I am an Experienced Manager, Marketeer, Business developer, and (sales) Consultant with a strategic vision on Connectivity, Hosting, Cloud and private cloud solutions. Tech savvy with the ability to translate complex IT solutions into commonsense business benefits. I love to build new and interesting IT/ Hosting propositions and develop markets for them.
I have a proven ability to build strategic alliances with partners, clients and industry peers. I have the ability to handle complex negotiations and can be a trusted partner when consulting. I am used to set and work toward specific commercial targets.
Principal Business Development Manager @ Responsible for (new) Business development, go to market and marketing strategy for the Dimension Data IT as a Service propositions in the Netherlands. Together with a team of professionals responsible for the revenue targets for all cloud propositions. Responsible for evangelizing Dimension Data products and vision during events, seminars and in one on one client meetings.
Headquartered in Johannesburg, Dimension Data was founded in 1983 at the inception of networked communications with a simple vision – to do great things. Dimension Data is a specialist IT services and solution provider that helps clients plan, build, support and manage their IT infrastructures. Today we are positioned at the forefront of networking and communications in 51 countries across five regions – Middle East & Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and the Americas.
Dimension Data plc., opgericht in 1983, is een leverancier van ICT-services en -oplossingen, die gebruik maakt van zijn technologie-expertise, wereldwijde mogelijkheden voor service- en dienstverlening, en ondernemingskracht om de bedrijfsambities van zijn klanten waar te maken. Dimension Data is lid van de NTT Group. Meer informatie is beschikbaar op www.dimensiondata.com/nl From December 2012 to Present (3 years 1 month) Sales Manager @ As Sales Manager responsible for a global team of 45 sales persons, Account Managers, Business Development Managers and Team Leaders. Responsible for the sales of all (managed) hosting, connectivity, colocation and cloud products.
Member of the Leaseweb Management Team
Now in its second decade of success, LeaseWeb is a leading internet pioneer, providing customers with advanced infrastructure hosting. With 30.000 hosted servers, LeaseWeb is one of the largest - and fastest growing hosts in Europe and rates among the world’s best hosting providers. As a prominent part of the Ocom Group, LeaseWeb has been helping its customers grow their business with state-of-the-art hosting solutions since 1997.
LeaseWeb’s success is based on the philosophy of combining excellent product quality at affordable price points with a first-class network, together with a highly skilled engineering and technical support team. Not only does LeaseWeb offer dedicated and virtualized servers as well as colocation services to internet web professionals, organizations and users requiring the best hosting for value but we also provide a complete suite of internet services to our customers, including: shared webhosting and domain name registration. LeaseWeb has an enviable record for developing global enterprise level hosting internet infrastructure for major corporations, requiring the best world class internet solutions. From 2010 to December 2012 (2 years) Business Developer @ As Business Developer I advised Axians about the markets in which it operates and the propositions it sells and/or need to develop while hunting for new opportunities within these markets. As Business Develop i had a ‘helicopter view’ across all portfolio’s and business units and searched and worked on synergy within those portfolio’s and business units. Next to that as Business Developer I was in direct contact with Axians parent and sister companies (VINCI), customers and (potential) strategic partners. The Business Developer is responsible for strategic marketing plans and business cases which describe and evaluate with which products and propositions Axians can best reach its target markets.
Axians is the VINCI Energies brand dedicated to ICT
Living in a mode that is “always-on”, and communicating within a society that never sleeps, Information and Communication solutions are vital for many human and business activities. To make the world smarter, Axians embraces the business of its clients, as a mean to contribute to the overall value creation. This is achieved by providing top-notch, scalable and sustainable solutions, with a human face and touch.
VINCI is a global player in concessions and construction, employing more than 185,000 people in some 100 countries.
We design, finance, build and operate infrastructure and facilities that help improve daily life and mobility for all. From July 2008 to June 2010 (2 years) Utrecht Area, NetherlandsOwner \ Freelance @ Multiple freelance management consultancy assignments. From April 2006 to June 2008 (2 years 3 months) Sales Director @ Major account Sales
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sales and marketing planning From April 2006 to April 2007 (1 year 1 month) Amsterdam Area, NetherlandsBusiness Consultant @ As Business Consultant for Xs4ALL i was responsible for sales and project management of complex custom solutions targeting the top 500 customers of XS4ALL. I was also responsible for the development of new and innovative products and services. Initiator of pilot projects for new custom solutions.
successfully sold projects regarding:
- broadband solutions (xDSL)
- Hosting & colocations
- VOIP
- Triple Play
- Mobile and wireless Internet
XS4ALL (a play on the English pronunciation of access for all) is the third-oldest Internet service provider (ISP) in the Netherlands, after NLnet and SURFnet. XS4ALL was the second company to offer Internet access to private individuals, since 1993. Founded in 1993 as an offshoot of the hackers club Hack-Tic[1] by Felipe Rodriquez, Rop Gonggrijp, Paul Jongsma and Cor Bosman, while based in Amsterdam. Initially only offering dial-in services via modem and ISDN today it offers dial-up access as well as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) and fiber-optic (FTTH) services as well as mobile internet. As of 2007, XS4ALL was one of the larger ISPs in The Netherlands.
Xs4All is part of KPN:
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n the Netherlands, KPN has 6.3 million fixed-line telephone customers. Its mobile division, KPN Mobile, has more than 33 million subscribers in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, and Spain under different brand names. Through its ownership of several European Internet service providers, KPN also provides Internet access to 2.1 million customers, and it offers business network services and data transport throughout Western Europe.
KPN (in full Koninklijke KPN N.V., also Royal KPN N.V.) is a Dutch landline and mobile telecommunications company. The company is based in The Hague.KPN operates a mobile services network for 2G and 3G technologies. 4G has recently been rolled out and, as of March 2014, covers the Netherlands entirely. From 1999 to 2006 (7 years) Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
Nima, Strategic Marketing Management post graduate Advanced degree @ SRM Nima C From 2009 to 2010 Sales: Multiple Modules, communication, Commercial skills and negotiation techniques @ Kenneth Smith From 2000 to 2003 Introduction to Internet/Intranet technologies @ Tunix From 1999 to 1999 BA, Commerciële Economie @ HES Amsterdam From 1988 to 1992 HAVO @ Hervormd lyceum From 1986 to 1988 Vincent Steenhuis is skilled in: Consultancy, Management Consulting, Product Management, Sales Management, Business Strategy, New Business Development, Internet Services, Servers, Colocation, Cloud Computing, E-commerce, Data Center, VMware, Telecommunications, Virtualization