About

Data Consultant in Belgium

Experience

2023-present: Business data consultant at Contraste-Europe

  • Data architect at Forem : Denodo data governance, change management

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
    back: OpenRefine + AI (current)
    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
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
    2014 Certified E-business RENTIC consultant by the Walloon Region
    2009 Finalist Roberval prize of scientific litterature
    2008 Finalist Walloon Grand Prix of Entrepreneurship
    2005 Finalist Grand Prix of SME

Certification

2024 Denodo (planned)
2017 Google Analytics
2015 Prince2

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

Other

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
1995-1998 Diverse responsibilities at AEGEE-Europe, European students NGO