Professional
2000-currently: Founder/Managing Director Zylstrategy BV (Europe & AsiaPac)
• As an independent strategy consultant and interim manager focusing upon supporting telecom operators, communications vendors as well as enterprise customers. Global thought leader on mobility transformation. Strong focus upon how innovative (wireless) technologies impact business operations/bottom line. Active in both Europe as well as AsiaPac regions.
2001-2006: various senior Mobility Practice Management roles for Capgemini & Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (France (HQ) /The Netherlands).
• Appointed Member of Global Mobility Team (2004-2006), with responsibilities for global portfolio & partnership management in mobility area; driving awareness, understanding and delivery of leading edge Mobility solutions for (inter)national clients-base. Reporting to Head of Northern Europe & AsiaPac and Global CTO.
• Global Program Manager “Wireless Broadband”; driving awareness, understanding and delivery of new wireless broadband solution to the market; setting roadmap with global partners (i.e. Cisco, Microsoft, Intel); driving global marketing initiatives; coordinating global sales programs; engagement with analyst and press-community to ensure media/client coverage (2004-2006).


• As a program-manager/lead consultant selling & delivering CXO client-engagements in wireless strategy assignments in a range of industries (public transport, logistics, aviation, banking, health care, oil & gas, utilities and telecommunications) in various European countries (Jan 2002-April 2006).
• Appointed Head of Mobility (Benelux), representing Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Benelux at Mobility client-, partner-and press engagements. Responsible for launching sales-driven mobility market-solutions with a team of approx. 50 Mobility experts (of which 20 experts in own team). Realized YoY sales-target. (March 2003-Jan 2005);
• Appointed Head of Mobile Technology Lab within CGE&Ys Telecom Media & Networks division, managing one of CGEYs global mobile labs, driving next generation mobile solutions (GPRS/UMTS/ WiFi), go-to-market mobility partnerships with external MNOs, ODMs and ISVs (Jan 2002-Feb 2003). Realized YoY sales-target.
1998-2000: various senior strategy roles for British Telecom (Europe).
• Appointed senior strategy consultant mobile multimedia, working within BT Alliance Consultancy. Responsible for leading teams in the design & execution of various mobility strategy projects accross Europe, including responsible for country sales & delivery in Italy. Customers in most cases existing subsidiaries or joint-ventures of BT Europe.
1996-1998: various strategy advisory & senior manager roles for T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom) AsiaPac.
• Supported executive management of T-Mobile AsiaPac and executive management of PT Satelindo (Indonesian joint-venture with IDD, GSM and Satellite operations) with advisory support, business development as well as interim management support in the areas of mobile service provisioning, marketing & sales, channel-management, and transformational consultancy.






