More info about Avans Avans is an University of Applied Sciences located in 4 cities in the southern part of the Netherlands. We train future-proof professionals ready to enter the workforce. Continuously develop new knowledge for education and society. In partnership with companies, institutions and government agencies. Our students and employees engage in multidisciplinary collaboration and come up with creative solutions which benefit society as a whole. At Avans University of Applied Sciences, around 35,000 students study over 50 different courses. 3,400 employees work at 21 schools, 4 support services units and 1 centre for learning and innovation.
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
July 2023 – now
Director of Support service unit ICT and Facility Management (~ 350 FTE)
Member of Avans' Management Board
Sanoma
2012 – 2023More info about Sanoma Sanoma is a front running learning and media company impacting the lives of millions every day. Through a portfolio of modern, blended learning materials, material distribution and digital platforms, Sanoma Learning supports learning and teaching in primary, secondary and vocational education. Through our local companies, operating in eleven European countries, we contribute to some of the world’s best-performing education systems. In 2021 we supported about 20mio students with our products and services and had Sanoma Learning a net sales of € 637 mio.
Chief Technology Officer (CIO/CTO) at Malmberg
June 2017 – March 2023
Member of Malmberg management team; Malmberg: 270 FTE
Accountable for translating our business strategy into IT architecture and digital solutions
Accountable for development and operational teams (~ 60 FTE) that create and manage Malmberg’s online learning solutions
Oversaw the use of the technology budget for capital and operating expenditure
Automated the application release and cloud infrastructure enabling the organization to push out new releases to production at any moment in time and optimized the TCO of our applications
Director Technology Management Services at Sanoma Learning
July 2021 – March 2023
Responsible for shaping and leading the Technology Management Services department supporting Sanoma's Learning Technology and Product Management departments (~ 700 FTE). The Technology Management Services include:
Digital Transformation Management Office
Organisation & Change: organisational strategy, (Agile) Ways of working, Agile Office, Knowledge management, Talent and workforce management
Acquisition & Integration: Tech Due Diligence and Post Merger Integration planning & management
Member of Sanoma Learning international Technology Board
Head of Regional Technology Services at Sanoma Learning
January 2022 – March 2023
Responsible for development and maintaince of digital local product portfolio of Sanoma Learning. Multi-disciplinary teams (~ 120 FTE) across five countries
Strategy and budget planning
Sourcing strategy (payroll, external, shared delivery center, near-shoring)
Information Security and Data Privacy.
Digital Transformation Management Office
Organisation & Change: organisational strategy, (Agile) Ways of working, Agile Office, Knowledge management, Talent and workforce management
Acquisition & Integration: Tech Due Diligence and Post Merger Integration planning & management
Responsible for the technology enablement teams (~ 10 FTE) who enable all Sanoma Learning’s DevOps teams (~ 200 FTE)
Services include Cloud infrastructure management, CI/CD, monitoring and support, collaboration tools and Agile Office
Migrated all applications and its infra to new common (fully automated) cloud infra stack (AWS) and CI/CD pipelines This Cloud native strategy enables us to scale our services to new applications and business units faster
Setup common processes for portfolio and software delivery management (SAFe) supporting the organization to oversee its digital portfolio and product roadmaps.
Member of M&A project teams to work on technology due diligence
Member of Sanoma Learning’s international Technology Board
Head of Application Development at Malmberg
June 2016 – May 2017
Responsible for leading software development teams of Malmberg’s and Sanoma Learning’s learning and editorial solutions (~ 50 FTE)
Completed the transformation to DevOps teams boosting the quality of our services, including a shorter time-to-market and happier (and more skilled) developers
Product Owner at Bolster Safety
Nov 2015 – Oct 2016
Bolster Safety (formerly known as SAM Safety) was a new venture of Sanoma Learning to train safety knowledge and capabilities of employees in high-risk industries.
As a member of the founding team I was responsible for the product concept, product backlog and brand identity.
Educational Application Consultant at Malmberg
August 2012 – May 2016
Working on the strategy of developing Malmberg's and Sanoma Learning online educational products
Product Owner for Sanoma Learning's common educational product components and services
Advisor for online product development (Agile scrum) teams and responsible for identifying new developments in the education landscape
SpringerNature
2007 – 2012More info about Springer SpringerNature is an international academic publishing company, publishing (online) journals, books and databases for the scholarly community around the globe.
Project Manager Online Book Archives
July 2010 - July 2012
Responsible for Springer’s Online Book Archives initiative, world’s largest private book digitization project within STM publishing
Managing international project team responsible for the digitization (scanning, tagging) of 100,000+ books, rights clearing, business model and marketing
Global eProduct Manager Protocols and Databases
April 2008 - August 2010
Responsible for product management and strategic direction of Springer's online databases: SpringerProtocols, SpringerImages and SpringerMaterials
Elsevier
2003 – 2007More info about Elsevier Elsevier, part of RELX, is a global information analytics business specializing in science and health.
Senior Product Manager Scopus
November 2005 - March 2008
Product management for Scopus, world's largest scientific abstract and indexing database. Responsible for linking, access and entitlements, search technology, user interface, collaboration tools and integration
Identifying product and business development opportunities, e.g. the launch of Scopus AuthorID to create unique author identities within the scholarly community
Developing and managing the relationships with new integration partners
Publishing Technology Manager
October 2003 - Ocotober 2005
Technology management for usage analytics systems of ScienceDirect and Scopus.
Responsible for analysis of business requirements, management of development team, innovation of the business intelligence platform used.
Played an advisory role for business and IT in the resolution of production issues and contribute to general technological awareness within the Elsevier technology teams
CMG
2001 – 2003
System Developer – Testing & Quality Management
September 2001 - September 2003
IT consultant with a focus on software testing. Worked for several large companies as a test manager or test analyst responsible for the test strategy, planning and execution.
Education
Certificates
BSc ICT Consultancy at TH Rijswijk - 2000 - 2001
BSc International Logistics and Port Technology at Hogeschool Zeeland - 1996 - 2000
VWO (pre-university college) at Canisius College Nijmegen - 1990 - 1996
Professional courses and trainings
High Performance Leadership 2016
Financial Management for the Non-Financial Manager 2014
Moving on to Professional Leadership 2010
Creativity for Innovation, MCE 2007
Interpersonal Effectiveness, MCE 2007
Agile Development Course - Scrum Master Certified 2007
Effective Project Management 2004
Professional Course Software Testing - ISEB certified 2002
Personal
I'm 45 years old and live with my wife and 3 children in Breda, The Netherlands. In my spare time I like to go mountain biking, go hiking and cooking.