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International Change/Project/Program Mgr.

International Change/Project/Program Mgr.

Work Experience

2005 ¡V now : Solutions (Antwerp ¡V Belgium) Director/ main Shareholder


Main activities:

- Executive temporary management:
Acting as ICT Manager Projects & Development Publishing for Wolters Kluwer
Belgium. Wolters Kluwer is a leading multinational publisher and information
services company. The Company¡¦s core markets are health, corporate services,
financial services, tax, accounting, legal, regulation, and education. Wolters
Kluwer has annual revenues (2005) of £á3.4 billion, employs approximately
18,400 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North
America and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are
included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices.

- Distribution rights for Benelux of S4K research. S4K delivers management and
innovation related research to 15000 managers in 30 multinational companies.

- Stimulating interaction between members of CIOnet a Belgian on-line
community of CIO¡¦s counting 80 members. Results are published in IT
Professional a local magazine for IT executives.

- Support of content for the events of MIT-Club, a club of 28 leading CIO¡¦s in
Belgium.

- Acting as speaker on conferences:
Keynote speaker on Knowledge Management Seminar organized by SPI
(Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação) with sessions in Lisbon and Oporto.

- Strengths and Weakness analysis based on process review using own tool and
methodology (Business Insight Profile):
o De Lijn (Flemish public transport company)
o Prodata Systems (Prodata Systems is a leading company in the design,
delivery, implementation and maintenance of 'tailor-made' ICT solutions.
For over 30 years, Prodata Systems offers solutions for the complete
network environment, including GroupWare and related e-business
solutions).
o The House of Marketing (The House of Marketing is the first Marketing
Expertise and Excellence Center in Belgium).
o KLAV (Service company looking after administration for doctors, chemists and hospitals , also acting as a broker to Belgian social security).

1999 ¡V 2004: Gartner (Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris)

Gartner is the world¡¦s leading authority on information technology. Gartner provides advice and targeted insights to support competitive decision making across the IT spectrum. Gartner supports companies with research, analysis, consulting, measurement, decision evaluation, and product and vendor selection.
Gartner has more than 10000 clients, supported by more than 1000 analysts and consultants. In total the company counts more than 3700 employees active in 75 locations around the world.

EXP provides concise, authoritative information and advice to CIO¡¦s, and connects them to their peers through an unparalleled network and select events. CIO¡¦s obtain the EXP service through a personal membership. In South West Europe, EXP counts more than 360 members including Ministries, European Parliament, Banks and Insurance (ING, Fortis, Allianz, AXA, BNP Paribas, BBVA ¡K), and multi-national companies like Johnson&Johnson, Philips, Arcelor, EDF, REPSOL, ¡K

Position: Vice President, Executive Programs South West Europe

Achievements:
• Launch Gartner EXP service in Belgium and Luxemburg.
• Integration of EXP Netherlands into EXP Benelux.
• Integration of EXP France, Spain and Portugal to create EXP South West Europe.
• Repositioning of the EXP-BLG product in France and Switzerland.
• Active member of EXP research team.
• Before joining Executive programs: execution of 30 benchmark studies including overall comparisons, Total Cost of Ownership studies and SAP benchmarks.


1997 ¡V 1998: AssiDomän Packaging AB (Paris ¡V France)

AssiDomän was one of the leading producers of Paper and Packaging Material. AssiDomän Packaging was specialised in corrugated board for packaging and owned 80 plants in Europe. AssiDomän Packaging had a turnover of about SEK 9 billion and had 12000 employees in 14 European countries.

Position : IT Director Europe

Achievements :
• Design and Implementation of IS strategy for AssiDomän Packaging.
• Creation of a new IT centre based in Paris.
• Selection and implementation of an ERP solution for the corrugated business.
• Selection and implementation of solutions for Design of corrugated boxes and Optimisation and scheduling of corrugated production.
• Selection and implementation of an ERP solution for the Kraftliner Paper Mill.
• Development and implementation of a Support structure and Standards for the various date centres within the Business Area.
• Organisation of Y2K and Euro compliance studies.
• Selection and set-up of a Sales Force Automation system.


