About Karel
• Seasoned program manager with a proven track record of delivering complex and innovative solutions for various clients.
• Extensive experience in managing large and multicultural teams, building trusted client relationships, and applying sharp analytical skills and entrepreneurial mindset to achieve business success.
• Deep expertise in IT and in the skills area within HR.
• Looking for a new opportunity where I can leverage my broad expertise spanning sales, finance, legal, HR, business management and IT to contribute to the client's goals and growth.
Dutch
Native or bilingual
French
Fluent
English
Fluent
German
Conversational
Spanish
Conversational
Can work on-site
Deinze (up to 50km), Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad (up to 30km), Antwerpen (up to 30km), Brugge (up to 20km), Gent (up to 50km)
Experience
- AugmentYouFounder and Managing PartnerCONSULTING AND AUDITSOctober 2024 - Today (1 year and 8 months)
- Motivated starting point of my services as a freelancer, full of energy and experience
- Further proficiency in the latest techniques around AI (updates since 2022, including Generative AI) and close monitoring of the latest trends of leveraging AI (not just prompt engineering)
- Career-breakNot ApplicableFebruary 2023 - October 2024 (1 year and 8 months)Assisting my son in his studies in Applied Computer Science. This also provided an extra formal and theoretical refresher of my long on-the-job experience in IT.
- IBM for KBCSenior Program ManagerDecember 2019 - February 2023 (3 years and 2 months)• Program Management of the consulting and implementation of StiPPLE for KBC.• Managed and mastered the delivery, client interactions and financials of the AGILE project.• Coordinated and interacted with various teams in Belgium, Europe, US, and China.• Partnered closely with KBC in co-creating, solutioning and delivering.• Achieved a trusted relationship with great satisfaction from KBC (NPS 10).• The solution (StiPPLE = Skills to improve People, Performance, Learning and Employability) is based around the skills of the employee involving following components: skill taxonomy (defining the skills throughout the processes), skill assessment, skill development, career planning, internal job mobility, progression management.
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Education
- Master of ScienceK.U.Leuven1988Master Of Science (M.S.) In Business Engineering Major: Quantitative Business Management & Management Information Systems, K.U. Leuven
Certifications
- Handelsingenieur in het kwantitatief bedrijfsbeheer en de beleidsinformaticaKULeuven1988