Advisory Board BIT

The BIT programs hold close relationship with the working field. In 1992 the Advisory Board BIT was established. The members of the advisory board hold positions in large multinationals to small companies within the IT sector or information intensive organisations. The aim of the advisory board is to assure that the BIT program is with the demands of the working field, delivering graduates that are able to function effectively within a wide range of IT positions. Below you can find more information about the members of the advisory board.

	Name: Piet Geukes – Chairman Advisory Board BIT
	Company: Corus Strip Products IJmuiden
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	Member since: September 2005
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	Born in 1946 in Gouda,Netherlands. Worked for Shell Research from 1962 to 1966. First programming course in Fortran in 1963. Study Mathematics at University of Utrecht, masters degree in 1971. Worked in IT in the steel industry from 1972 until his retirement in 2008. The company was first Hoogovens,which merged with British Steel to form Corus in 1999. In 2006 Corus was taken over by Tata Steel from India. In 2010 Corus was renamed to Tata Steel Europe. Started in 1972 as a mathematical analyst in Technical and Scientific Computing. From 1976 onwards he held IT Management positions in Applications, Architectures and Standards, Data Centre and from 1993 until 2008 as General Manager IT Services. In Corus a second position was that of Director Applications, which meant company wide responsibility for business IT applications.

	Name: Henk Schimmel
	Company: Selico
	Title: Owner
	Member since: 1995
	Linked-In: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/henkschimmel


	Name: Peter Verhallen
	Company: PinkRoccade
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	Member since:
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	Naam: Gerwin de Jong
	Company: Ministry of Finance – Directorate Tax
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	Member since: 2008
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	Name: Louwke van der Steen
	Company: Atos Origin
	Title: Director Business Development Sourcing
	Member since: June 2010
	Linked-In: http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/louwke-van-der-steen/0/436/551
	Louwke van der Steen, getrouwd en stoere zoon van 9 jaar. Ben inmiddels meer dan 20 jaar actief in de Nederlandse en internationale ICT-wereld, altijd namens de grotere automatiseerders (Logica, Atos Origin). Na mijn studie Informatica aan de Universiteit van Leiden heb ik het geijkte pad van ontwikkelaar via consultancy en projectmanagement naar senior management bewandeld. Zo ben ik namens Logica 6 jaar actief geweest in ‘emerging markets’ als India en Zuidoost Azie. Momenteel ben ik als ‘sourcing director’ verantwoordelijk voor complexe ‘sourcing’-trajecten, typisch internationale uitbestedingen van ICT infrastructuur en de bijbehorende organisaties. Mijn rol in de praktijkraad doe ik met veel plezier en geeft mij altijd weer een extra ‘energy boost’. Mijn dagelijkse werk speelt zich eigenlijk altijd af op het snijvlak van bedrijfsvoering en ICT-techniek. Naast dat ik deze ervaring graag deel met de praktijkraad en de studenten, ben ik vooral op zoek naar het continue verbeteren van de aansluiting tussen de studieboeken en de praktijk in het bedrijfsleven. Niet alleen in kwalitatieve zin, maar ook in termen van de aantallen afgestudeerden … gemotiveerde kandidaten zijn van harte welkom bij de vakgroep BIT en natuurlijk daarna in het boeiende bedrijfsleven!

	Name: Herman van Dellen
	Company: IBM
	Title: Benelux Technical Professions Council leader Southwest Europe IT Specialist Profession leader
	Member since: November 2010
	Linked-In: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/hermanvandelllen
	After graduating in Experimental Psychology in 1984 I joined IBM and worked as a professional in software development, artificial intelligence, database systems and expert systems. In 1990's I established IBM's business intelligence practice and led this team for many years; after that I took responsibility for the development of the IBM Benelux technical professionals (2007-2011). At the moment I manage the IBM Rational client support team for application modelling software. I have a special interest in professional development of IT professionals and am the leader and European chairman of IBM's IT Specialist profession board (equivalent to the Open Group ITSC professional certification program). In additional to career development of professionals I am highly interested in organizational development and process improvement, which is why I co- lead the Dutch SPIder People CMM work group. The membership of the Advisory Board BIT is a great opportunity for me to exchange knowledge and best practices; in addition it allows me to provide input from IT departments the University and make sure that the curriculum stays well aligned with the ever changing (B)IT profile requirements.

	Name: Dick Pouw
	Company: Telegraaf Media Group
	Title: CIO
	Member since: June 2011
	Linked-In: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/dhpouw