Recommendations

Stephanie Putzeist

January 26, 2025, Stephanie managed Henk-Jan directly

I am pleased to write this letter of recommendation for Henk-Jan Engelhardt. From September 2024 to January 2025, Henk-Jan served as an interim Portfolio Manager for Air France KLM’s Digital Product Management department, part of AFKL Marketing.
The portfolio encompasses the development and management of all digital touchpoints (web, mobile, kiosks, onboard) for both Air France and KLM passengers, supported by a large DevOps team of appr. 400 professionals operating within a highly scaled SAFe Agile framework.
Henk-Jan skillfully managed the daily portfolio operations and played an important role in preparing for the 2025 Program Increment (PI) planning and budgeting.
His ability to navigate the complexities of a large, dynamic organization with multiple stakeholders and challenges was both impressive and impactful.
Henk-Jan’s expertise, dedication, and collaborative approach made him a valuable asset to our team. A great and very social team player. I can wholeheartedly recommend Henk-Jan for your future interim roles at the intersection of Business and digital technology, where stakeholder management is crucial.

Chris Louman

August 6, 2024, Chris managed Henk-Jan directly

I had the pleasure of working with Henk-Jan on the initial setup of the customer portal at Royal Terberg Group. His expertise in structuring requirements and creating a comprehensive project plan was invaluable.
Henk-Jan is meticulous yet flexible, navigating the dynamic nature of our project with ease. His attention to detail and problem-solving abilities kept us on track despite shifting priorities. Additionally, his excellent communication skills and teamwork significantly contributed to our project’s initial success.
I highly recommend Henk-Jan for his strategic thinking, organizational skills, and ability to thrive in dynamic environments.

Robert-Jan Boonstra

January 2, 2024, Robert-Jan managed Henk-Jan directly

This is a letter of recommendation for Henk-Jan Engelhardt, who served as an interim manager contributing to Teijin Aramid’s business transformation program from February 2022 to December 2023. Throughout this period, I held the position of Global Process Business Owner for Logistics, with Henk-Jan reporting directly to me.
Teijin Aramid is a global leader in aramid production, 18 locations worldwide, 1.750 FTE.
Henk-Jan first led the development and launch of a collaborative platform, enhancing purchasing, logistics and quality data exchange with Teijin’s external production partners. As a result, the portal is now operational in multiple countries, fostering improved collaboration.
Secondly, Henk-Jan assisted with the migration to SAP S/4 HANA and introducing Transport Management, scanning, and self-billing at our main own production facility. Additionally, carriers end warehouses are connected to S/4 HANA via interfaces. As a result our main site works according our global, standard end to end processes and agile system landscape.
Change management played a pivotal role in the successful execution of the assignment.
I confidently recommend Henk-Jan for future interim roles.

Rob Slagboom

August 29, 2021, Rob managed Henk-Jan directly

This is a letter of recommendation for Henk-Jan Engelhardt from Rob Slagboom, Group IT Director at Hoogwegt Group. Hoogwegt is the world’s largest privately owned dairy commodity trader, 3 billion Euros yearly turnover, www.hoogwegt.com
Henk-Jan has satisfactorily supported Hoogwegt as interim manager in our digital transition from February to August 2021. Examples of deliverables include: contributing to determining our digital roadmap, guiding the vendor selection of an external Salesforce development partner, contributing to developing an MVP for first digital services in the Salesforce ecosystem and introducing the agile/ scrum way of working.
Henk-Jan is a pleasant person to work with, achieves results with an eye for the interests of different stakeholders and the balance between IT and business.

February 2, 2016, Joost managed Henk-Jan directly

This is a letter of recommendation for Henk-Jan Engelhardt who has been interim CEO of The Mobile Company from August 2015 until February 2016.
At strategic level Henk-Jan contributed in the business plan and determining the roadmap for the short term, especially regarding our commercial organization. At operational level Henk-Jan was instrumental in business development by acquiring new potential clients and preparing alliances with potential partners in our industry.
Henk-Jan has shown to be a dedicated power to the management team.

January 6, 2011, Peter managed Henk-Jan directly

To whom it may concern
This is a letter of recommendation for Henk-Jan Engelhardt who has been general manager of Keesing Reference Systems B.V. from 3 November 2005 until 1 February 2010. In this capacity Mr. Engelhardt reported to me as Keesing Reference Systems B.V. was, till this date, a 100% subsidiary of Keesing Media Group B.V. From 1 February 2003 until 31 December 2003 we employed Mr. Engelhardt as interim Manager Marketing & Sales.
Henk-Jan has skillfully transferred Keesing Reference Systems from a company with mainly printed products to a company which now offers mainly digital publishing products as well as general services. The company has now a very clear focus on the online control of identity documents.
In this process hè has  ensured that the underlying product process as well as the organization has been transferred to an efficiently run organization. Keesing Reference Systems today is a very profitable organization. This was also the reason that we were able to sell the company to the new owner Hologram Industries. Mr. Engelhardt was instrumental in making the sale successful. Unfortunately, Mr. Engelhardt decided that this was the time to look for a new challenge in his career. We are convinced that he will be very successful in the future.
Yours faithfully,
Keesing Media Group B.V.
P.P. Tordoir
CEO