Data Consultant in Belgium
Experience
2023-present: Business data consultant at Contraste-Europe
Senior change manager at ULB : Projects manager, reporting to PMO IT
Data architect at Forem : Denodo delivery manager, reporting to the Data manager
- Data governance:
- Project lead of the data virtualization governance, together with IT managers
- Project lead of the Denodo Data catalog taskforce : development of labeled requests, requests nomenclature
- Change management:
- Development of virtual domains governance for IT departments and business departments
- Creation and development of Best practices Community (150 people)
- Trainings in Denodo, SQL for Denodo, advanced Denodo for virtual domains managers
2018-2023: Digital expert at Bruxelles Formation
Project manager, reporting to the CEO
- Websites and intranet refoundation
Public procurement (350k€ yearly budget)
Data management, Change management - Launch of Open Data, used by 5 institutional websites
Licensing model: Creative Commons
Data format: JSON - Launch of digital quality
front: Behavioural UX design
ISO9001 digital quality process (was planned)
2003-2019: CEO at JW SPRL
Foundation and business development, communication to investors
Managed a 6-persons team, 4 juniors and 2 seniors; recruiting, hiring and training
Yearly revenues up to 300k€
- Digital consultant
Trainer, professor, speaker, author
Special skills in industrial lead nurturing - Main clients:
Public sector: Bruxelles Environnement, FPS Health
Telecom: Belgacom/Proximus, CE+T Power (Google innovation contest winner)
Industry: Knauf, VELUX, Schréder
Healthcare/Pharma: MeadJohnson Nutritional - Accomplishments:
2017 Community management expert for Le Forem
2009 Finalist Roberval prize of scientific litterature
2008 Finalist Walloon Grand Prix of Entrepreneurship
2005 Finalist Grand Prix of SME
Certifications
2024 Microsoft Data engineer (planned)
2017 Google Analytics
2015 Prince2
2014 E-business RENTIC consultant by the Walloon Region
Education
2021-2024 Master in ICT, ULB, Brussels
2015-2018 Master in Communication, Lille 3 University
2007 Certificate in finances, IAE, Brussels
1998-2001 Bachelor in Communication, ISFSC, Brussels
1995-1997 Bachelor in IT, Toulouse 3 University
Social entrepreneurship
2023-present Author on inclusivity
2021-present Active in local politics
2018-2020 Cofounder and administrator at FitMyNest, cohousing cooperative, supported by Brussels Regio
2015-2016 Cofounder at Molengeek, entrepreneurship program for less-fortunate youth, supported by Google, KBC, US Ambassy…
2010 Cofounder at Collaborative Wallonia, supported by the Microsoft Innovation Center
2009-2017 Cofounder and administrator at RueDuWeb, cooperative coworking space for digital SMEs
2007-2009 Cofounder and President at e-criture asbl, professional corporation
1995-1998 Diverse responsibilities at AEGEE-Europe, European students NGO