Ricardo Alves

KPN | VP Enterprise IT

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Software Engineer at heart, with demonstrated experience in the media and telecommunications industries. Passion for building resilient, secure, highly available applications, in a fast changing development environment. Skilled in Python, Django, RESTful APIs, microservices, CI/CD automation, Kubernetes, public cloud and web technologies in general.

Experience

  • KPN (9 yrs 10 mos)
    • VP Enterprise IT
      Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

      Responsible for Enterprise IT. Corporate Processes, Workspace and Cloud Platforms. Foccused on efficient solutions, driving technical transformation, accelerating DevOps and leveraging cloud technologies.

    • IT Director TechBase
      Dec 2023 - Nov 2025 · 2 yrs

      IT Director at B2CS TechBase (former B2CS Services). TechBase is a department of platform and enabling teams, focused on accelerating DevOps by driving technical transformation and providing paved roads for application development and enabling migration to public cloud. Strong emphasis on public cloud (AWS, Kubernetes), CI/CD automation, security, microservices and streaming architectures.

    • IT Director Services (ad interim)
      Jan 2023 - Nov 2023 · 11 mos

      Theme Lead/IT Director at B2CS Services (ad interim), leading a set of platform and enabling teams, focused on accelerating development/devops teams by driving technical transformation and providing paved roads for application development and supporting migration to public cloud. Strong emphasis on public cloud (AWS, Kubernetes), CI/CD, security, microservices and streaming architectures.

  • Senior Consultant at agap2IT Netherlands
    Jun 2015 - Sep 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Senior consultant and Software Engineer. Working in the development of RESTful APIs for online applications with Python/Django/DRF, having strong focus on security, digital identity and authentication systems (OAuth2, OpenIDConnect).

  • Eurotux, SA (10 yrs 9 mos)
    • Web Development Director
      Jan 2010 - Jun 2015 · 5 yrs 6 mos

      Managing development teams and project technical leadership in software development of web-based solutions, mainly with Python, Zope/Plone, Django, Perl, MySQL, and also mobile applications for Android and iOS. Also heavily involved in client relations, including as Pre-sales Engineer in close collaboration with the sales team.

    • Software Engineer
      Oct 2004 - Dec 2009 · 5 yrs 3 mos

      Software development and project management of web-based solutions, mainly with Python/Zope/Plone.