For more than 30 years working as a change enabler and a bridge builder to bring people and organizations with innovative IT to an easier way of working and improved business performance. At the same time very successfully involved in starting up new businesses and new business development with innovative software solutions.Marco van der Kooij started his working career at a predecessor of EY in 1987. Since 1988 he worked at various software vendors and consulting firms in HRM, ERP, CRM, PSA, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Performance Management and Advanced Analytics in research & development, consulting, project management, marketing, sales and management positions. He is an entrepreneur, who likes to explore and utilize new solutions for continuous modernization to make work more fun and easier.It is his ambition to inspire and guide with a holistic approach to transform organizations into a human-centric and data-driven organization with innovative information technology as an enabler for change.Strengths: visionary frontrunner, presentation & communication skills, connecting people, author, team player, linking pin between marketing, sales, project organization, finance and IT with financial-, marketing-, sales-, project management & IT skills.Experience and expertise is coming from more than 300 projects across all industries in different countries at companies like: Aegon, Ageas, Ahold, AkzoNobel, Amsterdam Commodoties, Arcelor Mittal, ASR, Atradius, Bas Trucks, CZ, DAF Trucks, DMG, Douwe Egberts, FrieslandCampina, Generali, Generali Employee Benefits, Hogeschool Inholland, House of HR, ING, International Card Services, Interpolis, KPN, Kramp Groep, Kverneland Group, Leaseplan, Lely, Lindex, Lucas Bols, Menzis, MT Hojgaard, Novamedia, Nutreco, Nyenrode Business University, Organon (MSD), Pathé, Pliva, PLUS Retail, PPG Industries, Rabobank, Randstad, Reed Elsevier, Royal Haskoning DHV, Scotch & Soda, Smit Transformers, Smurfit Kappa, Stora Enso, Symeres, Synthon, Teka, Tele2, TenneT, TVM Verzekeringen, Univé, VGZ, Vion Food Group, Vivat, Volksbank, Vopak, Wessanen, Wolters Kluwer, etc.