Marc van Neerven

Independent Software Business Consultant

Neerventure.com

Helping startups & scale-ups with their technical strategy, in terms of (Native) Cloud Solutions Architecture, Digital Transformation, Agile, Team Growth, Governance, Change Management, etc.

Founder & CTO

Mentoring (aspiring) CTOs on leadership, cultural, strategic, psychological, and systemic aspects of the CTO role.

CTO Mentor

World of WOW

Chief Technology Officer (Fractional)

Advising WOW on B2C SaaS development & scaling.

Strategic Board Advisor

Qogni Technologies

Development (PWA, AI, Cloud) and SaaS Strategy

CTO and Partner

Helping Qogni with the next steps of their Health Platform and Movement

Knights Absorb - Learning

Helping with software strategy and product development

Interim CTO (Fractional)

Pure Web Foundation

Doing extraordinary stuff while keeping close to official web standards....

Founder, Lead Architect & CTO

ISV Canvas

Presenting an assessment tool for Software Tech (ISVs, Startups, Scaleups) to validate their technical maturity in 7 key areas and providing guidance for growth.

Microsoft

For Microsoft, I assess startups' technology status using a Tech Canvas I developed, loosely based on Lean Canvas and Business Model Canvas.

Independent Startup/Scaleup advisor

Mentoring scale-up companies in the Microsoft for Startups' Amsterdam Scale Up program.

Scale Up Mentor

MT/Sprout

Writing blogs about the life of a CTO at Startups and Scaleups.

Startup Expert

Get-e

Providing strategic advice on Software Architecture, Cloud Fit, Processes and Team Structure.

Senior Advisor to the CTO

Adapta

Helping to realize Adapta's ambitious plans with their healthcare super app

Interim Chief Technology Officer

Fractional CTO 💡 Top Startups Voice⚡ Helping startups make better SaaS

I'm an experienced SaaS CTO, working on a 'Fractional' basis, meaning that companies can hire me part-time as their Interim CTO, or as an advisor to the board. 

I work for startups, scaleups, ISVs and other software companies, or consultancies turning into SaaS companies.

My work is transformational: when I leave, a company should be better off in terms of their (tech) strategy and/or operational excellence.

Before becoming a CTO, I have been a solutions and cloud architect. I still code, as an open source contributor, and sometimes for 'my' startups, doing Proof-of-Concepts.

I'm a Web Standards evangelist, and a Social Impact Lover. 

I've seen it all, with more than 30 years of experience in Software Development, and I'm now focusing on Native Cloud as a natural fit for startups and scaleups.

I write a lot about the life of a CTO, and about the Modern Web.

Writing blogs about the life of a CTO at Startups and Scaleups. 

Cognizant

Projects carried out:

Thomson Reuters
- Planning and coordination of projects like: process review applied in TR clients, implantation of Disaster - Recovery and DevOps best practices, data center migration, and migration from Jira to Azure DevOps
- Accompaniment of system problems and RCA

WarnerMedia – Implantation of Salesforce
- Scrum Master, responsible for coordinating the meetings and update the tasks according to Scrum methodology
- Accompaniment of requirement gathering and process mapping with the client

Yduqs – Implantation of Salesforce
- Scrum Master, responsible for coordinating the meetings and update the tasks according to Scrum methodology
- Acted as interim Team Leader, managing a team of 12 people and reporting the project progress to the Cognizant PMO internal team

Grupo Big (former Walmart Brazil)

Program of system transition from USA to Brazil
- Development of data base of 240 systems to be migrated, involving IT, Change Management, Merchandising, Logistics, Finance, Store Operations, Analytics and HR
- Standardization of project plans and reports
- Critical paths mapping of the main projects
- Accompaniment of tests in systems (UAT - User Acceptance Test)
- Accompaniment of KPIs for conversion of 320 stores and 22 distribution centers

Implantation of global system of Private Brands product management
- Planning and control of schedule and risks for the implantation of the system in Brazil
- Stakeholder mapping
- Translation and control of glossaries, system texts and training materials
- Accompaniment of tests in the system (UAT - User Acceptance Test)

Project and Program Coordinator / Scrum Master

Grupo DASA

- Responsible for developing the proposal of new scope of the area, focusing in accompaniment of projects and goals in a more aligned way to the Strategic Planning
- PMO in projects involving several areas of the company, by: Planning and control of deliverables and prizes, costs (total budget: R$11MM, with R$2MM of saving), and risks, with the areas involved: Operations, Civil Engineering, IT, Logistics, HR, Environmental Licensing, BI and Finance
- Update of the Project Policy

Projects carried out:
- Operation migration from Cascavel, Paraná to Barueri, São Paulo
- Governance of corporate data and processes (products, units, raw materials, exams, suppliers and clients)

Senior - Strategic Planning, Goal Contracts and Projects

Consultant

Projects carried out:

Gol - Infrastructure works in cargo handling sites
o	Development of data base of more than 100 cargo sites in Brazil to prioritize civil works
- Accompaniment of all civil works steps in the cargo handling sites, and report to the areas - Cargo, Civil Engineering, Purchasing and Contracts
- Accompaniment and monthly report of the costs with civil Works (between R$140k and R$1,8MM per civil work), payments of rents and cargo handling

Catho - Strategy of brand expansion and Call Center improvement
- Definition of strategies for expansion of the brand and sales increase in specific regions, by KPI analysis of the company and other players and schedule control, with the Marketing and BI areas
- Evaluation of Call Center operation and implantation of improvements, with IT and Commercial areas

Management Consultant

PMO in the following projects:
- Implantation of Contract Management System – Votorantim Group
- Finance Process Restructuring – Anglo American
- Broadband Services Improvement in Telecom companies – Anatel
- Privatization process – IRB (Brazilian Reinsurance Institute)
- Implantation of international standards of Work Safety, Environment and Health – Transpetro

Development of market researches:
- Research of Wind Farms building
- Benchmarking for Analysis of Sanitation Operation in Brazil

PMO in the following projects:
- Implantation of Global Financial System – Rabobank
- Implantation of international standards of Work Safety, Environment and Health – Transpetro

Trainee

Project and Program Management | PMO | Agile | IT | Management Consulting

- Professional with more than 10 years of experience in Project and Program Management, Technology, Process Improvement, Change Management, Business Analysis and Strategic Planning, with teams of different areas, hierarchies and countries
- Experience with planning and control of scope, deliverables, deadlines, costs, risks, communication, quality and integration of projects, applying PMBOK best practices and agile methodologies
- Planning of systems implantation and accompaniment of all its phases – licenses acquisition, requirement gathering, process mapping, development, data migration, tests, training, communication, Go Live and Hypercare
- Development of market and business research to define strategies and identify opportunities of new projects

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