Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Diepenveen, Overijssel, Netherlands · Hybrid

Jul 2019 – Apr 2024 · 4 yrs 9 mos · The Netherlands

• Cloud Solution Architects at Microsoft are deep technical experts and trusted advisors, who unlock customer value by technical solutions. CSAs are leading consumption and operational health engagements for their customers.
• Within this role I focus on:
• New adoption using the Cloud Adoption Framework - Enterprise Scale
• Technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, Modern Workplace, Azure, Microsoft Endpoint Manager and much more.

Mar 2018 – Aug 2018 · 5 mos · Zoetermeer & Apeldoorn (the Netherlands)

• Cloud Lead, Strategist and Business Developer for the Cloud consultants domain. Shifting KPN Consulting (the IT-Advisory division of KPN) to the cloud with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Nutanix, Docker and VMWare

Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr · Netherlands

• The Cloud Service Provider Alliance team is focused on measurably growing SUSE bookings year over year through our Cloud Service Provider partners. The team is tasked with building routes to market with our Cloud Service Provider partners for SUSE's emerging products. This work is done at a global level in conjunction with Product Management and Partner Engineering teams. The defined offerings and solutions are delivered worldwide through our alliance partners to the geographies and countries in which our partners operate.
• Public Cloud Solution Architect Responsibilities;
• The subject matter expert responsible for providing the highest level of technical knowledge of SUSE’s product portfolio to the partner.
• Take a pro-active technical leadership role in designing, creating, installing, and supporting Proof-of-Concept/Product Pilots.
• Identify new opportunities in conjunction with the alliance partners’ go-to-market that can be satisfied by SUSE solutions, products, and services.
• Define strategy and adoption opportunities for SUSE product portfolio as part of our partner’s solution or go to market offerings.
• Work with partner organizations and assigned alliance directors to initiate and qualify new business development opportunities with the alliance partners.
• Focus on Google GPC and AliCloud

Apr 2015 – Feb 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Black Belt - Business Continuity Disaster Recovery, Hybrid Storage and Hybrid Management. Covering advanced cloud workloads like Azure Storage, StorSimple, ASR, Log Analytics, Security and Azure Backup.
• Being passive is not an option! This is now a “disrupt or be disrupted world.”
• Help customers and partners digitally transform and modernize their data centers. Working closely with the Microsoft core field around architectures and workloads to drive the correct adoption of Microsoft Cloud Solutions, build scale for the business and assist customers in gaining value from the overall Microsoft Azure Cloud platform.
• Manage partners and Microsoft Partner TSP's and enable them for Azure workloads.

Jul 2011 – Apr 2012 · 9 mos

• Partner Technology Manager for OEM Embedded Systems / IoT.
• Creating intelligent systems together with partners. Technical enablement and onboarding of new partners.
• The “Internet of Things” – the numerous intelligent devices used by a company now being connected to and interacting with each other and the network.
• Microsoft Corp.

Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 · 2 yrs

• Managing and lead a group of engineers to get them technical up to speed with the latest and greatest technologies of the Microsoft products.
• Increase customers satisfaction by enabling and managing HP.

Jan 2004 – Mar 2015 · 11 yrs 2 mos

• Sharing knowledge by workshops, talks, deep technical engagements and risk assessments. Proactive and reactive support at the top 500 customers around EMEA focusing on Active Directory, Failover Clustering, Hyper-V and much more.
• Wrote much technical documentation and Best Practice Documents for Active Directory, Failover Clustering and Hyper-V.
• Products and responsibilities:
• Azure
• CPS
• Azure Stack
• Failover Cluster Risk Assessment Program Lead / SME
• Hyper-V Risk Assessment Program
• Active Directory Risk Assessment Program
• Group Policy Health Check
• Cluster Recovery Execution Service
• Failover Clustering Workshop Plus
• Server Failover Clustering
• Windows Desktop Risk Assessment Program
• Trainer at MSSU (Microsoft Services University) Redmond

Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 · 3 yrs

• Support Engineer for Active Directory and Networking. Deep technical skills as debugging, network traces etc.

Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 · 1 yr

• At Spherion Technology later demerged to Pimarox I was a system engineer, consultant architect for many different customers on their Windows and Linux based environments including different SAP landscapes. I also was the SAP Basis admin for the company.
• The main responsibilities; upgrading, improving, consolidation, virtualization, technical design and architecture of Windows, Linux and SAP landscapes. Resizing and migration to new hardware, high availability, disaster recovery and backup of mission critical systems.
• At Spherion I got my MCSE, SAP Basis and ITIL certification

Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 · 1 yr · Apeldoorn Area, Netherlands

• At Spherion Technology later demerged to Pimarox I was a system engineer, consultant architect for many different customers on their Windows and Linux based environments including different SAP landscapes. I also was the SAP Basis admin for the company.
• The main responsibilities; upgrading, improving, consolidation, virtualization, technical design and architecture of Windows, Linux and SAP landscapes. Resizing and migration to new hardware, high availability, disaster recovery and backup of mission critical systems.
• At Spherion I got my MCSE, SAP Basis and ITIL certification

Jan 2001 – Jan 2004 · 3 yrs · Zeist

• At Spherion Technology later demerged to Pimarox I was a system engineer, consultant architect for many different customers on their Windows and Linux based environments including different SAP landscapes. I also was the SAP Basis admin for the company.
• The main responsibilities; upgrading, improving, consolidation, virtualization, technical design and architecture of Windows, Linux and SAP landscapes. Resizing and migration to new hardware, high availability, disaster recovery and backup of mission critical systems.
• At Spherion I got my MCSE, SAP Basis and ITIL certification

Jan 2001 – Jan 2004 · 3 yrs · Zeist

• At Spherion Technology later demerged to Pimarox I was a system engineer, consultant architect for many different customers on their Windows and Linux based environments including different SAP landscapes. I also was the SAP Basis admin for the company.
• The main responsibilities; upgrading, improving, consolidation, virtualization, technical design and architecture of Windows, Linux and SAP landscapes. Resizing and migration to new hardware, high availability, disaster recovery and backup of mission critical systems.
• At Spherion I got my MCSE, SAP Basis and ITIL certification