At STARK Group We build our future by helping others build theirs. At STARK Group IT we ensure our colleagues have the best in industry tools, for them to support our customers. I work to understand and support the IT needs of our colleagues for the future, and ensure the quality in the tools of today .

To support the STARK GROUP business, my role is to ensure the required skills and competencies within IT Sourcing are in place and motivated to support the business strategy. To support the STARK GROUP Business and business units, we ensure the best possible Vendor Relationships to support the future.IT Sourcing is responsible for the IT Sourcing Strategy to ensure we are able to optimize cost and motivate improvement in services provided by 3rd parties.Key responsibilities include:• Lead a team of IT Sourcing Managers to execute all aspects of the sourcing process• Take an active part in the IT Leadership Team• Support the IT and Business Management teams with the group wide experiences to ensure optimal use of current suppliers and optimal RFx/Vendor Selection processes when needed• Ensure IT Spend Analysis is performed on an ongoing basis and actions are taken to solve high value problems• Ensure a continued focus on identification of opportunities for optimization and innovation• Drive resolution of issues affecting quality, lead-time etc. from suppliers managed by IT Sourcing• Support the business in spend management projects that accomplish key objectives like cost-optimization, process effectiveness, supplier consolidation, risk reduction and control of expenditures• Collaborate with Suppliers, Business & System Owners to understand current and future spend with suppliers for the needed services• Assist in the development of multi-year strategic plans and annual budgets. Accountable for monthly operational expenditure to budget alignment. Oversee project expense to budget alignment.

Driving strategic initiatives for the Director of Group Shared Technology Services Europe. Focusing on strategy review, strategic planning, divestments and strategic tasks related to change around our European Data Centres.The primary disciplines in this role is to understand requirements, ensure strong communication the right communication to senior stakeholders, drive change through indirect leadership and establish the required matrix teams across the organisation and manage these where.

In my work with the Hosting Service in Wolseley, I am responsible for delivering Hosting and Storage Service offerings to the businesses in the Nordics(DT Group) and the UK for Wolseley. Alongside the day-to-day management of the service delivery I am responsible for maturing and improving the service in collaboration with my North American counterpart covering the global Hosting Services for the Wolseley Clusters and Business Units.As part of the ongoing efforts to improve the service delivered, the team is constantly driving for further efficiency and optimization through optimization and automation of procedures to bring down cost and increase agility.

In my work with the Hosting Service in Wolseley, I am responsible for delivering Hosting and Storage Service offerings to the Nordics region of Wolseley which is the DT Group Cluster. Alongside the day-to-day management of the service delivery to the Nordics I am responsible of maturing and improving the service in collaboration with our Hosting Service Management team covering the global Hosting Services for the Wolseley Clusters and Business Units.As part of the ongoing efforts to improve the service delivered, the team is constantly driving for further efficiency and optimization through optimization and automation of procedures to bring down cost and increase agility

Working as a Solution Specialist in Atea A/S's Application Delivery Services division, i focus on Desktop and Application delivery, with a focus on securing value through incorporation of solutions to support the strategic goals of customers. My main areas of focus are:- Arhictecture- Design- Analysis- Technical Project Management- Public speaking at events with focus on my area of expertiseWith a technology focus on Desktop, Applications, Virtualization, Consumerization and incorporation of user demands into corporate IT.

Axcess is a Danish Data Center technology provider, focused on the delivery of the entire Data Center, to customers or all sizes.My specialties were Desktop and Application virtualization and delivery infrastructure, with a focus on the entire Data Center solution, and the strategic work around IT and IT infrastructure, ensuring quality and a strategic view on IT with tactical solutions to support the strategy.My responsibilities include:- Technical Project Management- Analysis and Design both conceptual and technical- Specific implementation tasks- Presale and Architecture workshops on Data Center technologies.

Blogging for the Danish IT News site Version2.dk on matters regarding the navigation of IThttp://www.version2.dk/blogs/rene-vester

Conecto is a specialized Citrix partner with an extreme focus on building the right skills and experiences to best deliver the right solution for the business. Conecto is dedicated to the Citrix product suite and we are proud to assist large and smaller enterprises in their efforts to analyze, design, build and rollout a Citrix infrastructure.My Citrix specialties are Citrix XenDesktop and Citrix XenApp and surrounding technologies. My responsibilities include:- Analysis and Design both conceptual and technical- Specific implementation tasks- Presale and Architecture workshops on Citrix technologies.- Development of Conecto methodology and concepts

Working for Axcess A/S a Citrix Platinum partner based in Denmark, doing presale, consulting and architecture work for Danish virtualization implementations.Axcess is a full circle consultant company providing services from a range of areas Network, IPT, Security, Application Delivery

I am working as an infrastructure architect specializing in Citrix and Terminal services but also Active Directory and associated services. I also dedicate alot of my time to presale activities mainly with the focus of Server Based Computing technologies but also Microsoft Core Infrastructure Optimization and technical workshops and seminars.

I worked mainly with implementation of Server Based Computing infrastructure solutions. Mainly Citrix and Terminal Services but also surrounding technologies like Active Directory and Group Polices. My main area of expertise was in Presentation Server, Safeword for Citrix and integration with both Secure and Access Gateways.