Wouter Schmitz Email & Phone Number

Utrecht, Utrecht, Nl

⌂ As lead architect I manage and build the architecture team to 15 FTE in business lending, housing, insurance and innovation⌂ As tribe lead architect I am co-responsible for the tribe business lending (800-900 FTE) together with the tech lead and the business lead⌂ As tribe lead architect I co-created the blueprint for the organization of the areas and squads⌂ I developed the future state architecture based on the new retail NL strategy⌂ I professionalized the team in time management, backlog usage, output and quality ⌂ I vastly reduced the complexity of the digitalization program⌂ I professionalized the way of working of the team from PowerPoint to modern repository⌂ I delivered a vision of the impact of AI on the application landscape, which I presented broadly within and outside Rabobank

One of the greatest challenges businesses face today is to deal with the complexity of their IT landscape. With a self-developed method I teach companies how to architect the IT landscape to manage complexity, become flexible and future driven. Reviews are highly positive.

Mechelen, Be

Haarlem, Nederland, Nl

The Technology Leadership course targets IT managers who want to become CIO. The course introduces them in all aspects of the CIO profession. I teach the architecture module.

Amongst others:⌂ EAMKON, Enterprise Architecture Management Congres, Stuttgart Germany⌂ Gartner Architecture Summit / Best Practice Council⌂ CIONET⌂ Enterprise Architecture Management Conference⌂ MBT Conference⌂ DADD / LAC⌂ NGI⌂ In house: Dutch Tax Authority, ANWB, Triodos, Coöperatie Dela, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

⌂ I managed a team of 19-30 enterprise architects, solution architects and engineers⌂ I organized architecture in agile sub teams per line of business with clear ownership, mandate, backlog and active stakeholder engagement⌂ I vastly improved architecture engagement in four digital transformation programs⌂ I created the reference architecture, vision, cloud strategy, security roadmap and got it widely accepted, including at board level⌂ I participated in creating the IT strategy, focussing on creating an engineering culture⌂ I started the cloud strategy, including organisation & culture change, set-up of a cloud competence centre, cloud architecture, acceptance to go cloud native on Azure, business case and roadmap. I became the interim cloud manager.⌂ I determined the security roadmap together with the CISO⌂ I co-created the data platform strategy which I got accepted at board level

Breukelen, Utrecht, Nl

Co-trainer Masterclass Enterprise Architecture

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

⌂ I created an architecture chapter (4 FTE) with roles in all countries, rated best performing cross country team⌂ I managed and professionalised the analyst team in the Netherlands (6 FTE)⌂ I established a new platform architecture that formed the basis for cross country re-use⌂ Germany went live in less than 9 months based on a combined architecture of UK and NL⌂ Norway went live in 3 months based on the same architecture⌂ In 2018 the architecture received the NAF architecture award⌂ I guided Sweden and UK to refactoring their legacy system in line with architecture⌂ I developed the group cloud architecture based on AWS⌂ I created a group GDPR-security architecture, which was implemented across the group⌂ I created a new architecture for subsidiaries Qurrent, Bookspot and publishing houses of Nieuw Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Nl

⌂ I managed the architecture team (13-21 FTE), stakeholders were very enthusiastic about the way I organized it⌂ I created the architecture and vision for many transformation programs such as Fortis / RBS take-over, legacy modernisation and digitization programs⌂ I professionalized the architecture community, including agile methodologies⌂ I got the architecture principles and standards widely accepted and followed throughout⌂ My architecture research based on a capability model lead to the start of TOPS 2020, a large transformation program following the architecture blueprint⌂ Stakeholder support for architecture lead to architecture reporting to the board⌂ In all the years only two architects left the architecture team on their own initiative⌂ I limited the integration time of Fortis / ABN AMRO to two years by steering towards a single platform (despite attempts otherwise)⌂ After the merger between Fortis and ABN AMRO 1.500 people voluntarily applied for the architecture course I created to provide insight in the structure of the system landscape⌂ The multi-channel program decoupled channels from back end in line with architecture⌂ Patent application for the ABN AMRO BPM architecture, granted in the United States

Amsterdam, Nl

Domains: Multi-Channel, Securities, Payments, Credits, Insurance

Amsterdam, Nl

Guest lecturer on the subject of company culture, School of Business and Economics

Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nl

Montreal, Qc, Ca

92707 Colombes, Fr

MBA graduation assignment on the subject of Business Process Improvement

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nl

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

Meyrin, Genève, Ch

Master, Mba

Mba, Management

Master Of Science (Msc), Computational Physics

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