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Description

With 14 years of experience in the IT sector, a significant portion of which has been in digital innovation consulting, I have built extensive expertise in establishing and refining digital systems that make a practical difference. At IBM, as the Benelux leader for mobile application development, I led the definition and execution of growth strategies for digital consulting practices, including managing teams of approximately 80 consultants (local and near-shore) and establishing strategic partnerships in regulated sectors such as pharmaceuticals and government. Additionally, I have gained specific knowledge in the pharma sector regarding the delivery of validated software (GxP) and software as a medical device.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

Dutch
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
French
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Gent (up to 50km), Kortrijk (up to 50km)

IBM,
Senior Manager
January 2013 - January 2019 (6 years)
Mansell Street & Brussels Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
I built my IBM career through various roles within the digital consulting division. The work environment was highly competitive and dynamic, typically involving large corporate clients executing multi-million euro projects. I worked across sectors but possessed specific knowledge of the pharmaceutical sector.
{ Roles
• - Benelux leader for application development.
• - Definition and execution of the local growth strategy for the local practice.
• - Part of the European iX Mobile management team (digital agency within IBM).
• - Client executive for pharma and healthcare clients in Belgium.
• - Part of the pharma and healthcare management team in Benelux.
• - Troubled project manager, I analyzed projects in difficulty and developed plans to recover them.
{ Contributions
• - P&L responsibility - Increased the local practice's revenue by 50% in 18 months.
• - Grew the practice to 30 local and 140 near-shore consultants by the time I left.
• - Established strategic partnerships with other companies to fill knowledge gaps. These increased revenue within the pharma and healthcare portfolio by 30%.
Business development Digital Strategy Project Management People management Corporate Finance
Yapla,
Managing partner
January 2019 - Today (7 years and 7 months)
Ghent, OV, Belgium
Roles
• - Management of the company in the broadest sense (defining company strategy, financial management, and personnel).
• - Staying up-to-date with the latest technologies (e.g., Agentic AI, quantum, security, human augmentation, ...)
• - Internal digitalization consulting for large projects and clients.
{ Contributions
• - Grew into a fully-fledged company with only local (!) employees.
• - Won the first public tender within the City of Antwerp. This marked the beginning of a land & expand strategy that led to 38 won (and delivered) projects within the City of Antwerp alone.
• - Expanded from purely public tenders to also building validated software for healthcare and pharma.
Sensata technologies,
Project Engineer
January 2012 - January 2013 (1 year)
Brussels, Belgium
The technical design and modeling of temperature sensors for the automotive industry. This involved significant travel to Bulgaria and Germany to assist in setting up production lines.