Senior IT delivery & transformation
Programme and delivery leader with 25+ years in ICT and 15+ years in senior delivery roles — always in permanent employment, typically deployed on complex client or internal programmes. Comfortable in live cloud, data centre and infrastructure environments where delivery, governance and people all need steady hands.
Recent Getronics work includes the Cloud Services PMO with full accountability for programmes, projects and team, AOK ZSA technical refresh (Full infrastructure refresh, Service Documentation, ServiceNow catalogue updates, KaaS), Global DC Estate cost-savings (≈€3M annualised avoidance) and Cloud/Operations Automation.
At BT: 2 data centre builds and interim DC operations, COVID cloud compute at 98% success, Philips PIAP (signed client evaluation 9/10, including São Paulo on an extremely short lead time), and continuity-critical customer work such as St Antonius (oversaw the Groenekan DC move; guided hospital teams to migrate stacks without disruption; signed client evaluation 9/10) and Sanquin (2018–2019: network-standard upgrade and dataroom moves to Amsterdam DCs).
Working style blends hybrid Agile with PRINCE2/ITIL governance — pragmatic, multi-vendor, and focused on measurable results that stick after the assignment ends.
Annualised cost avoidance on Getronics Global DC Estate Phase 1 (MRC €242k / YRC €2.91M) with zero impact on live services.
Racks ceased in 13 weeks across Colt/AtlasEdge — above the 153 maximum expected (min. 113, threshold 135), with zero impact on remaining live services; MD Operations confirmed the result exceeded expectations.
Phase 1 cease window for the Global DC Estate cost-savings programme (Colt and AtlasEdge, ES/FR/IT/DE/UK/PT).
Success rate on global COVID-19 BT Cloud Compute projects and orders under high time pressure.
PUE reduction on BT Nieuwegein data centre renewal (two new data floors) — sustainability and efficiency.
Signed St Antonius client evaluation (Apr 2016) for the Groenekan DC move — 'Excellent. Can and will certainly recommend Ger for similar projects.'
PRINCE2 Practitioner · ITIL Foundation · hybrid Agile with pragmatic governance.
Tools and platforms in recent delivery: ServiceNow, cloud & data-centre estates, container/KaaS environments, automation (incl. CloudBolt/Morpheus evaluations), multi-vendor coordination under live-service constraints.
Cloud Services PMO; full accountability for programmes, projects and team; worldwide infrastructure renewal; coaching senior PMs; KPI dashboards for executives; Crédit Agricole named-client delivery support (confirmed by MD Operations). Programme titles below (Global DC Estate, AOK ZSA, CMP/TOA) were delivered within this permanent role.
Multi-stream Automation Program: ServiceNow catalogue automation, KaaS container platform, HW decommissioning and security/process standardisation across Getronics, AOK and COLT under live-service constraints.
Phase 1 Global DC Estate optimisation: 175 racks ceased across Colt/AtlasEdge (ES/FR/IT/DE/UK/PT) — above the 153 maximum expected (min. 113, threshold 135) in 13 weeks; ≈€2.9M annualised cost avoidance; MD Operations confirmed the result exceeded expectations; Phase 2 ACI/OCN executed.
Programme Manager for Cloud Automation (CMP) and Technical Operations Automation (TOA) business cases: CloudBolt vs Morpheus POC, board ROI/TCO, ServiceNow automation potential (~€700k INC / ~€378k SR).
Delivery artefacts for managed & hybrid cloud; Cloud Solution Hub programme lead; security & technology risk governance.
Global COVID-19 cloud compute programmes (98% success); portfolio restructuring; feasibility studies and migration roadmaps; Signify Regional Network Hubs.
Upgraded local network equipment to current technical standards; relocated datarooms to new Amsterdam data centre sites; recabled all data racks.
Hired to oversee the move to DC Groenekan; guided hospital teams to migrate their stacks safely, securely and without service disruption. Signed client evaluation (Apr 2016): 9/10 — 'Excellent. Can and will certainly recommend Ger for similar projects.'
Nieuwegein DC renewal (two new data floors; PUE 2.1→1.2); Rotterdam DC build including CEVA lift-and-shift (programme manager directing the PMs; positive customer feedback); DTCC as first customer into newly built DC capacity (two data floors; PUE 1.2 — written recommendation; VP-level customer feedback); interim IT Manager Data Centre Services; full BWSE lifecycle; Philips PIAP (signed client evaluation 9/10, including São Paulo); IBM/ABN AMRO infra projects.
Telecom, transport and finance projects; Y2K; governance, PID/RACI; site management and MIS/DBA reporting; LogicaCMG QBS (€1.1M).
Short narratives from programmes where continuity and outcomes both mattered.
Roles: Program Manager · Project Manager · Change Manager
Roles: Project Manager · Change Manager
Roles: Program Manager · Project Manager
Roles: Project Manager · Change Manager · IT Manager
Selected endorsements from sponsors and colleagues.
Excellent. Can and will certainly recommend Ger for similar projects. Overall 9/10.
Under very difficult circumstances, Ger managed to meet deadlines. Especially the timely delivery of São Paulo, with an extremely short lead time, contributed significantly to a positive turnaround in Philips' assessment of BT as a supplier and partner. Overall 9/10.
Contributions have not only met but exceeded our expectations.
A very special thanks for putting all your energy into speeding up COVID-19 related projects. I'm very proud of you.
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