Bernard Bresser Email & Phone Number

Vianen, Utrecht, Netherlands

Managing NEXUS products for Dutch Hospitals including PAS & Logistics (ZIS), EMR (EPD), PDMS, MEDICATION, EHEALTH and integrations.

Netherlands

Product Management & Product Marketing for the PAS, EMR/EHR and eHealth solutions for General & Academic Hospitals. Interim Development Manager managing the architects and integration team.

Interim Product Management / Marketing at CoreMedia: Analyse existing and define new Packaging, Pricing & Policies for WCM / CMS and add-on products.Interim Product Management / Marketing at Progress Software Corporate: Analyze current business and, based on findings, develop a financial framework to simplify and optimize management of current and future business.

As part of major Product Marketing/Management initiative, manage project/ team to deliver a new CMS / Social Media based Community site for employees, channel, customers and public. Merges existing portals for all Product Lines where community owners can self manage the community collaboration on content, discussions and projects with their private, semi-public and/or public audiences without IT resources (80,000+ users, 6000+ documents, 100+ Discussion forums).

Lead OpenEdge adoption project at Progress Software Corporate, created new go-to-market strategy, managed a cross-functional team of Directors to implement strategy.Manage Professional Services Team of Senior Architects, design / implement / evangalize the Empowerment Programs, Application Transformation Approach (ATA) and OpenEdge Reference Architecture (OERA); Methodology for field and customers on how to market, sell and modernize their existing applications using new Progress products and capabilities.

Overall responsible for EMEA Product Marketing / Management. Manage Regional Product (Marketing) Managers and Professional Services Team of Senior Architects.Manage EMEA AR/PR, Product Advisory Councils, Go-To-Market & Evangalization. Restructure WW Pricing & Policies (2001)Implement (Channel) Empowerment Center & Program, mentor field and key customers with 4-8 week projects to implement new Progress products (2003)

Overall responsible for Product Marketing / Management and Pre-Sales in Benelux.Define and implement the Benelux product go-to-market strategy; Manage Pre-Sales teams, evangelize with key customers, present at regional events, implemented product advisory councils, liaison with PSC product marketing and product management to streamline the European programs and campaigns specific to the Benelux markets. Build a new Services organization together with a new Services Manager.

Manage Channel (ISV and SI) in the Netherlands, build a SI program, joined Business Development with Channel to gain new Projects using Progress Products.

Assist Sales in developing new business; Assist Marketing in creating campaigns; Deliver POC and Project Management of initial Project until handed over to Channel

Specialized in LAN Networks (Novell, Banyan, Windows, OS2, DOS, UNIX), present at global, regional and local events, consulting at customers.

Manage Technical Services Team and POS Development TeamDesign & Implement Networks