Eric - Architecte DELPHI

Migration manager

coordination and management the migration of legacy data centers (IBM mainframe, AIX and wintel midrange servers) to a shared European data center, deployment of 10 GBit network fiber links.

Program Manager

to coordinate all projects related to the transfer of activities and IT services from the Federal office of Employment to the Regional Office of Employment and EDI integration with government agencies
As part time consultant to assist SME in migration of legacy accounting systems to Microsoft NAV, specific adaptations for the Belgian market, data migration, and development of NAV training material.
As senior Architect in 2014 the remit was to produce several Requests For Proposal aiming to replace a company wide printing infrastructure, reducing costs by 30% and the modernization and optimization of the company's Wide Area Network at the layer 3 and layer 2.

Program Manager

Management of a portfolio of projects related to the transfer of activities and IT services from the Federal office of Employment to the Regional Office of Employment and EDI integration with government agencies
Senior Architect (2014) Management and production of several "Request For Proposal" aiming to replace a companywide printing infrastructure (inclusive of SAP printing), reducing costs by 30% and the modernization of the company's Wide Area Network at the layer 3 and layer 2.
Interim Manager (2013/14): Modernization of the IT infrastructure, replacement of the accounting and warehouse management systems, deployment of android based handheld devices for operations and warehouse management. Increase of the turnover by 35%.

As Interim Manager

the aim was to save a company on the verge of bankruptcy. Several bold, swift and decisive actions have saved the business and secured its long-term viability. Modernized the IT infrastructure and business processes to cope with the new growth of the company

Project Manager

Project management of a Navision 2009 deployment across several European subsidiaries.

with the mission to devise an approach to a challenging contract. Tasked with hosting and managing the entire European Infrastructure of Bridgestone – migrating IT systems from Hewlett Packard to new UK centralized facilities, Fujitsu soon realized this was a perilous exercise. Changing the strategic perspective of this from ‘server’ to ‘system’ enabled a new focus and paved the way to deal with business prioritization, interdependencies between systems, migration risks, business risks and planification of migration batches and testing - while maintaining business continuity. The project encompassed successful migration and systems management of the 1400 servers and 160 core applications from data centers across Europe in tandem with planning and controlling activities in Europe, Russia and India support centers. In another assignment Project Manager to oversee a MS Navision pan European re-deployment.

Hired to turn around numerous late projects; including with FOREM, Belgacom and Federal Police where a complete restructure of the teams and projects enabled a common vision to be realized and the ultimate project goals to be reached.

Successful track record managing geographically fragmented teams; recently coordinated activities between staff in Kazan, Russia, Pune India, London and Brussels for a significant migration project. With Hewlett Packard, also managed several teams located in France, Germany and Holland.

Successfully reorganized and managed numerous electronic payments projects for Atos Worldline – Banksys including petrol payment cards, migration of credit card processing applications and deployment of new POS terminals.

As Infrastructure Architect with ING Bank, validated the technical infrastructure requirements for new development and maintenance projects and improved existing systems using a Six Sigma approach.

Outstanding planning and organizational agility; consistent resolve and capacity to surmount the biggest obstacles - from organizing events to handling security breaches in a data centre to reorganizing a project or business. In the early 2000’s, organized, hosted and performed in a live music event within only 10 hours notice to 2000 people outside the European Parliament.
As Architect with ICTRA/SNCB, successfully coordinated the project to upgrade or replace several legacy applications and improve performance and integration quality for the Belgian railways company.
Continuously increases capacity to build valuable, progressive working relationships, demonstrating skill in rejuvenating diminished relationships and bringing parties together. With Belgacom in 2008, recognized their reputation in the industry for asking companies for bids then changing their minds which led to consulting companies ceasing to invest money in replying for calls to tender. Reached out and effectively re-established relationships with key players including CSC and Accenture.
With the Belgian Federal Police, took over and managed an unstructured project for a bespoke geographical information system, incorporating all levels of maps of the Belgian territory. Bought the project back on track, delivering it on time and in budget.
As Consultant with MasterCard International; redesigned and implemented MasterCard’s software to manage the routing and processing functions of the credit card authorization and validation network.
Talent for putting together systems that are self sustaining and capable of continuing with no further intervention. With the Belgian Post, designed a new system for printing and delivering postage stamps. 12 years on, it is still in production and is the only IT system in place from that period.

Day to day management, reorganization of operations and processes to turn an at risk business around including migration of e-commerce systems to new applications and cloud based infrastructure, integration to legacy ERP, definition and implementation of new management control systems.

Data Center Migration Architect and Planner,

Architecture and coordination of the migration of 1400 servers and 160 core applications and SAP landscape from legacy data centres across Europe to the Fujitsu cloud hosting data center. Planning and coordination of activities across Europe, Russia and India support center.

Full Project / Career Summary

Enterprise Architect for Liberty Global (2017), to implement the news DOCSIS 3.1 high speed cable modem infrastructure and monitoring systems, architecture of a new pan European VOIP system, new data warehouse infrastructure.

Enterprise / Lead Architect for IBM/IS4F (2016), to implement PSF regulation for data center legal and security policies for shared banking data centers

As Project Manager for Microsoft consulting services, managing several projects across France and Belgium

As Enterprise Architect for Liberty Global, to implement the news DOCSIS 3.1 high speed cable modem infrastructure and monitoring sytems, architecture of a new pan European VOIP system, new data warehouse infrastructure

As Enterprise / Lead Architect for IBM/IS4F, to implement PSF regulation for data center legal and security policies for shared banking data centers.

As Migration manager for Allianz, to coordinate and manage the migration of legacy data centers (IBM mainframe and midrange servers) to a shared European data center