Saint-Gobain Sekurit Service Distribution

Teamlead of one of the 3 central teams at the international ICT Competence Center for our Sekurit Service business.

People, Delivery and Budget Ownership on a scope which includes PIM, Web, E-commerce platforms for +15 European markets.

Digital revenue of our B2B business equals to 170 million€ revenue of which a majority runs on the SAP Commerce Cloud platform. Re-platforming of old legacy custom software on 80% of our business processes with a new combination of Akeneo and MS PowerApps solution. Running a digital website factory on the Acquia-Drupal stack for 23 B2C facing websites for our Fitting business.

Proud member of the Agileons, a company-wide bottom-up team to promote the Be Agile mindset and practices throughout our great Group.

ICT Teamleader Customer Applications

Brussels Airport Company

Facilitating and guiding "ICT 2.0" program as transformation for further maturing our ICT organisation

Working on Business Alignment / Process Maturity / Culture / On-Call Operations

ICT Process Manager

Accountable for delivering the digital experiences for our 25 million passengers -

Supporting the new Digital/IT team organisation and manage roadmaps for Run + Change -

Leading cross-functional project, product and service teams.

Service Manager - Digital B2C

Wolters Kluwer

Guiding the new functional Sales & Marketing department through a 3-year investment program of their systems & tools application landscape.

Supporting the business/cost case creation for our Divisional e-Commerce/WebCMS platform and getting technology and business organizations into the right scenario's for achieving our e-commerce channel growth.

Same reporting lines.

IT Business Partner & Divisional e-Commerce Asset Owner

Wolters Kluwer Belgium

Responsible to push forward the Digital transformation on key digital touchpoints of our customer journey. Managing scrum teams of web, digital and development resources and ownership of various technology assets to achieve this.

Including execution of a re-org to align with the new Operating Model and transitioning people and knowledge in a nearshore model.

By bringing Agile techniques and Governance mechanisms into the organisation we also help the IT Demand Management and strive to create focus and vision with the Business.

Member of the Global Digital Sales & Marketing taskforce to increase e-commerce revenue, rationalize our online presence and support our Digital Strategy.

Member of the core team that received an Enterprise Achievement award for running a Marketing Automation pilot with the Eloqua platform.

Direct line to the CIO, part of the Central IT & Marketing management teams, ad-hoc reporting to Belgian ExCo and Divisional SteerCo's.

Delivery Manager Digital Customer Journey

Digital transformation of the core content Publishing business. Managing a company-wide strategic program related to core publishing business processes and new digital product development.

Lead an innovative platform project with the Global Platform Organisation to introduce state-of-the-art Semantic Search capabilities in the global technology asset of our digital research products.

Stakeholder management in a matrix organisation, set-up governance across vertical Business Units. 

Change agent to introduce the Lean Product management principles into the organisation and represent Belgium business in the Regional digital product team.

Direct line to the COO, part of the COO extended management team and the Program as a Strategic Imperative has quarterly reporting into the Belgian ExCo.

Program Manager Digital Publishing

Novatio Belgium NV

Taking the lead in guiding this great family company into the digital age.

Support the next growth phase by aligning business / ICT process.

Brand management of existing Tec7 brand and new product - market combination under the "7" brand.

ICT & Online Marketing manager

Think Wize

I was co-founder of this software company, specialized in custom software projects.

My key responsibilities:

Sales & marketing, business development, requirements capturing and guiding customers through the implementations.

We supported critical business processes (logistics, billing, data management...) in various industries like e-commerce, consulting, distribution.

Entrepreneur - Business Owner

Nascom

Nascom became a top-5 player in the Digital - Online business. Back in the founding days I helped starting-up this business.

I was active in various roles in the organisation whereby key account management of a strategic partnership was my main contribution.

As the importance of the on-line channel grow over the years, my versatility showed:

Setting-up dedicated teams, managing CMS-projects, join-in to help strategy formulation, recruiting and aligning management.

From Number 5 to Account Manager

Sony Vaio of Europe

I got the opportunity to start with "Internet" for the European VAIO business when this business was being launched. This part of the communication mix was mine.

A time when the importance of the Internet was being recognized, allowing me to :

* activate brand-building of the VAIO brand through the Club VAIO community 

* Travel to Tokyo HQ to search for corporate sponsors 

* Build bridges between the After-Sales and the Marketing department

* Own budgets and have good fun!

Internet Manager - MarCom Department

Agfa

With the Agfa Consumer Imaging team we used to market consumer scanners and digital cameras.

On a global-HQ level I was responsible for Internet-activities for our products. 

Here I learned about: 

* Cultural differences, 

* Launching an on-line printing service, 

* Lotus Notes platform, 

* How-to be remembered in a 5-minute time-slot by European colleagues.

Internet Co-ordinator

From building €170M e-commerce platforms to mentoring high-performing digital product teams, I thrive at the intersection of technology and business.

I specialize in bridging the gap between business stakeholders and ICT departments, with expertise in ICT strategy, digital transformation, and team leadership.

Strong believer of Agile development teams to connect them with the busines side and deliver a modern customer experience and relevant customer journeys.

Working in an international environment gives me energy, whether it is with a Big Corporate, a growing family-owned SME or a tech start-up.

My mix of experience is in ICT, digital strategy and various business domains which allows me to close the CMO-CIO divide and doing so in a fun way ;-) 

Myers-Briggs type: ENFJ

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