* 20+ years in ICT & Telecom
* Strong people manager, passionate team player, result-driven leader
* Passionate about innovative new trends in the world of ICT and Telecom (e.g. cyber security, cloud computing, applications, mobile payment, IoT)
Managing Director @ Managing Director of Telindus Netherlands, a 100% subsidiary of Proximus, focussed on ICT domains Access, Connectivity, Security and Datacenter From March 2015 to Present (10 months) Utrecht Area, NetherlandsHead of ICT Business Development Benelux @ Developing sales opportunities and synergies across our ICT activities in Benelux From February 2015 to Present (11 months) Director Cloud, Security & Datacenter Solutions @ * Heading the business unit focussed on Cyber Security, Datacenter, Storage, Cloud & Networking solutions for the B2B market
* Teams consisting of highly specialised sales, product management, marketing, presales From March 2014 to February 2015 (1 year) Advisory Board Member @ Member of the advisory board of the innovative joint venture between Proximus and 4 major Belgian banks, providing an enabling platform for mobile payment and loyalty cards on smartphone From January 2014 to February 2015 (1 year 2 months) Brussels Area, BelgiumDirector Security Solutions @ Heading the department at Proximus (Belgacom Group) focussed on ICT Security & Secure Networking solutions to the B2B market (strategy, product management, sales, marketing, vendor management) From January 2013 to February 2014 (1 year 2 months) Director Presales @ * Responsible for the presales teams of the corporate market of Proximus (Belgacom Group), covering the full solution portfolio including ICT, cloud, connectivity, mobile, voice and media
* Managing a team of 100+ techno commercial consultants From December 2010 to December 2012 (2 years 1 month) Innovation Manager M&A @ * Within Strategy department, responsible for launching innovative growth projects through M&A (participations & full acquisitions)
* Providing strategic M&A advice to Belgacom Executive Committee (CxO level)
* Cross department lead for M&A projects (legal, tax, finance, risk, business, HR)
* Assessing and developing business opportunities in ICT and telecommunications, primarily B2B focussed; domestic & international From September 2008 to November 2010 (2 years 3 months) Business Unit Manager - Networking Infrastructure & ICT Management @ * Responsible for Sales business units "LAN/WAN" and "ICT Management"
* Focus on managing ICT infrastructure (remotely managed network infrastructure services)
* Main responsibilities: people management, sales operations, business development
* Managing a sales team of Sales Consultants, Presales and Technical Consultants From September 2005 to August 2008 (3 years) Business Development Manager @ * Co-founder of Edge On, a company focussed on delivering ICT Management solutions (Concord eHealth, Netcool, Netscout, Fluke, HP,...) to Telecom and Financial companies
* Focus on selling ICT Infrastructure software solutions & OSS/BSS/Middleware
* Main responsibilities included Business Development, Sales & Presales From 1999 to 2005 (6 years) Cisco Product Manager @ * Presales lead for all Cisco related projects
* Main responsibilities included Product Management, Presales support, Bid Management, Sales Training, Marketing activities From 1997 to 1999 (2 years)
Master, Executive MBA @ Flanders Business School From 2002 to 2004 Master, Postgraduate, ICT & Telecom @ Universiteit Antwerpen From 1996 to 1998 Master, Engineering, Telecom @ From 1992 to 1996 Geert Degezelle is skilled in: Pre-sales, Cloud Computing, Telecommunications, Managed Services, Strategy, ICT, Team Management, B2B, Solution Selling, Management, Business Development, Product Management, Security, Sales Process, Enterprise Software, Networking, Business Process, Data Center
Websites:
http://www.telindus.nl,
http://www.proximus.com,
http://sdx.today/