Cases

Overview of interim assignments and additional relevant roles.

Major group of airlines

– portfolio management –

Interim
Replace Portfolio Manager Digital until permanent Portfolio Manager is found.
Daily Portfolio Management of the Digital Product Management dept., where innovation, development and maintenance of all digital touchpoints for customers of the airlines takes place. Appr 400 people working on this.
Drawing up budget and detailed planning for 2025 (OKRs, SAFe agile PI planning, etc.).

Global manufacturer of special transport vehicles

– digital transition and centralization –

Interim
Support the company in its digital transition and centralization.
Prepare development of a global customer portal to enable after sales efficiency and revenue increase, starting with e-Commerce. Determine strategy to develop client portal, aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 migration and roll out. Guide vendor selection of external development partner. Writing a project plan, business case and investment proposal for the Group Board of Directors.
Challenge; first central IT project in a highly diversified company (fragmented IT landscape, differences in change readiness, different local cultures).

World’s number one in aramids and high-strength fiber production

– business transformation –

Interim
Support the organization in its international business transformation program. Assist with implementing global, standard end to end processes and agile system landscape.
Assignment 1 – Lead the development and go-live of a global manufacturing & logistics portal towards external manufacturing partners, located in different countries. Optimize manufacturing, supply chain and logistical information flows and processes. Change management at these external manufacturers.
Assignment 2 – Lead the logistics part of the business transformation program at the company’s main production facility. Implementing global, standard end to end processes and agile system landscape to this production facility.

World’s largest player in dairy commodity trade & logistics

– digital transition –

Interim
Support the organization in its digital transition. Lead the development of a customer portal MVP, providing global customers with contract, payment status and logistics information. Determine roadmap for further growth towards e-Commerce and a digital trade platform. Guide vendor selection. First step towards more efficiency and higher revenues.

International SaaS enabled marketplace

– business development –

Interim
Advise founders and advisory board in making a number of strategic choices. Especially the question; “How are we going to grow?”

Digitization platform – startup

– development and international go-to-market –

Managing Director
Developing a platform for digitizing content from books and subsequently monetize this content via subscriptions on mobile. SaaS model. Launched in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Leading digital agency

– organizational change –

Interim CEO
Determine strategy. Bring focus. Restructure sales organization. Improve operation and working methods. Redefine proposition. New business, creating alliances with strategic partners.

Startup in mobile

– launch in 3 countries –

Co-founder
Launch of mobile gaming & advertising and 3D modeling business with offices in the Netherlands, US and Japan from scratch.

Future lab for emerging technologies

– towards market orientation –

Interim COO
Restructuring project management organisation. Introducing KPI model. Advice Board on new strategy and positioning , followed by first implementation (funding, new revenue streams).

Publisher to SaaS

– digital turnaround and sales of the company –

Interim General Manager, later followed by permanent position
Turnaround from traditional publisher to a leading digital solutions provider, SaaS model. Clients in > 100 countries. Successfully managing sale of the company to a new owner on behalf of a NYSE Euronext listed company.

Publisher

– improve marketing & sales –

Interim Manager Marketing & Sales / Interim Managing Director
Change and manage international marketing&sales department. Temporarily replacing Managing Director.

Broadcasters

– developing major digital platform –

Business Unit Manager
Development and launch of the major digital platform of the Dutch public broadcasters with >12 million monthly visitors, nowadays www.npostart.nl Introduction of first digital TV formats (set top box) and first live streamings of news on mobile in the Netherlands.