Marcel Dijkstra Email & Phone Number

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Started working in the IT department as a Business Analyst, then promoted to a Business Consultant in the investments domain of Robeco Asset Management. I worked in numerous projects servicing the following business areas: Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Risk Management, Securities Lending, Structured Products, Data Management and Client/Regulatory Reporting. Since 2010 Robeco moved to an Agile project management approach which means that all project, support and maintenance related tasks are executed by scrum teams. Working as part of a scrum team has meant that I have carried out a wide variety of tasks and in varied roles.• Requirements gathering• Business (process) analysis• Scrum master / project management• Process design• Information analysis• System implementation / configuration• RFI / RFP• Coaching / mentoring• 1st and 2nd line support • Architectural design• Project intake• Functional design• Data integration• Backlog management• Change management• Testing

The Hague Area, Netherlands

Worked as an Information Analyst in the IT department of AEGON Asset Management Netherlands. The department provided investment solutions to a variety of clients including pension funds and other AEGON business units. My team was a small group of all-rounded IT professionals responsible for project management, coordination, maintenance, operational support and functional enhancements of various front-to-back-office systems and a data warehouse.• Project manager for several projects (Y2K, restructuring batch processing, implement SOX IT controls) and participated in large strategic project and several system selection projects.• Requirements analysis, architectural design, functional design, technical design, data integration design, test, configuration.• All common operational IT tasks, including 1st and 2nd line support activities.• Functional management of several in-house built systems (deal capturing, mandate, benchmarks) liaising with external IT development partner (located in NL & India).• Functional management of several business applications (e.g. PORTIA, Global ECS).

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

A medium size IT company where I worked as IT consultant. Started off developing software for membership and business administration for the sport association sector. Then progressed in my role and moved into IT consultancy for other sectors such as Telecom and Magazine Publishing.Activities include : Project management, requirements analysis, functional design, technical design, software development, develop programming standards, coaching new employees, testing.

Master Of Science (Msc), Computer Science

Computer Software Engineering, Application Developer

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