The purpose of Product Department is to train amazing product managers because the demand for well-trained product managers is increasing. This is the effect of the trend that organisations in the digital transformation look at ‘product thinking’ to create more value by better aligning the market, business and digital/IT. Product managers are essential in this process.To help organisations Product Department has developed the Professional Product Managers training program in Dutch that consists of:• Professional Product Manager I• Professional Product Manager II• Professional Product LeadershipInstructor for the module "Improved communication with developers by understanding the technology stack'

As the head of digital I am accountable for the digital transformation of Guidion. Going from a traditional service company to a digital field service company that leverages its technology department to open new revenue streams. For this rebuild and repositioned the product management department. I increased the talent within the technology department. At the same time I reduced costs while increasing delivery and business impact.

Development lead responsible for product development teams in Amsterdam and in Serbia. Redesigned the software development process based on lean principles resulting in an increase in delivered value and level of quality. Strong focus on transformation and cultural change.

Leading the technical team to deliver platform features with a focus on quality, scalability and security. Responsible for supporting a rapidly scaling business by leveraging microservice architecture and Amazon Web Services. Mentoring and coaching 15 developers both in Amsterdam as well as in Kyiv. Responsible for OPEX and CAPEX of the development department.

Responsible for product, people, process and quality for development teams in Amsterdam and Kyiv. Contributing to technical design for new services (B2B analytics dashboard). Managed migration of our servers from on-premise to the cloud (AWS). Reviewed and redefined the processes for developing, testing and release. Strong focus on people management and cultivating a “can-do” culture.• Implemented new process for Quality Control • Prepared the platform for (rapid) global expansion (50+ countries)• Managed migration from premise hardware to AWS.• Build a knowledge base to onboard new technical team• Responsible for execution and delivery on company roadmap. Successfully implemented Scrum in Amsterdam and Kiev• Build a coherent team across all locations (distance is not a limitation for good Scrum) Projects; (i) Delivery and roll out of new customer facing reporting dashboard; (ii) Improved analytics services; (iii) Server and Service health monitoring; (iv) Realtime data monitoring;

Responsible for the delivery of platform enhancements and innovation for the Hatch Where-to-buy platform. • Creating technical and functional documentation for all new features and products.• Managing nearshore software development resources on two locations. • Responsible for delivery on company roadmap• Responsible for delivery of (custom) client projects for enterprise level clients (F500)• Managing partnerships with third party integrations and data suppliers• Service management from start to end (pre-sales, technical account management and support)Projects: (i) Realtime quality control for consumer redirects; (ii) Statistics platform to track performance ; (iii) Data Management Platform; (iv) Data import Engine;Accomplishments: Delivery on roadmap from idea, documentation, code, feature to client implementation. Resulting in a team and a platform that secured A-round investment in March 2015.