1996 ¡V 1997 AMS (The Hague ¡V The Netherlands)

AMS was an American Consulting and Technology company. In Europe AMS ranked among the top 25 consulting firms. AMS is now part of CGI.

Position : Senior Principal, Director AMSCAT Europe

Achievements :
• Project Management and delivery of a project for PTT Telecom (Dutch PTT).
• Start up of a new research center for advanced technologies (AMSCAT).



1991 - 1995 SEAGRAM (London - UK, Antwerp - Belgium)

Seagram was a leading global producer and marketer of distilled spirits and wines. Seagram's products were sold in more than 150 countries and territories.

Position : Information Systems Director, Seagram Europe & Africa

Achievements :
• Design and implementation of IS strategy for the Seagram Europe & Africa division.
• Creation of a new IS center resulting in the Seagram Co-ordination Center.
• Introduction of standard infrastructure in all SEA affiliates.
• Implementation of J.D. Edwards financial software in all SEA affiliates.
• Part of Management Team to start-up a new affiliate in South Africa.
• Responsible for integration of Greek distributor in SEA division.
• Development and implementation of sales monitoring systems.
• Development of a standard supply chain solution and implementation in South Africa.
• ...



1981 - 1990 : AGFA-GEVAERT (Antwerp - Belgium)

Agfa is a company in the photo-chemical industry, with (at that time) 32.000 employees and 26 international subsidiaries. The headquarters were situated in Mortsel (B) and Leverkusen (D).

Position : Project leader, later Co-ordinator International Applications and
Info Center Manager

Achievements :
• Co-ordination of all software developed or installed at AGFA subsidiaries.
• Development of standards and a method for software development.
• Set up of an International Info Center (introduction of PC's, setting PC hardware and software standards).
• Development of a supply chain system: installation in Austria, Norway, the Netherlands, UK (2x), Spain (2x), Sweden, France, Finland and Belgium.
• Development of a budget management system.
• Development of a Service Management System for the field service departments.
• ...


1976 - 1981 :

Active for various companies, mainly software houses. Positions varied from programmer, programmer-analyst, project leader to consultant.

Experienced gained with following companies : Raet (Dutch software company -Antwerp, B), SESA (French software company, now CAPGEMINI - Brussels, B), CONTINENTAL BANK (Bank - Brussels, B), ESSO (Petro-chemical - Antwerp, B), SPERRY - NEW HOLLAND (Agricultural equipment - Brussels, B), AN-HYP (Retail Bank - Antwerp, B), OXY Occidental Petroleum (Petro-chemical - Antwerp, B)


Education

High School
„« Programming : October '73 - April '74, Analyticus (Antwerp, Belgium)
„« Systems-analysis : April '74 - April '75, Analyticus (Aalst, Belgium)

Complementary education
„« Executive Management Program, INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France)
„« Mastering Interim Management, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
(Gent, Belgium)
„« The Excellent Manager, Tom Clarke (ITG, United Kingdom)
„« The Art of Project Management, Tom Johns (ex NASA), (Corsendonck, Belgium)
„« Business Presentation Skills, Susan Huskisson (Corsendonck, Belgium)
„« ¡K


Skills

Internationale change management ervaring
Ervaring IT consultancy op zeer hoog niveau
IT management
Project & Program management

Languages

Dutch: mother tongue
French: fluent
English: fluent
German: good


Other

Guest speaker :
• Gartner (Benelux, France, South Africa, Israel)
• SPI - Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (Portugal)
• Gupta (Switzerland)
• EDI conference (United Kingdom)
• IBM (Belgium)
• Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School (Belgium)
• IIR (Belgium)
• ULB - Université Libre Bruxelles (Belgium)
• 4Instance (Belgium)
• CxOnet (Belgium)
• ¡K

Published Interviews :
• Gartner EXP : The CIO Agenda , IT Governance, ¡K. (Global)
• PM Network ¡V PMI (Global)
• Sunday Times (United Kingdom)
• Cognos (Benelux)
• IT Professional (Belgium) and ZDnet.nl (Netherlands)
• IBM Berichten / Informations (Belgium)
• Data News (Belgium)
• CxOnet (Belgium)
• ...


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