Katrien Marcelis Email & Phone Number

Zürich, Zh, Ch

Zürich, Zh, Ch

Greater Zurich Area

With SDM (Software Defined Mainframe), LzLabs created a unique Linux x 86 platform where mainframe legacy applications of your choice can be rehosted (cloud or on site) in a low risk & step by step approach. Because full interoperability between mainframe and SDM is maintained at any stage during and after the migration, complete mainframe exit is not a must as we understand the value of this stable and highly performant environment. Once migrated to SDM, applications can be further enhanced & modernized according to the 7 "R" principles.Our consultants can also help kick-off your transformation projects by doing an in depth assessment of your mainframe landscape and help make a detailed transformation planning to restructure and optimize your mainframe landscape.Interested to learn more? Reach out to me (katrien.marcelis@lzlabs.com) for an introduction chat anytime or phone me (+41 79 944 37 10)!

Zürich Area, Switzerland

I continued my prospecting and market development job in 2008 for Regulatory Reporting specialist FRSGlobal who had acquired Zürich based Risk Management firm Iris AG. In 2011 FRSGlobal became part of Wolters Kluwer first as an independent entity but changed its name in 2013 to Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. My job content stayed the same: prospecting, lead generating, pipeline building activities and marketing support work in the Nordics, Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the company portfolio of software products. Establish first contacts with prospects, identify key contacts, find out about planned or ongoing software selection projects and set up visits with product presentations for the sales people.Gather statistical info on banking and insurance industry; do account and contact mapping, write country overviews and prospecting reports; update CRM database with relevant information, analyse pre and post conference delegate list and approach most interesting contacts in mailings and or cold calling

Zürich Area, Switzerland

FIT= Flanders Investment and Trade, government agency for export and investment promotion, part of the Belgian Consulate)Part-time job combined with my work for Wolters Kluwer Financial Services/FRSGlobal/Iris Integrated Risk Management AG. Assist Belgian/Flemish companies to introduce their products and services onto the Swiss market; set up trade missions (CERN f.i.) and networking events; carry out market surveys and write extensive reports on various Swiss industry sectors (furniture and interior design, international organizations; biggest supermarkets and distributers; Regulations about food imports; summary of import restrictions and barriers); detect and publish trade opportunities for Belgian companies ; attract investments from Swiss companies to Flanders

Zürich Area, Switzerland

I was hired by CEO Juerg Winter, to develop the Iris prospecting and marketing activity and to systematically improve visibility of Iris AG and their RiskPro software solution with potential customers and project/business partners. Focus of my prospecting work was on the Nordic countries, Belgium & the Netherlands and UK. At a later stage I hired and coached a small team of other prospecting persons to assist the Iris sales force. This involved knowledge transfer and introduction to the metier of marketing and prospecting activities. In summer 2008 Iris AG merged into FRS Global, a specialist in regulatory reporting solutions based in Belgium. In 2011 FRS Global was taken over by Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. My job content stayed the same.

Brussels, Belgium

Responsible for a number of retail groups on national Belgian level (domestic appliances, textiles, direct selling companies) as well as office management and general secretariat of the European Federation of Electronics Retailers (EFER); Organization of EFER board meetings and conferences all over Europe; Member of the redaction board of the FEDIS weekly industry journal (writing articles, text revision, translation, quality control…)

Brussels Area, Belgium

Junior Staff member active in the economics department; coordinator of activities for small and medium sized companies; Organization of the weekly briefing meeting of CEO and general direction towards complete Fabrimetal Staff; office manager of FEDEC (Belgian federation of distributors of electrical appliances); board meeting preparation, minutes writing and publishing of the monthly FEDEC newsletter

Leuven, Belgium

Participation at a government financed research project ordered by the Secretary of State for Emancipation about violence within the family; Classification and commentary of existing literature (mainly European and American) on the subject; research missions to Paris and Bonn; publishing of 4 thematic journals with a limited bibliography; author of excerpts for the annual Guide for Family Sociology of the Leuven GIDS Institute

Education record

intensive Course to improve Prospecting Techniques and Inside Sales Skills – November 2019 London with refresher Webinars in 2020

Post University Degree, In Business And Economics, Magna Cum Laude

Master'S Degree, History With Latin And Greek Philology, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Magister Artium: Perseus of Macedony (212 – 165 BC) in the pro-roman literary tradition (cum Laude)

Latin, Sciences