Freek Poelman

Agile Manager of application development team which develops key applications for clients to navigate through IBM’s product and service portfolio. Leading a team of experienced developers, testers, DevOps and iterations manager using agile methodology. Empower and coaching self-organized teams to achieve a high level of performance, quality and business value to the users. Closely working with stakeholders and product owners to ensure clarity of purpose, responsibilities, and objectives for the team.

Center Leader of Bratislava Marketing Services which delivers digital assets to European clients. Leader of a high-performing team of 80 application development professionals in Slovakia & Romania. Created a Global Education & Enablement team, covering skills development for 2000+ employees.

Developed and headed global business management team across 8 locations. Key player in designing the strategy and transforming the global marketing services organization. Created single global process to engage with IBM's Digital Agency.

Steered overall activities encompassing production of IBM's webpages through collaboration with teams of 400+ employees across EMEA, LA, NA and AP. Leader of digital services centers in Romania and Slovakia responsible for digital assets such as web sites, social, video, content and design. Developed and implemented new sales model.

Responsible for global web delivery and execution of IBM web sites. Building and running a global management system with our centers in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Manager of global teams and locally responsible for the growth and strategy of the Bratislava center.

Established new global center for IBM's website production. Led all aspects including project outline, financial model, hiring, education plans and management system. Manager of newly created center responsible for 100+ web professionals.

Manager of the IBM Sales Center, responsible for Eastern Europe, Austria, Switzerland and the Middle East. Responsibilities included managing the team as well as developing and maintaining all processes for CRM, customer satisfaction, turnover, sales bonus, education, budget, audit, etc.

Large Account Sales Manager for ibm.com Europe. Manager of a Digital Sales team which sold IBM PC and Intel Server products over the phone and online with large customers across Europe.

Sales Representative for the Finance Sector in Switzerland. Responsible for sales and consulting of foreign private and investment banks in Switzerland.

Management, Marketing, Finance