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I am Herman Bloemink working as executive, partner and trusted advisor for tech companies and strategic consultancies

Deliver executive-level leadership as part-time executive. Able to take over a failed companies, sales failures, global programs and recover it into production readiness.

My company : Valbonne Commercial Agency

Based : Amersfoort, the Netherlands international

My Story - Make Business Work

Herman Bloemink
Fractional Executive and Trusted Advisor

Herman is a technologist with strong business & commercial acumen. Bringing +30 years of most senior level experience in digital strategy, solutions build and deployment worldwide. Worked for companies like HPE, AT&T Global, Oracle, GE, Lyondell, ASR, Amro, Digital Realty in building & distribution of innovative enterprise solutions. Able to take over a failed global program and recover it into production readiness. Was CEO/EMEA director in EMEA wide consultancies and new technology ventures. Trusted advisor in digital transformation, cloud computing, AI, IoT, CCaas, cyber security.

Strategic innovation leadership: Change core business, change the boundaries, change the game. Make things work in digital transformation and innovation programs. Establish European presence for consultancies, solution and services companies.

Current Activities

Herman is active currently in deep-tech, high-tech and digital technology businesses worldwide. Active as a venture partner for scale-up, global expansion, M&A. Doing technology research consult for mgmt. consultancies and larger size investment funds international. Recently active with: M&A for tooling company, find funding for flight technology in urban air mobility and hybrid air vehicle scale-ups. Assess scale-up companies for financing by validation of business case, pitch-deck, business plan, differentiation. Advise in software design, build, deployment to improve scalability, cost levels and build quality. Deliver technology research consult via research agencies worldwide for top consultancies and investment funds international.

Certifications & Training

Delivery Success Track

Director consultancies, digital transformation for industries: Telco, oil & chemical, fintech, insurance, datacenters. Program director for build & deployment fortune 500. Always delivered 100% on targets, +150 international complex projects and programmes, $ 350 m, 500 fte. Turnaround 12 projects, revitalized 7 large programs.

Global executive program director for digital business initiatives of large scale & high complexity. Build & Deployed ERP, Fin, SC, CC, CS, banking, Npdi programs for datacenters. Always delivered 100% on all the targets. Problem fixing history using project and program methodologies for streamlining strategic, successful implementation.

Proof Of Work

VP strategy for a strategy consultancy from Singapore in EMEA.
Was actively Was a chairperson of the board for a cyber security company in Europe.
Was running a CEO role in an artificial intelligence startup company in the Netherlands.
Actively involved as BDS in R&D and open innovation for fortune 500 companies in Europe.
Expert advisor about the cloud and telco market for investment companies and global top consultants.
Delivered 150 international projects and programs, $ 350 m, 500 fte. Turn around 15 large projects/programs.
Leadership roles for American and Asian companies in define networks and build business applications.
Director BPI/BPR & content management consultancies, director sw companies EMEA (teams up to 150 fte).
Innovation director open innovation and r&d funnel methods for fortune 500 companies in North Europe.
I was a managing director for NY based growth consultancy in Europe | Sr advisor fintech innovation lab Milan.
Co-Founder artificial intelligence company, build a neo cortex-based AI for medical and business analyses.
Channel director for global search & match company for HRM and bio medical image processing.
EMEA internet exchange centers, turnaround EMC storage program and introduced it to market.
Fixing a derailed NPDI storage program of €5 million for an Internet datacenter and cloud provider.
Executing an EMEA EBITDA program to get a good grip on all financial data of 16 internet datacenters.
Fortis Bank/ ASR | Turnaround management crashed mortgage system, fix & deploy again (€20m, 12 month).
AT&T | Turnaround crashed Oracle ERP/SC/FIN ($350m) Development & deployment. 350FTE, 128 Countries.
Run an Information Life-cycle Management program for new ORACLE/STK services resulting in €16 m revenue.
BP/Lyondel: Shared services centers. 23 EMEA centers reintegrated into 1 center in Rotterdam. ($16 m).
GE Global Plastics | Re-vitalization derailed Oracle Fin deployment under 6sigma in 13 EMEA countries.
Global BPI company | Start-up EMEA PS organization of +45 FTE: BPM for Pharma and Food.
Way of working: step 1: Analyze case, agree conditions Step 2: fly-in, troubleshoot, fix failures, test and revitalize.

Technology Expertise Areas

UCaas : Providing flexibility and scalability for core business tasks. In a single, cloud-based platform, UCaaS delivers several communications features, including cloud telephony, video conferencing, meetings, team collaboration and app integrations..

CCaas :Offer a host of features and advantages tailored to contact center operations: Workforce management supports hybrid working schedules and includes forecasting capabilities to efficiently predict and plan staffing needs.

Paas: A cloud computing model where a third-party provider delivers hardware and software tools to users over the internet. Usually, these tools are needed for application development. A PaaS provider hosts the hardware and software operation.

CPaas: Providing Communication Platform as a service. Conversion to latest cloud communication and mobile apps. Allows developers to add voice, video, & messaging to their apps by using a cloud-based provider.
IPaas: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): A cloud computing model that provides on-demand access to computing resources such as servers, storage, networking, and virtualization. IaaS is attractive because requires less time, personnel and no capital.

Cloud : Cloud services through the Internet, including data storage, servers, databases, networking, and software.

Mobility / IoT : The Internet of Things (IoT) connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the internet.

Security : Reliable security infrastructure, features, maintenance. Protect systems, networks, and programs from attacks.
SASE: Security Access Service Edge. A cloud-based VPN. Incorporating various functionalities, such as secure web gateways, cloud access security brokers, firewall as a service, SASE offers a unified platform for extensive security and network needs, far surpassing the capabilities of a standard VPN. Providing SASE solutions in one package.

Network Technology: Manage and deliver digital resources over a computer network. Backbones, high speed links, Networks, SD-WAN, Managed WIFI, Mobile & networks, computer hardware and system software for the network

Cloud computing: Computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligenceover the internet (“the cloud”) Benefits: Faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale.

IoT: Internet Of Things describes the network of physical objects—“things”—that are embedded with sensors, software, and other technologies for the purpose of connecting and exchanging data with other devices and systems over the internet.

AI: Artificial Intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. Examples of AI applications include expert systems, natural language processing, speech recognition and machine vision.

Herman Bloemink - Executive Partner - Mail: herman.bloemink@valbonneca.nl Connect

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