Contributors
Peter Taylor
Peter Taylor is the author of two best-selling books on ‘Productive Laziness’ – ‘The Lazy Winner’ and ‘The Lazy Project Manager’. Peter is a writer and lecturer. He is an entertaining and inspiring speaker on the project management issues. He also is an independent consultant working with some of the major organizations in the world coaching executive sponsors, PMO leaders and project managers. Peter’s new book is “AI and the Project Manager: How the Rise of Artificial Intelligence Will Change Your world”.
Kurt Tierens
Kurt Tierens works as director Administration & Information in the strongly evolving world of packaging and recycling. Since the beginning of his professional career in 1993, the definition, the development and the maintenance of ICT systems takes an important part of his responsibilities. Based on his experience, both on the business as the IT side, the 2 key elements to realize successful digital transformation projects are: 1) invest time into the design phase - think (big) before you start (small). 2) create a strong trust between all the participants (mature Business IT alignment). To be prepared for the next 20 years of his professional career, he follows the “Executive Master in IT Management” program at Antwerp Management School.
CHAOS Tuesday
CHAOS Tuesday is an audio community outreach program that connects you with IT executive and project management professionals. CHAOS Tuesday is conversations about software project performance and includes the latest in thought leadership, news, events, people, and opportunities. CHAOS Tuesday is a continuous audio magazine that provides you a simple and swift way to keep up with the ever-changing landscape of the software project management environment. Each program will cover one or more of The Standish Group's 10 CHAOS Factors of Success.
Tommy Van de Wouwer
Tommy Van de Wouwer lives in Belgium and has been a senior IT project manager and leader of support delivery and software development teams for the last 15 years. He holds an active PMI PMP certificate, several people management certificates and believes in lifelong learning. He has been in the board of several non-profit organisations and local community advisory boards. In addition to his Bachelor degree in information management he has a postgraduate Intercultural Meaning and associate degrees in IT Development, IT Network Management and Corporate Communication, followed by an Executive Master IT management at the Antwerp Management school. Tommy's main focus is on collaboration and (think) out of the box solutions to bring business value from IT investments while keeping the human factor into mind. He likes to travel to world to experience other cultures and broadens his perspective.
Theo van Leest
Theo Van Leest is a dreamer in IT solutions. Since 2015 he got familiar with the DEMO methodology of the Enterprise Engineering Institute. He than progressed towards the area of challenging IT problems. Theo is fascinated by innovative technology within the Business Transformation theme. Theo’s outstanding socials skills and open-minded approach helped organizations to achieve the next step in transforming their design to the digital world.
Stijn Van Looy
Stijn Van Looy works as Head of Application Development in the insurance industry. In this function he is responsible for IT Architecture, Contract management Systems and Reporting Systems. In 2017 Stijn moved from business towards IT. Before, Stijn has worked for many years in Sales Support function, where he was responsible for B2B-communication, sales reporting, sales applications etc. He holds a master degree in Social Sciences (KU Leuven) and is currently following an Executive Master in IT management (Antwerp Management School).
Norbert Veldman
Norbert Veldman holds his own company. He is an experienced agile project and program manager with a focus on agile transformation and the delivery of tangible results. He is the founder of the blog website www.agileorganisatie.nl where various content about becoming an agile organization is posted and how to lead agile projects and teams can be found.
Tim Vermeulen
Tim Vermeulen works as Managing Consultant at Info Support and is a studying for an Executive Master in IT management at the Antwerp Management School. He spends his time ensuring the success of numerous software development projects across different sectors. He is convinced that more often than not the solution lies in including and motivating the right people.
Koen Versavel
Koen Versavel is a project manager at PSA Antwerp, a terminal operator in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. He has taken up several roles in IT, both technical and managerial. Koen is currently involved in the two year program of ‘Executive Master in IT Management’ at the Antwerp Management School in Belgium.
Eric Verzuh
Eric Verzuh is an internationally recognized authority on project management. He founded Versatile in 1990 and he and his team have been helping firms improve their project management ever since.