Flexmanager - Business consultant

Business consultant

Work Experience

EXPERIENCE

Working experience

2007 – present Business Consultancy
o Crisis management at a business chain of physiotherapists;
o Development project (volunteered): Thika, Kenya, on behalf of SharePeople (NL)
writing and implementing a business plan for a private school, organizational change, coaching of the management team, writing a marketing plan, teaching of group 7 & 8 (10 - 13 yr).
o Moderator for the Board chain of physiotherapists, elaborating their business plan
o Moderator / coaching MT of a Shared Service Centre at Erasmus University for making their business plan
o Improvement Management and Monitoring Information System of major research program MicroNed (€ 58 million, 40 participants, 135 projects), setting up Performance methodology
o Project leader Subsidies & Lobby, at Zoo Emmen
o Project leader strategic re positioning at RegioRegisseur (RR) (Haagse Hogeschool),
o Advisor/coach director and board with reorganisation of a theatre, Hilversum.
o Advisor/coach director with reorganisation and removal of a middle sized theatre, Amsterdam.
o Strategic re-orientation Demet TV, Den Haag,
o Chief editor, improving, extending en communication of the Manual Projects and Grants at the Delft University of Technology (DUT); to be used all over the university; later on it will be implemented at other universities as well;
o Organizing of a seminar about the results Delft has achieved at the main national and European Grant programs, and how to improve this;
o Setting up a training and development program for scientist at DUT, how to improve their (scientific) career and increase the income from grant program of DUT;

2003 – 2007 Delft University of Technology (DUT)
o Setting up a department which focuses on development and coordination of grant programs at DUT; mainly occupied with the financial, administrative, legal and strategy aspects of subsidized research programs and contacts with EU, Dutch government and auditors;
projects: implementation of (national) BSIK regulation and (EU) FP7 regulation, structuring cost methods, participation in national advisory work groups, improvement of internal processes, training and development program, communication;

2003 – 2004 Self-employed grants consultant
o Application in behalf of SOS Kinderdorpen (€ 1.2 million)
o Technology grant applications

1999 - 2003 Deloitte & Touche Grants Consultants B.V.
o manager EU-grants
program management: secretary EU Objective 2 municipality of Utrecht , draw up SPD and implementation program; set up implementation organization; secretary of the Steering Committee; set up AO/IC; set up PR/communication; representative in some national discussion groups; reporting to the Min. of Internal Affairs and the EC; project search and project assessment.
o project manager
process manager at a municipality concerning the change and implementation of a more business-like approach of subsidizing the local Welfare institution
o co-ordinator public and not for profit markets
o grants consultant (ESF, EFRD, not for profit subsidies)

1995 - 1999 Program Management Europe, province of Flevoland
o sr. project manager European Grants
o financial and economic assessment of grant applications
o project manager SME fund (finance fund)
o project manager Techno fund (seed capital fund)
o project manager “Arbeidsplaatsenpremieregeling”
(job creation incentives)
o regional project manager Web Tec-project
(stimulating the use of ICT by the SME)
o advisor SME and ICT enterprises with setting up project and business plans for subsidy applications

1993 - 1995 Interim management
o Assistent-Accountant at Bröring & de Jong
o Office director VSB Bank

1991 - 1992 Zandstra- de Leeuw B.V.
o Secretary of the Board
o manager Administration

1988 - 1991 Postbank N.V.
o Account manager private enterprises
- credits
- electronic banking
o Formulating and assessing credit proposals

Financing applications
o Banking finance, credit constructions, (M€ 1.0)
o Account manager Electronic Banking
o EU- EFRD: setting up Objective 2 program Utrecht
renewal part of Objective 1 regulation Province of Flevoland (M€10)
o EU Framework Program 6 & 7
o NWO.: diversity of programs
o Ministry of Development Cooperation, SOS Kinderdorpen (M€1.2)
o ESF:
o Asialink
o Leonardo
o Diversity of technological programs (SenterNovem)

Education

2010 (april) Master it Training Prince2 Foundation
2010 PCM Group Logical Framework Analysis (deepening)
2008 PCM Group Moderation Logical Framework Analysis
2004 – 2005 SIOO Changemanagement
2002 – 2003 Deloitte & Touche Program Management
Change Management
Project Management
2001 TSM Business School Course:” Exploring ICT in (e-)business”
1994 – 1995 Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Masters in Economics
o cost & profit
o corporate law
1988 – 1991 NIBE Banking courses (7)
1982 – 1987 University of Groningen Masters in Business Sciences
1981 – 1982 University of Groningen Propaedeutics in Economic Sciences
1980 – 1981 National Accounting Service Tax Education Program
1973 – 1980 High school, (VWO)

Skills

Competences
o Analytical, contemplative
o Cooperation focussed, coaching
o Curious, investigative
o Project focussed
o Committed, responsibility
o Good communication skills
o Financially skilled, good at figures
o Generalist

Position:
o Change management
o Program management, project management
o Pragmatization / professionalization of non profit organizations
o From (project)idea up to implementation
o Implementation of strategy / policy
o In favour of the client and with the client

Languages

* Dutch: mother tongue
* English: good
* German: good
* French: average
* Spanish: basic

Other

Motivated by:
o Combination of strategy or policy making and implementation
o Challenge, variety
o Working based upon the combination of experience and new challenges
o Business that matters, contribution to society
o Personal growth and lifelong learning