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- Ebullient AdvisoryProduct Strategy & Leadership AdvisorDIGITAL AND ITAugust 2012 - Today (13 years and 10 months)Amsterdam, NetherlandsProduct strategy consulting for B2B SaaS and platform businesses navigating complexity.I work with product leaders, founders, and executive teams on three types of engagements:Product Strategy Engagements: When product direction is unclear, portfolios are fragmented after acquisition, or positioning needs to sharpen. I help define product strategy that connects customer value, platform decisions, and commercial outcomes. Typical duration: 2-4 months.Product Roadmap Development: When roadmaps have become wishlists or stakeholder management theater. I facilitate prioritization, resolve trade-offs, and create roadmaps grounded in what teams can actually deliver. Includes operating model design for sustainable roadmap discipline. Typical duration: 1-3 months.Product Audit & Advisory: When product-market fit is unclear, platform decisions are stalling, or delivery is fragmenting. I diagnose the real constraints and provide clear recommendations on what to change. Fast turnaround for boards, investors, or new product leaders needing situational clarity. Typical duration: 2-6 weeks.Common client situations:- Post-acquisition: Multiple products, unclear portfolio strategy- Scale-up strain: Product decisions bottlenecking growth- Platform complexity: Technical debt threatening delivery- PMF uncertainty: Traction exists but category position unclearI combine 20 years of executive product and technology leadership with boutique engagement flexibility. You get strategic depth without executive commitment overhead.
- Tactful AIChief Product Experience OfficerHOSPITALITYJuly 2023 - June 2025 (1 year and 11 months)Caïro, EgyptRetained post-carveout from Dstny to define and lead the vertical product direction of a GenAI conversational platform. Shaped the core proposition, aligned the organization across functions and established the delivery structure needed to launch and scale a new category.Defined the vertical strategy across hospitality and financial services, engaging directly with customers in Europe, the Middle East and the United States to refine the proposition and prioritize the roadmap. Built a strategic partner program to accelerate reach and delivery.Led the product strategy, design and release of a conversational booking engine, achieving product-market fit and early adoption among boutique hospitality brands. Applied conversation-driven development techniques to improve GenAI performance.
- DstnyChief Product & Technology OfficerTELECOMMUNICATIONSJuly 2021 - June 2023 (1 year and 11 months)Brussels, BelgiumDelivered a 25 percent year-on-year revenue increase by leading end-to-end integration across a portfolio of acquired SaaS platforms. Aligned engineering, product and commercial teams to accelerate value creation in a private equity-backed buy-and-build strategy.Designed and implemented a modular, cloud-ready architecture that supported microservices adoption, interoperability and platform scalability across five countries. Introduced a unified product strategy to enhance customer experience and reduce operational complexity.Embedded human-centered design practices into UX workflows and delivery processes. Partnered with regional teams, strategic partners and customers to align roadmap priorities with real market needs.
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Education
- Master of BusinessNyenrode University2001MBA, International Business
- Certificate, Executive MarketingNorthwestern University - Kellogg School of Management2000Certificate, Executive Marketing