Gerrit Dekker

I am specialised in providing ICT consultancy and interim management at board level. I know your business IT challenges and have seen your IT issues before, through hands-on executive level experience gained in large scale state of the art IT environments. I assure sustainable change through the full involvement of you and your IT team.

ProQR is a biotech start-up research company, aiming to cure hereditary diseases through RNA editing. • Provided hands-on IT management in a biotech start-up setting. • Enhanced oversight of outsourcing partners, achieving 10% cost savings. • Led cloud transition, SOX audit, and compliance efforts. Interim / Permanent position.

Mammoet provides solutions for lifting and transporting large and heavy structures. Responsible for Global IT, teams in Rotterdam, Singapore, Dubai and Houston. Key results: - Defined & executed the digital strategy. - Migrated to Azure Cloud, global VPN, centralized data warehouse, improved IT Security. - Integrated ALE (2000 FTE, 30 countries), after due diligence". - Initiated SAP S/4HANA migration. Interim / Permanent position.

Blokker Holding owned 8 retail brands in the Benelux and Germany, with 20.000 FTE, Responsible for IT across 8 operating companies. Integrated 4 IT departments into 1 shared service center. Defined and initiated digital consolidation strategy across these companies. Divested various IT departments after termination of the holding. Interim / Permanent position.

• Managed IT initiatives for a leading transport and distribution collaboration in the Benelux with 1,200 FTE. • Managed internal software development and operations for a shared service center.

The IT Department provides IT services to the ECN and NRG organisations. ECN (Energy research Centre Netherlands) is an international leader in energy innovation. NRG (Nuclear Research and consultancy Group) is the nuclear service provider in the Netherlands. • Stabilized the IT department for ECN and NRG, organizations focused on sustainable energy technologies and nuclear research, restoring executive trust in IT • Achieved ISO 27001 certification, professionalized ITIL processes, and outsourced SAP.

Test harmonisation program across Vodafone in Europe. Responsible for establishing the new terminal testing capability required to successfully deliver the Vodafone terminal portfolio across the Vodafone markets, breaking down complex organisational barriers and instilling a culture of openness and shared success.

VPPerform provides opportunity development & deal shaping services to the major European ICT service providers following a unique concept.

BSS Transformation Program

Interim Program manager for Huawei Germany, delivering to E-Plus a new billing & CRM IT infra-structure. Program start-up, delivering a running program, 100+FTE, with PMO, planning, budgets & scope defined.

Definition of a new IT Governance organisation structure. IT Departmental Plan. New Service Level Agreement with outsourcing partner.

• Held responsibility for IT in the Netherlands, as a member of the T-Mobile International IT Leadership team. • Managed a team of 300 FTE with €105M budget, delivering over 500 projects with a 98% success rate. Rebranded Ben to T-Mobile, carved out Ben. • Received awards for best web shop within the T-Mobile Group; implemented eShop and eCare. • Performed due diligence and integration or Orange Mobile. • Outsourced IT operations to T-Systems (€40M/year), enhancing efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Includes minors in Astronomy, Mathematics and Informatics