Pepijn Hölzken

CEO

Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands13 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Strategic IT leader with 10 years of experience.
  • Expert in driving digital transformation and IT-business alignment.
  • Proven ability to deliver measurable business value.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity.

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Skills

Core Skills

ProjectmanagementStakeholdermanagementIt-governanceCybersecuritySales Operations Management

Other Skills

AWSAnalytisch denkvermogenArchitectuurAzureBudgetingBudgettering en prognoseplanningCisco TechnologiesCloud computingCoachingCommunicatieConceptueel vermogenContractonderhandelingEnterprisearchitectuurFinanciële analyseFortigate Firewalls

About

Strategic IT leader with 10 years’ IT experience. Partnering with executive stakeholders to drive digital transformation, IT-business alignment, and operational excellence in complex, international environments. Proven ability to translate business strategy into actionable technology roadmaps, optimize IT investments, and deliver measurable business value. Known for effective stakeholder management, pragmatic problem-solving, and a collaborative, empowering IT leadership style that drives results

Experience

Nxp semiconductors

Managing Consultant & Infra lead / ITSM / RTE for the GenAI platform (Through Itility)

May 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Serve as strategic IT partner to NXP’s executive leadership, co-shaping the GenAI technology roadmap and aligning IT initiatives with business strategy.
  • Lead an international, cross-functional team (NL, US, India) in the development, delivery, and governance of NXP’s Cloud and GenAI platform and AI-use cases.
  • Manage SoWs and according budgets and ensure benefits realization and risk mitigation.
  • Oversee ITSM compliance, risk management, and cybersecurity for GenAI, ensuring operational resilience and adherence to NXP global standards.
  • Regularly communicate performance, cybersecurity posture, and strategic initiatives to executive stakeholders, translating complex IT topics into business outcomes.
ProgrammamanagementCoachingContractonderhandelingOperations managementBudgettering en prognoseplanningTeammanagement+8

Itility

2 roles

Sales Operations Lead

Dec 2022Nov 2023 · 11 mos · Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

  • Part of the tactical front management team within Itility, collaborating directly with executive leadership (CEO, Directors and senior management) to align sales operations with company objectives.
  • Developed and implemented sales policies and procedures, optimized sales processes, and coordinated cross-departmental sales activities to maximize revenue and operational efficiency.
  • Analyzed sales data and performance metrics, identified trends and improvement areas, and provided actionable insights to executive leadership.
Financiële analyseSales Operations Management

(Managing) consultant

May 2021Present · 4 yrs 10 mos · Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

  • Lead cross-functional teams of 10+ consultants to deliver complex cloud, data, cybersecurity, and AI solutions for global clients including NXP, Obvion, Ampleon, and SMART Photonics. Accountable for end-to-end strategic planning, budget oversight, and executive stakeholder engagement at VP and Director levels.
  • Key assignments
  • NXP: Leading the development and delivery of AWS infrastructure and IT governance for NXP’s GenAI platform and usecases, ensure ITSM compliance across and leading cross-functional globally distributed teams (Netherlands, US, India).
  • Obvion: Directed a large-scale Azure cloud migration program, serving as both Program Manager and Technical Lead. Delivered a total cybersecurity implementation, including the full Microsoft Defender Suite, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and Privileged Access Management (PAM). Successfully managed a critical network migration from legacy Cisco NX-OS and ASA infrastructure to a modern Cisco ACI Fabric and Firepower architecture. Integrated security with the Security Operations Center (SOC) and SIEM systems.
  • Started as Consultant, made promotion towards Managing Consultant around 2022.
EnterprisearchitectuurProgrammamanagementCoachingFinanciële analyseAnalytisch denkvermogenContractonderhandeling+12

Obvion

(Managing) Consultant, Project and Program Manager for Obvion at Itility

May 2021May 2024 · 3 yrs

  • Directed the delivery of Obvion’s cloud transformation as program manager, including the datacenter migration to Azure. Managing budget control, resource planning, and senior stakeholders.
  • Furthermore, integrated Microsoft Defender suite and enhanced security posture through CIS Benchmarking, aligning with Rabobank’s SOC/SIEM. Developed the multi-year cloud roadmap and budgeting cycle, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and regulatory requirements
ProgrammamanagementCoachingAnalytisch denkvermogenOperations managementBudgettering en prognoseplanningTeammanagement+6

Veldsink groep

Cloud & Security Consultant (a.i. through Layer & Yacht)

Feb 2021Jun 2021 · 4 mos

  • Performance, growth, safe and manageable. These are specific challenges for the IT division of
  • Veldsink. The IT Services department provides services to eight sister companies within the
  • Veldsink Group, spread throughout the Netherlands. More than 1000 users rely on their services.
  • I have ownership and accountability for the Modern Workplace security (MAM & MDM) implementation
  • My tasks and responsibilities:
  • Implementing security by using MDM and MAM. (Azure, Office 365 and Intune)
  • Determining and guaranteeing project scope
  • Translating business requirements into technical solutions.
  • Designing and implementing the technical solutions
  • Implementing the principle of least privilege access (RBAC) for device administrators
  • Project Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Implementing and guiding technical and process changes.

