Selected work
Client portfolio
A selection of engagements spanning leadership, technology strategy, and enterprise architecture across global organisations.
Some of this work appears here anonymised. I am happy to discuss the detail, within the agreements I have with my clients.
Vertrouwelijk/Confidential
Creative industry · International
Strategic advisor
- →Architecture and continuity review of a business-critical platform, ahead of strategic decisions
- →Mapped the code base, pipeline, licensing and IP position, support model and supplier arrangements, plus the concentration of critical knowledge
- →Delivered a risk picture, sourcing options with their economics, and a recommended direction for ownership, architecture roles and delivery governance
Under NDAArchitecture reviewContinuity assessmentSourcing advice
VCare Connect
Healthcare technology · Netherlands
Interim Head of Engineering
- →Took over an engineering organisation mid-migration and under delivery pressure, and stabilised it without pausing the programme
- →Made the live cutover of the GP out-of-hours services, and delivered the launch of the Operator 3 platform
- →Restructured the team-lead layer, moved to smaller and more frequent releases, and established architecture governance through an Architecture Board
- →Handed over a stable and predictable organisation to the permanent successor
Interim leadershipTeam stabilisationMigrationRestructuring
Valtech North America
Digital agency · North America
VP Technology
- →Ran the North American technology division alongside the NA CTO
- →Led the Varsity Brands engagement on the technology side
- →Aligned business objectives, vendor landscape and delivery execution across enterprise stakeholders and multiple teams
Interim leadershipAgency executiveDelivery governance
WPP / VML
Digital agency · Netherlands
Interim CTO Netherlands
- →Technology leadership for the Dutch organisation
- →Introduced composable commerce within the commerce division, as an additional business and technology line
- →Senior solution architect and management counterpart to the client CTO on the Brocacef / BENU engagement
Interim leadershipComposable commerceAgency executive
Brocacef / BENU
Pharmaceutical distribution & retail · Phoenix group · via WPP / VML
Technology & architecture advisor, and Senior solution architect
- →Technology and architecture advisor to the CTO of the Dutch organisation
- →Senior solution architect on the BENU digital transformation
- →Combined role: architecture direction at executive level and design at programme level
Tech StrategySolution architectuurPharma
Mars, Inc.
Global FMCG · Enterprise digital platform · via Valtech North America
Ecosystem Architect, M&M's platform
- →Global composable commerce ecosystem for Mars Wrigley (M&M's): commerce, ERP, PIM, CMS, integrations and cloud-native platform components
- →Drove adoption of headless, API-first architecture replacing fragmented legacy systems
- →Aligned business objectives, vendor landscape and delivery execution across enterprise stakeholders and multiple delivery teams
Enterprise ArchitectureBackoffice integrationEnterprise architectureFMCG
Capgemini
Global technology consultancy
CTO Digital Customer Experience & Head of European CTO Network
- →Technology strategy and governance for the DCX practice: 300+ FTE across architecture, engineering and delivery
- →Contributed around €10M net-new ARR and supported multi-million-euro pursuits as executive counterpart to the C-suite at tier-1/2 clients
- →Defined and scaled the service offering across the Composable, Adobe, SAP and Microsoft ecosystems
- →Built and led a European network of CTOs, aligning technology direction across countries
CTO leadershipMACHPractice governance
MACH Alliance
Industry body · Global
Member, Technology Council & Admissions Panel
- →Assessed and admitted technology vendors to the MACH Alliance certification framework
- →Contributed to technical standards and best practices for composable architecture adoption
- →Brought a European market perspective into global discussions on architecture standards
MACHCloud-nativeStandards
Valtech
Digital transformation agency · Global
Director of Technology
- →Technology lead for a 100+ FTE Dutch organisation, accountable for engineering capability, delivery quality and vendor partnerships
- →Built and launched Valtech's MACH & composable proposition, positioning the firm in global RFPs
- →Scaled enterprise B2B & B2C commerce team to 80+ specialists across NL/EU
- →Supported €20M+ in net new business, leading delivery for global brands
ComposableNearshoreNew business
Valtech
Digital transformation agency · NL / Europe
Development Director Commerce
- →Built a new enterprise commerce business line from zero to 80+ specialists across NL and Europe
- →Owned proposition, hiring, delivery model and client development, with joint responsibility for divisional revenue
- →Launched nearshore centres in Ukraine and India, lifting delivery margin by around 30%
- →Solution and lead architect on the commerce replatforms for BMW and Yamaha Europe
CommerceNearshoreScaling
Valtech / eFocus
Digital agency · Netherlands
Senior Architect & Lead Development
- →Led Java architecture and engineering teams
- →Solution architect for HEINEKEN International and Shimano Europe
- →Interim enterprise architect on HEINEKEN's global B2B commerce programme
- →Set technical standards that were adopted across the Dutch business
Enterprise commerceSolution architecture