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Seasons Greetings!

Currently reading the book 'Mijn Manager is een Held' by Jef Staes.

Latest books I've been reading are 'Biography of Steve Jobs'. 'Management 3.0 by Jurgen Appelo and 'The New Normal' by Peter Hinssen.

Attended the HRTech Europe conference in Amsterdam end of 2011.

Got my Scrum Master Certification in July 2009.

Projects ongoing »

For an HR Outsourcing solutions provider - product stream manager Recruitment...

Other various business development activities in the HCM space are ongoing as well.

Need help ? »

Feel free to contact me!

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Career History »

•   Currently Owner & Senior Management Consultant at LB Management Services and at SystemsWaves, Founding Partner.
•   bpost (Belgian Post Group) (Brussels), Project Expert.
•   NorthgateArinso (Brussels), Business Unit Manager, Products & e-HR solutions.
•   HRgatekeeper (Ghent), Chief Operations Officer.
•   ExpertEyes (Ghent) (acquired by GorrilaPak), Innovation Manager.
•   Banksys (Brussels), Software Analyst (Marketing Information Systems).
•   Duyvejonck-Belaen (Roeselare), Software Developer.
•   Reymen Data Center (Sint-Joris Winge), Marketing Representative.

A few accomplishments »

Project Management »

•   Participation in large customer implementations throughout the world with responsibility of the project budget.
•   Follow-up & steering of teams (consultants, developers, analysts, ...).
• Definition of Project (PMI) & Development methodology (QRPD) and Quality Assurance.
•   Coaching project team members by introducing more structured analysis methodology.
•   Introducing solid project approach and promotion of AGILE development (SCRUM).
•   Guiding rollout of new modules towards thousands of employees/end users.
•   Improvement of various documentations and training set-up towards end users.

Strategy, Product & SW Development »

•   Strategy, budget & planning, participation in the executive committees and steerings.
•   Establishment of new and maintained partnerships/alliances with third party providers.
•   Introduction of Single Point Of Contact (methods and systems) for support operations.
•   Set-up of new organisations - setting up structures and assisting with business
development, recruitment of team members, VC negotiation, purchase & supplier
selection…
•   Using the principles of Service Delivery / Support (ITIL).
•   Due diligence of software products.
•   Product innovation and leading software development teams.

Sales & Business Development »

•   Marketing activities and campaigns.
•   Lead generation & Sales.
•   Account management & contract negotiations.
•   Answering RFIs, RFPs, drafting project proposals.
•   Ensure that the proper sales and promotional deliverables are available and up-to-date.
(printed and web materials), giving on-site & (internet) presentations, organising events
and so on.

Feel free to contact me for any question or reference.