BrightStar IT Management & Consulting
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
2026
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
2025 - 2026
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
2024 - 2025
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
2024
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
2024
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
2023 – 2024
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
2021 – 2023
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
2021 – 2023
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
2020 – 2021
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
2018 - 2020
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
2014 - 2017
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