Blake Thompson Email & Phone Number

Assen, Dr, Nl

Amsterdam

Helping to develop the managed services portfolio and organization for this dynamic, Microsoft orientated IT organization. Working with an international team to produce the best in IT managed services for a diverse range of customers.

Netherlands

Groningen Area, Netherlands

Company Background: Axians is an international ICT service delivery company with more than 1000 employees in the Netherlands. It comprises multiple business units working in a network business model. My business units specialized in the delivery of managed services and infrastructure project work.My Role: As Enterprise Architect for the Business units I am responsible for the service portfolio development, organization design and process implementation. As senior Business consultant aided our customer teams by helping our customers with their transformation towards cloud based services. Delivering consulting and advice in the transformation needed and options available.Responsibilities:• Development Management• Portfolio and service design• Organization Design and implementation• Manage the CSP services instigated within the company• Improve learning and cloud adoption within the company• Product ownership & Supplier managementSuccesses:• Leading the realisation of a new cloud for both the internal organization and external customers• Helped in the adoption of DevOps and Agile working practises• Instigated new learning and growth frameworks• Created a complete range of Managed Services based on Azure from consulting to monthly management subscriptions• Created , implemented and managed the tier 1 CSP for Axians NL• Developed new desktop services catalogue• Created inter Business Unit cooperation

Netherlands

Company Background: KPN Cloud Services is a department of KPN, it is responsible for the delivery of public and private cloud services to end-customers, resellers and the internal KPN organisation.My Role: The primary focus of the service architect was to lead the design and development team of the cloud services within KPN including the processes and organization of the departments delivering those services. Next to managing the team and the service design, promoting cloud adoption within KPN was an important part of the role.The role required extensive knowledge of multiple frameworks including TOGAF, ITIL, SCRUM, Prince 2 and DevOps as well as a firm understanding of the technologies employed in cloud deployment and service Development.Additionally the role involved the daily leading of the technical team and consulting for the commercial staff in order to develop the new services. Exceptional communication skills and the ability to build and work within a team was imperative to succeed in this working environment.Responsibilities:• Design of the Cloud based services of KPN• Cooperating with the stakeholders for the development of roadmaps and commercial requirement sets• Advisory role towards the product owners• Liaise with Central KPN enterprise architecture board about business standards and principles• Lead the technical, process and application design teams• Financial modelling and management• Evaluation of new technologies• Give training• Help build and improve relationships between suppliers and partnersSuccesses:• Design of the KPN CloudNL portfolio• The design and implementation of a cloud based service model within KPN• The design and delivery of CloudNL-IaaS, CloudNL-Office, private connect and many other services• Changing of the billing process and technology to allow for usage based automated billing• Redesign of organisational structure of Cloud services for a more professional and agile based service delivery

Netherlands

Company Background: VCD Infra Solutions is a national IT solutions provider, specialised in the delivery of infrastructure projects and services. The company is a certified partner with HP, VMware, Veeam, Citrix, RES and Microsoft.My Role: The role of senior architect had two main functions: internal architect and architectural consultant to VCDs enterprise customers. Work included the development of server and desktop solutions as well as the development of private and public clouds. An important part of the role was advising customers in the evolution towards cloud computing models for the improvement of the companies’ business.Responsibilities:• Design of VCD cloud and hosting services• Design and implementation of customer solutions• Organisational improvement designs• Advisory role to the management team• Training and leading of the engineers• Advise customers in the right solutions and services for their needs• Lead installation of customer solutions and onboarding• Virtualisation GURUSuccesses:• Design and implementation of 3 cloud environments for VCD• Improvement to the company working practices and documentation • Introduction of virtualization techniques within the company• Improvement to my technical and process knowledge• Improvement to my soft skill set• Development of Desktop Services

Company Background: A national industrial electrical and mechanical installation company with 4 permanent and up to 10 temporary offices within the UK. My Role: As IT manager I was responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the company’s IT and that the IT kept pace with the changing needs of the business. I was responsible for a team of IT professionals distributed around the UK in all site offices and branches. Responsibilities:• Organisation and management of the IT department• Setup and design of IT projects• Staff management• Support the existing solutions• Liaise with other departments to fulfil their IT needs• Working with the stakeholders to agree the roadmap and investment for IT within the companySuccesses:• Companywide implementation of a new Microsoft based desktop environment • Implementation of a new Microsoft Server 2000 & 2003 server backend infrastructure• Implementation of a new company LAN & WAN network• Improvement to the company working practices and documentation • Authoring of a comprehensive manual for the company’s bespoke CMDB, billing, ordering and project management software systems• Realisation of a professional IT department within the company

Company Background: Robert Half International is an international staffing and recruitment agency specialising in the delivery of financial and IT staff.My Role: While working for this employer I was outsourced to different companies for financial and IT related work. I specialized in the solution of financial backlog and IT consultancy work for improving the IT within companies. Responsibilities:• Removal of financial backlog through use of technology improvements and changes to the company processes • Hardware and software installation• Infrastructure design• Defining and managing project implementations• Documentation of solutions• Training of staff members

Mcse, Mcse

Itil V3, Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services

Vcp, Virtualisation

A Levels, A Levels

Togaf Trainin, Information Technology

Prince 2 Foundation

Hnd Ii, Horticulture & Business Management

comprising business management, languages, European studies, Horticulture, classic design, drawing skills, plant knowledge, ecology.