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Peter Van Cauwenbergh

MSc, MBA

IT Manager | Self-employed

Intro

My homepage offers an overview of my skills and competencies, highlights my educational achievements, and details my professional background. This site serves as a marketing tool to showcase my services to clients and to illustrate how I stand out as a self-employed IT Manager in the industry.

Mission

To serve in IT leadership roles by driving strategic, complex initiatives and prioritizing the people side of change to ensure lasting adoption and success.

Facilitating organizational changes such as outsourcing and restructuring

Turning around troubled projects & programs. Creating effective cross-cultural teams

Developing innovative IT solutions that enable companies to succeed in the marketplace

In a Nutshell

Served as IT Director for Continental Europe for over 11 years at a global real estate company
Certified portfolio/program/project manager leveraging ADKAR to manage the people side of change
Supported project management activities as a PMO Lead on initiatives valued up to EUR 250 million
Built understanding of Enterprise Architecture principles by applying components of Kotusev's framework
Acquired hands-on experience in all stages of the software development life cycle
Participated in agile software development since 2006, became Certified Scrum Master in 2007
Delivered ERP implementations involving SAP, Yardi Voyager, UNIT4 Financials, and MS Dynamics
Experienced IT Service Delivery Manager knowledgeable about ITIL processes
Seasoned outsourcing professional with a track record in offshoring to India and nearshoring to Romania
Led cross-cultural and virtual teams with members based in Europe, India, and Australia
Honed commercial skills as a business developer and account manager for a software company
Acted as Change Champion for the adoption of Holacracy to foster a purpose-driven organization
Built a consulting career spanning over 25 years, worked 9 years for IBM & EDS, self-employed since 2005
Worked with small entrepreneurial ventures as well as large international corporations
Motivated to pursue international assignments, drawing on past experience living in the UK and India