Mosa. tiles.

2 roles

IT infrastructure & Cloud specialist (a.i. through Yacht)

Sep 2020Dec 2020 · 3 mos · Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

  • Peforming audits on the Hybrid IT Infrastructure at Mosa and making improvements if necessary.
  • Advisory role in the development of the cloud strategy.
  • Translating requirements into technical solutions.
  • Implementing Office 365 DLP together with the security officer
  • Analyzing system failures
  • Troubleshooting end user and IT Infra related issues
  • Participation in change projects

IT Business Consultant & IT Specialist (a.i. through Yacht)

Feb 2020Sep 2020 · 7 mos · Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

  • The purpose of this assignment is to transform the “IT Admin” into a more efficiently and “Future-proof”role. We are working on a win-win situation, in which job creation will lead to a new role within the IT department with a focus on Business, productivity & IT.
  • This is done by analyzing current tasks, automating / outsourcing relatively simple tasks, creating new tasks and merging them into an appropriate and new job profile. So that In the end, qualified and motivated personnel do the work for which they are trained. I have an advisory role and will work together with the stake holders to create this "future-proof" role, by implementing it, adjusting where needed and by observing the Business response to this new way of working.

Koraal

IT Infrastructure & Azure Consultant (a.i. through Yacht)

Sep 2019Nov 2019 · 2 mos · Sittard, Provincie Limburg, Nederland

  • Koraalgroep is planning to migrate their infrastructure to an Azure Cloud environment. Together with the team of ICT Specialists I manage the suppliers and contribute to a stable and consistent environment. I advise the organization , guard it's interests and contribute with the IT partner to deliver and design a stable and suitable IT Infrastructure
  • subjects in my field:
  • AD, Exchange, Office365 / Azure / Sharepoint, Windows server 2008-2016, Connectivity; LAN, WAN, Internet and Citrix
  • Tasks
  • Managing the complex (hybrid) environment
  • participation in change projects;
  • Advicing the Head of Sector IT Services about the IT architecture and policies.
  • Advicing the Head of Sector IT Services in optimizing the IT operations department.
  • Performing technical tasks related to the Service & Operations department and related
  • to the IT strategy

Itsn

IT / Cloud Consultant (a.i. through Yacht)

Oct 2018Aug 2019 · 10 mos · Venlo, Provincie Limburg, Nederland

  • Executing / managing Incidents and Changes, work consists of service operations within the scope of the 3rd line engineer team. Some examples of services: Microsoft Cloud Services (O365 & Azure), IaaS (Virtual Private Servers) and management of on premise datacenters.
  • My duties also included advising on Cloud and Domain Hosting.

Yacht

IT Consultant

Sep 2018Feb 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Consultant performing work project based or temporary filling in vacancies.
  • Placed based on secondment via Yacht
Analytisch denkvermogenITILCommunicatieArchitectuur

Copaco

System Engineer Managed Services / Cloud Engineer

Oct 2017Sep 2018 · 11 mos · Eindhoven, Provincie Noord-Brabant, Nederland

  • IT operations and automation for Copaco’s managed services, supporting cloud resellers and optimizing backend systems.

Koti industrieel en technisch borstelwerk bv

System and Network Administrator

Sep 2015Sep 2017 · 2 yrs · Weert

  • Responsible for the IT infrastructure and the management of a traditional data center. Environment consisted of hosts using hypervisors such as VMware ESXi vCenter and Microsoft Hyper-V.
  • Also managing and configuring the vm's (Linux & Microsoft), the storage (HP) and the network infrastructure (HP / Aruba & Fortigate) belonged to my tasks.
  • Locations for which I was System and Network Administrator: KOTI Head Office (Netherlands), KOTI-NABO (Belgium), KOTI-DAWSON (Great Britain) and KLEENEZE-KOTI - Sealtech (Great Britain)

Bos group international

System Administrator (Intern)

Feb 2015Apr 2015 · 2 mos · Weert

Bakkerij korsten b.v.

Assistant Bakery & deliverer (Weekend and holiday job)

May 2014Feb 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · Weert

Refresco benelux

Assistant IT Network Administration (Intern)

Aug 2013Feb 2014 · 6 mos · Maarheeze

Verhoeven international

Assistant IT Network Administration (Intern)

Aug 2012Aug 2013 · 1 yr · Maarheeze

Education

Fontys University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor of Science - BS — Open learning - Information Technology

Gilde Opleidingen

IT Network Administrator / IT System Engineer — Information technology

Summa

Assistant Network Administrator / Assistant System Administrator — Information Technology

Citaverde College

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