Bart Vandeput Email & Phone Number

Aartselaar, Be

Brussels Metropolitan Area

Ownership of end-to-end delivery of diverse set of ICT infrastructure and security projects, from business case to user adoption.

Brussels Area, Belgium

OutlineLed a global team (UK, EU, IN, JP) of 30+ Project Managers and Business Process Analysts in serving the Project Portfolios of both Product Management (new product development projects (e.g. SDWAN)) and Network Engineering (green field builds and geographical network expansion projects (US, Eastern Europe, India)). Key responsibilities* Business Planning with resp. VPs and Business Case owners, Portfolio Capacity Planning & Resource Management (incl. external partners) ;* Manage strategic program risks and dependencies across portfolio ;* Track portfolio’s progress, financial performance (Capex/Opex spend, earned value, estimate to complete) and benefits realization ;* Owned team’s overall people management, coaching, personal development, talent & succession planning ;* Retained ownership of governance of the Framework of Control & Governance Standards for project management. Continued as main interface between organizational Stakeholders such as Business Units, Finance, Audit and QA. Achievements* Shortened time-to-market (approx. 20% per annum) of Portfolio releases by improving practices for Business Planning (resourcing, budgeting, capability) and by introducing a more flexible hybrid resourcing model.* Transformed team (skillset and culture) with increased focus on customer value, agility and empathy. Resulted in improved recognition by stakeholders as being trusted advisors, and in operating in more integrated manner with business units;* Enhanced project management framework to enable an increased amount of agility and focus on creating business value. Resulted in a more flexible and adaptive methodology applying best fit principles from traditional Waterfall and Agile schools of thought

Brussels Area, Belgium

Outline* Managed a team of internal project and program managers (18-20pax, UK/EU-based), in charge of delivering a portfolio of product development and OSS/BSS integration projects ;* Led the company-wide development and embedding of a Framework of controls for project governance and delivery performance (including change, budget & benefits tracking, risk & resource management, scheduling). Key responsibilities* People management: HR related topisc, performance reviews, personal development planning ;* Portfolio Management: pipeline, resourcing, stakeholder management, progress & spend reporting, issue & escalation management ;* Implemented Framework of Control & Governance Standards: from design through to trainings and adoption, stakeholder reporting (CFO, COO) and audit reviews with Group Audit & Compliance and Quality ManagementAchievement* Through implementation of Framework reduced project Capex overspends and schedule overruns by >45%. Effectiveness was also acknowledged by Group Internal Audit, CFO (Sponsor) and reported to Board.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Outline* Consecutively managed regional teams (12-20pax) of customer facing project managers (both permanent staff and statement-of-work contractors), serving both the enterprise and wholesale channels. Teams were located across Belgium, Netherlands, DACH, Italy, Spain, Portugal ;* Established a new pan-EU multi-disciplinary team of senior transition and program managers dedicated to managed services and business transformation programs.Key responsibilities * Oversight of delivery of a project portfolio valued around €140m of total revenue ;* People management: “pay & rations”, performance review, personal development & coaching ;* Portfolio Resource management (incl. external resourcing partners) ;* Stakeholder management (Account Execs, Sales Directors) and portfolio progress reporting * Customer relationship management (e.g. pre-sales presentations, escalation management, quality assurance)* Subject matter expert to Enterprise Sales for major managed network solution delivery.* Key contributor to defining and embedding new in-house delivery and governance methodology for managed customer solutions (Sales to Assurance, aka Solution Lifecycle Methodology), with focus on end-to-end quality management and stage gated governance. AchievementEstablished a more centralized and integrated Project Management Practice. Retained commercially important “local flavor” while both business and team benefited from increased resourcing effectiveness, more cost efficient operating, and enhanced maturity through sharing of experience and lessons.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Outline* Managed delivery of solutions for Enterprise customers, integrating technologies across data (MPLS, DWDM), voice (VoIP, SIP) and DC infrastructure (mechanical & electrical (M&E), cold aisle, operating procedures). * Covered Customers from various sectors, e.g. banking & insurance, automotive, airline ;* Projects included data center build and fit-out, hosting, VoIP and various LAN/WAN technologies. * Contributed as well to various bid teams and pre-sales activities (collateral, customer presentations)Key responsibilities* Defining deliverables and requirements in collaboration with Customer and Solution Architects * Milestone planning, project team resourcing* Budget & Risk Management* Progress tracking and reporting to customers and internal stakeholders (Country MD, Account Mgmt., Finance), Handover to Service AssuranceAchievementFor a major Enterprise customer (airline), project managed Colt’s first full MPLS-network deployment on the African continent. Included in-country presence (DRC, SA) and collaboration with customer and partner stakeholders (CIO, Country Manager, end-users, NOC)

Haasrode/Leuven (Be)

* Customer facing Project Manager responsible for delivery of medium to large scale network infrastructure and integration projects, including participation to pre-sales and bid team work. Covered Customers from Industry, Telco and Financial sectors.* Managed a portfolio of small to medium customer orders and projects, which involved among others managing logistics (receipt/shipping of equipment), job preparation, scheduling of field engineers and managing customer acceptance.

Master, Applied Economics: Business Engineering In Management Information Systems, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Final Dissertation: “Broadband telecommunication in local area and access networks”

Bachelor, Applied Economics: Business Engineering In Management Information Systems, Distinction