A CTO office that runs the tech organisation
Operating rhythm, one portfolio view, a decision log and clear reporting to the board. Small and focused on faster decisions, not on more slides.
CTO office and tech integration
Your tech strategy is clear. Now the organisation has to run on it.
A CTO leads the people and the big bets. Someone has to make sure decisions get made, followed up and land across the whole tech organisation. That's where I come in: the CTO office, the leadership rhythm and the integration plan, working in daily practice.
- Faster, clearer decisions
- One tech organisation after a merger
- A CTO office that uses AI where it helps
The first call is free: 30 minutes online to talk through your situation. In Dutch, German or English.
Sound familiar?
- After a merger, the regions still run two of everything: systems, service desks, leadership meetings.
- The company grew fast, but the tech organisation never got a structure to match.
- The leadership team meets a lot and decides little.
- Nobody has one reliable view of all initiatives, budgets and risks.
- Every board update means days of chasing numbers.
- Decisions are made, but nobody follows them up.
- AI tools are everywhere, but the way of working hasn't changed.
What I do for you
One organisation after a merger
A convergence plan, a leadership team with clear roles and decision rights, and one story for all regions. Daily operations keep running while the organisation comes together.
AI where it really helps
Process first, then the tool. Meeting follow-up, portfolio reporting and first drafts of board updates, with clear rules on data and access.
Strategy work that lands
A sharp problem statement, hypotheses tested with data and interviews, and a clear storyline for the C-suite. Then the implementation, together with your teams.
How we work
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Get to know each other
A free 30-minute online chat about your situation and plans.
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The whole picture
I build a complete picture of your organisation: conversations with your team, time spent in day-to-day work, and the numbers. Then we know where change has the most impact.
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Tailored solutions
I come with concrete proposals. Together with the people who do the work, we refine them into solutions that fit your company.
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Implement until it works
Step by step, with a clear owner for every change. I stay until it works in practice and your team carries it.
Experience
What worked before
Six figures a year
saving in production, as estimated by the client.
It looked like a process problem. It turned out to be mainly a cultural one. After the acquisition of a shipyard abroad, start-up issues caused errors, delays and frustration between colleagues from AT, DE and IT. A culture workshop, a new meeting culture and better information flows got the teams on the same page, resulting in fewer production errors and shorter lead times.
60% shorter meetings
in an agile team, and more effective too.
Achieved by winning over a team that initially resisted the move to agile. The right agile way of working improved collaboration and efficiency in the intercultural team. Bosch then applied the approach to new agile teams as well.
Advisory board member,
trusted by the management team with strategic projects.
Responsible for the expansion into the German market and lead of the product management group at a Dutch software company. Also involved in the company's bigger strategic questions, including facilitating strategy sessions with the management team.
What you can expect from me
- Integration is rarely only about systems. The hard part is getting leaders from different regions to decide together. At Silent Yachts, teams from Austria, Germany and Italy became one through a culture workshop, a new meeting culture and better information flows.
- From the full picture to a sharp problem statement and hypotheses, then a solution that fits: processes, people and tools working together. That way you fix causes, not symptoms.
- AI is part of my daily work. Connecting software tools to Claude to automate workflows is something I do for clients and in my own business.
- A report that gathers dust helps nobody. Until the new way of working comes naturally, I work alongside your teams.
- Change that sticks, also with resistance. At Bosch, a team that resisted the move to agile came on board, and Bosch applied the approach to new agile teams afterwards.
- At home in international teams. Dutch, German or English: switching between languages and cultures comes naturally.
Let's talk, over koffie or Kaffee.
The first call is free: 30 minutes online to talk through your situation. In Dutch, German or English.
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