Roland Ettema

About

Ik ben Roland, strategisch verandermanager met ervaring sinds 1996 in consultancy, publieke organisaties en hoger onderwijs. Mijn kracht: complexe veranderingen helder en praktisch maken. Ik verbind mensen, informatie en technologie, altijd met oog voor cultuur en context. Als leidinggevende en docent vertaal ik kennis naar bruikbare, schaalbare oplossingen. Mijn doel: vooruitgang die gedragen wordt door mensen.

Experience

• Directeur/Secretaris at Solido - IT voor overheden
  Dec 2025 - Present · 4 mos

• Graduation supervisor (Econometrie / Datascience @ School of Business and Economics) at Universiteit Maastricht
  Sep 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 7 mos

  - Student dropout @ open university - descriptive and predictive study - Predicting student performance: a deep learning approach. - Curriculum conformance checking - case study @ open university - Recommendation systems for course selection in e-learning and Moocs - Large Language models in educational quality, generative course reporting - Text based student nudging based on LLM - Application of self organising maps in learning analytics

• Assistant Professor BIV-AO (BIV-IB BIV-IC) / Financial Auditing at Nyenrode Business Universiteit
  Aug 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos

  - Course and Curriculum design - Additional guest teacher in programme "Data, Innovatie en Toezicht" https://www.nyenrode.nl/opleidingen/p/masterclass-data-technologie-en-toezicht#sprekers

• Professor (Executive Master in Enterprise IT Architecture) at Antwerp Management School
  Feb 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

  https://www.antwerpmanagementschool.be/nl/faculty/roland-ettema-phd

• Head of Information Expertise Center at Open Universiteit
  Jul 2021 - Dec 2025 · 4 yrs 6 mos

  The Information Expertise Centre (IEC) is the central hub where Open University staff can access services and support related to institutional data. Within the IEC, we offer a range of services including data provisioning, policy development, management reporting, dashboards, and a data science environment. The IEC succeeds our previous InfOUhub initiative, a program that over recent years consolidated critical data flows into a centralized data hub. The design of this data hub specifically leverages process mining techniques, placing the student at the heart of data-driven decision-making rather than focusing primarily on course offerings. Through process mining, we gain deeper insights into student behavior and educational pathways, enabling us to align our services effectively with the most flexible educational model in higher education. This student-centered approach distinguishes us from institutions employing traditional annual enrollment systems.