About Kristof
Strategic AI Partner for Fortune 500 & Tier-1 Institutions.
I bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI innovation and the rigorous demands of the world's most regulated industries. My track record includes architecting Enterprise AI Strategy and Governance Frameworks for a portfolio of global market leaders, including:
- Tier-1 Global Investment Banks: Navigating high-stakes compliance and secure LLM deployment for institutions managing €500B+ in assets.
- Hyper-Scale Tech Platforms: Implementing AI Act readiness for digital leaders with 400M+ active users.
- Fortune 500 Consumer Brands: Streamlining global supply chains through agentic workflows and private RAG architectures.
What I deliver:
- AI Governance & Compliance: Future-proofing your roadmap against the EU AI Act and GDPR.
- Operational ROI: Moving beyond "Pilot Purgatory" to deliver measurable 20-40% efficiency gains.
- Data Sovereignty: Designing secure, private "Company Brains" that protect your intellectual property.
I don't just build AI; I build the trust, safety, and strategy required to scale it across an enterprise.
Dutch
Native or bilingual
French
Fluent
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Brussel (up to 50km)
Experience
- GitLabManager Success Services, EMEASOFTWARE PUBLISHINGOctober 2024 - Today (1 year and 8 months)Brussel, Belgium🚀 Lead and mentor a team of Customer Success Architects (CSAs)💼 Drive revenue growth through success plan offerings and services🤝 Collaborate with our sales teams to develop compelling service propositions🎯 Identify and pursue opportunities with new and existing customers📊 Monitor key performance indicators and drive continuous improvement🌐 Manage success services within EMEA🛠️ Provide expertise on GitLab services and DevSecOps methodologies🔄 Foster cross-functional collaboration to ensure effective service delivery🌟 Participate in strategic customer engagements to showcase value
- GitLabStaff Solutions ArchitectSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGFebruary 2024 - October 2024 (8 months)Belgium- Build and deliver high-value and reusable enablement content that measurably improves the team’s effectiveness and execution.- Sustain mentorship for specific members of the Solutions Architecture team to improve our technical win rate and increase Net ARR.- Guide Solution Architect team members through complex customer opportunities and activity.- Advise Solution Architect team members on Technical Close Plans strategies and patterns.- Deliver product roadmap discussions.- Architect innovative solutions leveraging 3rd party and GitLab technologies that lead to new use cases and revenue opportunities.- Maintain a positive personal brand through GitLab-relevant participation in channels such as conferences, blogging, social media, or volunteering for external technical committees or communities of practice.- Run full Value Stream Assessment enablement sessions with team members, both new (training) and existing (best practices)
- GitLabSolutions ArchitectSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGSeptember 2019 - February 2024 (4 years and 5 months)West Remote Alley, Brackettville, TX, USA• - Solve technical customer issues of broad scope and high complexity.• - Provide mentorship for Solution Architecture team members and remain a current contributor to team-learning initiatives and activities.• - Work cross-departmentally to find solutions to complex scenarios and integration issues.• - Propose improvements and innovation for customer calls and product demonstrations based on current market trends.• - Maintain in-depth knowledge of the entire GitLab application.• - Represent GitLab as a speaker at field events or as an author in GitLab focused publications and blogs.• - Provide opportunity strategy leveraging market and industry knowledge and trends.• - Drive Technical Close Plans without guidance.• - Collaborate with the product team while representing customer requirements and feedback.• - Create Customer Success Plans with customers• - Contribution to Account and Territory Planning Sessions of their region/sub region• - Regularly enhances GitLab documentation for clarity and accuracy as well as adding new explanations, examples and sections.• - Share subject matter expertise through Slack posts, documentation updates, communities of practice, issue and MR participation and other common GitLab collaboration mechanisms.• - Coach sales team-members on deal qualification when necessary.• - Assists with specific objectives and key result associated tasks• - Leading Value Stream Assessments with your accounts or another team member's, while the team member shadows
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Education
- CertifiedCertified
- Prince 2 Practitioner Angular: API Communication and Authentication GitLab Certified CI/CD Associate Certified SAFe AgilistPrince 2 Practitioner Angular: API Communication and Authentication GitLab Certified CI/CD Associate Certified SAFe Agilist