25+ years building global IT operations, leading M&A integrations, and driving digital transformation at Cisco, NetApp, SIG, and NewGlobe. $50M+ budgets, 120+ people, 5 continents.
The best technology decisions are invisible — they just make the business run better. My job is to translate between the boardroom and the server room, and make sure what gets built actually gets used.
I lead technology organisations through transitions — growth, crisis, M&A, transformation. I parachute in, understand the reality fast, stabilise what matters, and build momentum. I work best in situations where stakes are high and clarity is low.
French (native), English (fluent), Dutch (understands forms & processes — 25+ years in the Netherlands).
Bachelor of Computer Science & Business
EPITA Paris, France
I'm selectively available for IT Director, fractional CTO, and M&A integration mandates. I work with organisations that need someone who can operate at board level and in the trenches simultaneously.
Board-level technology strategy, roadmap, and execution. Vendor rationalisation, team building, budget governance.
Due diligence, Day-1 readiness, integration playbook. 15+ deals across Cisco and NetApp. Zero revenue-impacting outages.
Legacy modernisation, cloud migration, SaaS pivots. From strategy through to measurable business outcomes.
Rapid assessment, stakeholder alignment, stabilise then build. Delivered under genuine pressure — 3-day hostage negotiation in Bangui (CAR), $2.1M OPEX reduction in 4 months.
Board-ready technical DD for acquisitions. Architecture, team, risk, remediation cost. Board called SIG acquisition DD "the most actionable we've seen."
Follow-the-sun setups, ITIL/ITSM, vendor consolidation (200+ to 15 contracts). 99.9%+ uptime, 5 continents.
A selection of transformation stories. Each shows the challenge, approach, and measurable outcome.
Restructured NetApp EMEA from country silos to functional pillars. Built follow-the-sun ops (Amsterdam + Bangalore + Singapore). Led 15+ M&A integrations. Consolidated 200+ vendor contracts to 15 global agreements. Implemented ITIL v3 globally.
Designed and led technical DD for a PE-backed AI target. 4-person team, 20+ interviews (CTO to engineers). Found critical gaps: no model versioning, single-point-of-failure architecture, GDPR training-data issues. Quantified €3.2M remediation plan.
Built technology function from zero across 3 countries. Insourced vendor MDM (Intune), negotiated direct MNO partnerships. Hired and trained 12 local engineers. Crisis leadership: sole negotiator during 3-day Bangui hostage situation — all 6 released.
Repositioned NetApp from commodity storage vendor to strategic technology partner for C-suite at Automotive, FinTech, Service Provider accounts. Built quarterly business review cadence with CEO/CTO/CIO — not sales reviews, strategy sessions.
Available for IT Director, fractional CTO, and interim mandates.
EU citizen, Amsterdam-based, immediately available.