover the area of calibration & maintenance of HVAC, combustion and Indoor Air Quality measurment equipment, measurment as a service solutions and the Sauermann Academy training offering.

  • Senior Product Manager Operational Collaborative Systems at Barco
    Sep 2016 - Aug 2019 · 3 yrs

    Product Manager for all Barco video wall content management solutions like TransForm N for the advanced control room use case and UniSee Present for the common visualisation wall setups User story creation, backlog & "definition of done" management within the Agile software product development framework, supporting from out marketing the distributed development over multiple scrum teams in Belgium, Germany & India.

  • Solutions Manager at BKM
    Jul 2015 - Aug 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Solution Manager for the CP (Communication Platforms) and UCC (Unified Communication & Collaboration) portfolio: - Product & supplier management responsibility for all CP & UCC solutions commercialized by BKM. Main vendors used are Mitel, Unify, Lifesize, Microsoft & Plantronics - Line management of the Solution Architects team supporting sales on the CP & UCC propositions - Market introduction of a Care proposition for the CP solutions

  • Head of Product & Business Development at IP Nexia (the new brand of Toledo Telecommunication SA)
    Apr 2014 - Jun 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Responsible for the development, live cycle management and go to market of the IP Nexia product portfolio and partnerships. Main product lines in portfolio are: - SmartCom, first Lync cloud solutuion with PSTN breakout in Belgium - Business segment MVNO solution - Public & private IP connectivity solutions - Different PaaS & SaaS cloud solutions - VoIP SIP trunking - SmartSwitch, VoIP cloud based PBX solution with UC features