Experience

Synomic

• Germany
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Board Member

  • Sep 2005 - Present

  Walldorf Germany Together with the founder of Synomic, we helped companies facilitate and accelerate success within the SAP ecosystem. Results YTD: 20+ SAP Certifications, 15+ SAP Reseller agreements/OEM's, 6 A/B/C Venture funding successes and 3 M&A customers above $100m. A book was published in conjunction with SAP describing how to work successfully within the SAP ecosystem, providing companies access to over 355 000 clients.



Tricentis

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• VP of Strategic SAP and GSI Partnership

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  SAP Accelerator



Snyk

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 700 & Above Employee

• SAP accelerator

  • Apr 2019 - Mar 2021

  Walldorf Germany Engaging with top Executives towards as strategic partnership with one of the largest SW companies in the world. Snyk’s mission is to help developers use open source code and stay secure. The use of open source is booming, but security is a key concern (https://snyk.io/stateofossecurity/). Snyk’s unique developer focused product enables developers and enterprise security to continuously find & fix vulnerable dependencies without slowing down, with seamless integration into Dev & DevOps… Show more Engaging with top Executives towards as strategic partnership with one of the largest SW companies in the world. Snyk’s mission is to help developers use open source code and stay secure. The use of open source is booming, but security is a key concern (https://snyk.io/stateofossecurity/). Snyk’s unique developer focused product enables developers and enterprise security to continuously find & fix vulnerable dependencies without slowing down, with seamless integration into Dev & DevOps workflows. Show less



Syniti

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• SAP Accelerator

  • Mar 2020 - Dec 2020

  London, England, United Kingdom Working with CEO and CTO and Senior Management Team of Syniti. Target goal accelerating the Unique Solution Extension Partnership with SAP on the High Growth market of S4 Hana Migration for SAP It's core Customer and Partner base. This assignment let to a Unique WW Strategic Collaboration. Leading to a Press release and World Wide announcement October 2020. A great success and a shout out to Rex Ahlstrohm CTO Syniti & DMLT SAP in Walldorf.… Show more Working with CEO and CTO and Senior Management Team of Syniti. Target goal accelerating the Unique Solution Extension Partnership with SAP on the High Growth market of S4 Hana Migration for SAP It's core Customer and Partner base. This assignment let to a Unique WW Strategic Collaboration. Leading to a Press release and World Wide announcement October 2020. A great success and a shout out to Rex Ahlstrohm CTO Syniti & DMLT SAP in Walldorf. https://news.sap.com/2020/10/sap-syniti-collaboration-move-customers-sap-s4hana/ Show less



Findity

• Sweden
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Advisor

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2020

  London, United Kingdom Reporting directly to the CEO, we developed the GTM model of Findity, the next venture from the founders of Streamserve. Findity is the leading Cloud platform in the Nordics for producing, managing, and delivering digital receipts. Strategic partnerships with companies such as Kivra in Sweden have vastly accelerated growth in the Nordic region and helped build a solid foundation for further international expansion.



Nexthink

• Switzerland
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategic Advisor

  • Feb 2018 - Jan 2020

  Lausanne Area, Switzerland Developing the foundation of a strategic relationship with one of the biggest Software companies in the world. Nexthink gains real-time visibility into the IT workspace digital user experience. The company's unique Analytics enable the user to repair IT issues automatically in real-time, significantly improving the digital user experience. Reporting to Chief Revenue officer at Global HQ.



Numerify acquired by Digital.ai

• Strategic Advisor

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2018

  London, United Kingdom Developing strategic new accounts for this Sequoia Capital B round company. Numerify provides business analytics applications with a focus on unleashing the power of the cloud delivery model for every decision maker. Focused in Europe on a vertical market strategy with business partner TESM (later acquired by DXC). A wide range of customers including Deutsche Bank, UBS, Barclays and Gilead have enjoyed a major WW contribution in growth.



OpenText

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SVP Sap Alliance

  • Feb 2011 - Dec 2013

  London, United Kingdom Overseeing the acquisition of Streamserve by OpenText. Keeping the core teams of Streamserve in place and making sure all revenue targets were met. We created a highly profitable solution with SAP utilities for real-time smart meter Billing. Real-time Analytics had to deal with various challenges which were solved by the SAP Hana Cloud Environment.



ESMIG

• Belgium
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Member of Esmig General Assemblee

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2013

  London, United Kingdom Utility providers worldwide are heavily investing in smart meters, with the global smart meters market set to grow by 54% to $20 billion by 2022. We build the strategy and product formulation of the smart metering standard for the European community. Key Participants included SAP, IBM Global, Toshiba and Oracle. (www.esmig.eu)



Streamserve

• Board Member/ Interim CEO /Senior VP Business Development WW

  • Jan 2007 - Feb 2011

  London, United Kingdom Accelerating WW revenue by building solutions for vertical markets and accelerating a strategic relationship with SAP for the future growth of the company. Our strategy resulted in the company becoming one of only 80 solution extension products on the SAP price list. This rare achievement resulted in the sale of Streamserve to OpenText.



IBM

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SVP EMEA Watchfire (acquired by IBM)

  • Aug 2002 - Jan 2007

  London, United Kingdom Reporting directly to the CEO, I was responsible for building the EMEA and Asia Pac organisation from scratch, developing the UK, Nordics, Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Southern Europe, Singapore, Dubai and other Middle East regions. Watchfire EMEA multiplied its revenue year on year. In 2007 Watchfire was sold to IBM Rational Software due to the strategic importance of our implementation at Novartis HQ in Switzerland.



infodjini

• Staffing and Recruiting
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Co Founder Chairman and CEO

  • May 1992 - Apr 2001

  Greater Boston Area Having founded infodjini we transformed it into a global company and managed to secure funding in Silicon Valley ($20m investment for a pre money $60m valuation). Key customers included Fortis, Tibco, Gartner, Federal Express, Motorola and Dutch Healthcare. I was the Technology Pioneer Award winner at the World Wide Economic Forum Davos in 2000.



Shell

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Management Trainee

  • Oct 1991 - Apr 1992

  The Hague Reporting to CFO researching how AI can be used to make better decision models for top executives in the Dutch industry. Participants at CEO level of Akzo Nobel, Dutch Government, Unilever, Philips, SHV, Heineken, Manchester University, IBM, Unisys, Apple, Shell, IBM. On the basis of this work the idea around data warehousing and AI lead to my first venture.



Hermes House Band

• Netherlands
• Musicians
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Jan 1984 - Dec 1991

  Rotterdam Area, Netherlands I was one of the original founding members of The Hermes House Band with our hit song ‘I will Survive’, a multi-million selling pop group which is still touring and releasing music to this day. We sold more than 5 million records worldwide, funded a number of music schools in Africa and South America and donated the remainder of the profits to a number of charities including Warchild.