Georges Heeren Email & Phone Number

Bruges, Flanders, BE

Brugge, Belgium

Providing independent advice and managing services in the maritime and security domain to governmental bodies, non-governmental organizations and business partners.

Bruges, Flemish Region, Belgium

Responsible for the relations with key accounts in Defence and defence industry focussing on the added value dotOcean can bring with its offerings on autonomous vehicle technology and the underpinning modular and open system datacentric set-up

Brussels Area, Belgium

Leading an experienced team.Responsible for activities, executed with representative organisations like BSDI, to promote: - awareness by foreign authorities and industries of member's industrial and technological capabilities and know how, amongst others by coordinating the participation to economic missions, international trade fairs or other B2B events.

Brussels Area, Belgium - Brugge - Den Helder, Netherlands

Leading and managing an organization of approximately 1700 people.Assuring the operational readiness of the Navy - comprising 10 operational ships and 5 shore based units - including maintenance and instruction/basic training.Ships deployed to the Persian Gulf to escort an aircraft carrier in the framework of the counter-Daesh operations, to the.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Deputizing for the Director Strategy at the Joint Defense Staff, assuring timely establishment and consistency of the policy proposals including defense capability planning.Deputizing for the Director Operations at the Joint Defense Staff, assuring the timely planning, preparation and follow up / servicing of the Belgian Armed Forces detachments engaged in.

Northwood, Middlesex (UK)

Director Finance, ICT, HR and LogisticsLeading the support teams to provide timely and consistent support to the NATO-lead counter piracy operations in the Indian Ocean and to the Standing Naval Forces.Assuring the headquarters overall budgeting and infrastructure support including ICT.Leading participant in the headquarters's reorganization.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Leading the crisis operations planning team.Assuring the planning and preparation of the employment of Belgian Armed Forces in homeland or international operations, including discussions with partner nations and international organizations.Started up the first crisis operations planning exercise since the defense reorganization of 2002.Lead the planning.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Deputizing for the Rear Admiral Commander in the domain of policy development and follow up as well as associated matters in international relations and in relation with the joint defense staff. Presiding the board of directors of the Naval Component.

Bruges Area, Belgium

Deputizing for the Rear Admiral Commander.Leading the staff providing advice, instructions and guidance to executive bodies and units.Lead the staff reorganization in order to provide effective interface with the joint defense staff whilst seamlessly integrating and complementing the Dutch Naval Operational Command. On completion stepped down and took.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Advisor to the ambassador on military operations, military cooperation and defence planning

Brussels Area, Belgium

Department director and chief instructor on maritime operations, operations planning and defence planning

At Sea

Leading a wild gang of 160 sailors to keep them sharp and focussed in order to have the ship ready to be employed for whatever naval operation - armed or humanitarian - the government might envision.Performed the first full testing of the capability upgrade of this type of ships.Deployed to the US east coast for training with the US Navy, winning the Top.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Team member of the Vision 2015 Working Group, leading the Vision 2015 Operations Sub Working Group and lead drafter of the Governments Vision 2015 paper on Defense.Drafter of the HR ICT support system requirements for organisational issues.Lead drafter of the legal text for the 2002 Defense reorganization.

Bruges Area, Belgium

Director nautical training and education.Introduced quality assurance and started the project STCW certification.Managed resource efficiency through enhanced international cooperation.

At Sea

Leading 40-ish sailors during numerous training deployments of the ship, including a 4-month NATO Standing Force deployment as combined operational and command platform, a first for this class of ships.Held the record of operational up time.

Den Helder, Netherlands

Software maintenance of the Thales (former Hollands Signaal) Fire Control and Weapon Direction Systems (WM25), including change management and testing.Realized the first non-US Seasparrow-7M change implementation, from code writing to test firing.

At Sea

International Security Related Issues

International Politics, Strategy

Master, International Relations, Operational Planning

Stcw95 Bridge Watchkeeping Manager Level

Master, Engineering Weapon & Electronics

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