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Ger Suverkropp
Deventer, The Netherlands
+31 6 55 398 478
ger@suverkropp.nl
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Head of Cloud Programs · Automation & DC Estate programmes (2021 – present)

Head of Cloud Programs with P&L for the Cloud Services PMO — programmes, projects and team. Recent work: ICE (Integrated Cloud Ecosystem), a private-cloud refresh across 11 data centres (budget approximately €11M excluding internal staffing, more than €7M hardware, kept within the approved budget); AOK ZSA portal technical refresh 3.0 → 4.0 (Automation and KaaS, ServiceNow catalogue, new hardware stack); Global DC Estate cost-savings (175 racks / ≈€2.9M annualised avoidance; MD Operations: exceeded expectations); Crédit Agricole delivery support; CMP and TOA for hybrid cloud automation.

Program Manager · Senior Project Manager (2007 – 2021)

€21M data-centre expansion (Nieuwegein: two new data halls, PUE 2.1→1.2; new Rotterdam data centre including CEVA lift-and-shift; new facility financed by a corporate partner on contracted footprint and energy); interim IT Manager for Data Centre Services; member of the Cloud Solution Hub SteerCo; COVID cloud compute (98% success); St Antonius hospital move to Groenekan (signed client evaluation 9/10); Sanquin network refresh and Amsterdam DC dataroom moves (2018–2019); Philips PIAP (signed client evaluation 9/10, including São Paulo); Signify platforms; full BWSE lifecycle.

Customer engagement via BT (2007–2008 · 2016–2018)

BiCIT Data Access: four Philips Internet Access Platforms (Brazil, USA, China, Netherlands); São Paulo delivered on an extremely short lead time. Signed client evaluation (Mar 2008): 9/10 — contributed to a positive turnaround in Philips' assessment of BT. Later Signify/Lighting Regional Network Hubs in Shanghai, Nutley, Singapore and Rotterdam supporting corporate demerger.

Customer engagement via BT (Mar–Sep 2016)

Guided the critical data-room move from the hospital's own site to DC Groenekan. The move had to meet NEN 7510; care could not stop, and it was delivered with zero impact on live services. Signed client evaluation (Apr 2016): 9/10 — 'Excellent. Can and will certainly recommend Ger for similar projects.'

Customer engagement via BT (2018–2019)

Upgraded local network equipment to current technical standards; relocated datarooms to new Amsterdam data centre sites; recabled all data racks.

First customer of the new Nieuwegein data halls

Guided DTCC, the US post-trade infrastructure firm that clears and settles securities trades, in as the first customer of the new Nieuwegein data halls (PUE improved to 1.2). They selected BT for the security of that build (ISO 27001 and TIA-942). Programme oversight of the PMs, with written recommendation and VP-level customer feedback.

Project delivery via BT (2008–2010)

Core Business Systems for ABN AMRO: infrastructure and data-management projects supporting Fortis/RBS integration and later separation; major role refreshing test data across ABN test environments.

Customer context via IBM / BT (2008–2010)

Infrastructure and data-management change during Fortis/RBS integration and separation; test-environment data refresh across ABN AMRO environments (delivered via IBM programme bureau / BT).

ZSA portal technical refresh client (via Getronics)

Programme accountability for the full AOK ZSA portal technical refresh (3.0 → 4.0): Automation and KaaS, ServiceNow catalogue refresh, new hardware stack plus decommissioning of the old stack, and security/process standardisation across Getronics, AOK and COLT.

Delivery partner / DC estate footprint

Multi-party delivery partner on the AOK ZSA portal technical refresh (3.0 → 4.0) and Global DC Estate cost-savings programmes (Colt and AtlasEdge footprints across ES/FR/IT/DE/UK/PT).

DC estate footprint (Global DC Estate)

Phase 1 Global DC Estate optimisation across Colt and AtlasEdge footprints — 175 racks ceased (above the 153 maximum expected; min. 113, threshold 135) with ≈€2.9M annualised cost avoidance.

Project & test leadership (telecom)

Delivery and test leadership on telecom programmes within the broader 1997–2006 portfolio — including Y2K, governance (PID/RACI), site management and MIS/DBA reporting.

Project & test leadership

Project and test leadership on customer engagements in telecom, transport and finance (part of the 1997–2006 CMG / LogicaCMG period), including the €1.1M global QBS procurement system.

Project & test leadership

Early career delivery and test leadership within the CMG period that later became LogicaCMG — telecom, transport and finance programmes.

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Ger Suverkropp

Interim · ZZP · Detachering — Netherlands

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