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Stabroek, Flemish Region, Be

Overseeing day-to-day operations for a leading installer of PV solar renewable energy roof products. Accountable for a $20 million solar tunnel from concept to realization. Started up and managed marketing & sales and staff recruitment and sourcing functions. • Grew startup from $0 to $25 million in three years by assembling and leading a 50-member team responsible for continuous operational excellence and implementing a visible marketing campaign. • Received international press coverage by planning and coordinating a $20 million project to install 16,000 solar panels for a railroad tunnel. • Improved sales and cost savings by streamlining and enhancing process supporting residential PV projects. • Successfully developed and launched an outsourcing initiative to track and control costs, while providing rapid and flexible growth. • Drove costs per watt from $5.00 in 2008 to $2.20 in 2012 by identifying a supplier and negotiating better pricing on bulk purchases in support of project requirements.

Antwerp, Be

Company specializing in sale of international tracking systems using Inmarsat D+ to track over 30,000 assets. CEOLed all aspects of operations for company that sold Inmarsat D+ satellite online monitoring / tracking systems. Accountable for P&L performance, strategic vision & direction, sales, process improvements, business development, accounting, and technical guidance to a diverse customer base. Supervised five direct reports. • $100,000 in recurring monthly airtime income secured by developing satellite monitoring system to track and manage 30,000 assets – positioning firm to become industry and market leader. • Boosted cross-selling opportunities for hardware products and airtime by sharing technical knowledge from customers around world to promote innovation and use of product across new markets.• Sold firm 3X times its equity value by positioning firm to track active resellers across all continents, enabling firm to penetrate markets worldwide. • Obtained a grant for 500,000 euro from ESA (European Space Agency) to build internet platform• Grew and maintained important client relationship by meeting with customer around world face-to-face to better understand business case. For example: in Argentina to understand their financial viability as a company despite going through country’s bankruptcy.

Firm specializing in the manufacturing and sell of security tracking devices.(Inmarsat D+)Business Development ManagerOversaw business development activities covering the sale and setup of technical security tracking devices / systems. • Developed a business line that was so successful that it was sold off to a third company called SecTrack. • Generated significant business growth by securing capital from investors to support early product development.

Firm specializing in sale of data terminal to Orbcom VARs.Business Development ManagerManaged all business development and sale of data terminals to value-added resellers. • Selected as one of the first of Orbcomm VARs to travel the world to cross-sell a data terminal developed by Cardian.• Secured funding from investors and the government to sponsor its growth further via government backed loans by leveraging successful sales strategies to put the company on the map for mobile data terminals.

West Hartford, Us

Strategic Management Consultant• Played key role in implementing major business process reengineering and improvement projects for a large Belgian bank and insurance / payroll companies. • Leveraged a balanced business scorecard as a measurement technique to deploy vision and new strategy based on financial, operational, learning, and customer perspectives.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

• Witnessed and learned from the behavior of a very successful business man (owner Cimad) to the sale of his business to IBM.• Applied object-oriented development to help redesign the clearing system at Euroclear.

Master In Real Estate, Real Estate

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), M.I.M.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Bba

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.)