David Machiels

Louvain Metropolitan Area
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    Deloitte

    Brussels Metropolitan Area

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    Brussels Area, Belgium

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    Brussels Metropolitan Area

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    Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

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    Mechelen, Flemish Region, Belgium

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    Leuven, Flemish Region, Belgium

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    Prague, Czechia

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    International

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    Brussels Area, Belgium

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    Leuven, Belgium

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    Leuven, Belgium

Education

  • Vlerick Business School Graphic

    Vlerick Business School

    Masters in Business Administration (MBA)

    Noteworthy: Operations and Supply Chain Management - First in class

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • IT Administrator

    OKeR VZW

    - 5 years 2 months

    Education

    Deployment and support of IT services for student organizations at Leuven University College. Development and maintenance of a network of Wordpress-powered websites within a communication and awareness initiative aimed at students within the different faculties. Communicating with various stakeholders such as enlisted student fraternities, student councils, college staff and support departments and suppliers.

  • Studentenvereniging Diana Graphic

    Praeses

    Studentenvereniging Diana

    - 1 year 1 month

    Education

    Diana is a fraternity organization founded in 1960, currently residing at the UCLL campuses Gasthuisberg and Proximus in Leuven. Together, we represent over 2 000 students in the academic fields of technology (Applied Information Technology, Chemistry) and healthcare (Biomedical Laboratory Technology, Nutritional Dietetics). The praeses is the spokesperson and head of Diana, acting as the face of the fraternity in day to day activities. He chairs the various meetings, formally leads the…

    Diana is a fraternity organization founded in 1960, currently residing at the UCLL campuses Gasthuisberg and Proximus in Leuven. Together, we represent over 2 000 students in the academic fields of technology (Applied Information Technology, Chemistry) and healthcare (Biomedical Laboratory Technology, Nutritional Dietetics). The praeses is the spokesperson and head of Diana, acting as the face of the fraternity in day to day activities. He chairs the various meetings, formally leads the strategic course of the fraternity throughout the academic year and represents the fraternity in various boards and organisms such as the UCLL department's student council and the umbrella council of sister-fraternities.

Courses

  • B&D - Consultancy Skills

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  • Chrysalis BTS - Engagement Management

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  • MSProjectExperts - Implementing and Administering MS Project Server 2013 Bootcamp

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  • Microsoft - WEPAT

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  • U2U - Administering Microsoft SharePoint 2010

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  • U2U - Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) with Team Foundation Server and SCRUM

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  • U2U - Microsoft SharePoint 2010 for Developers - Part 1: Essentials

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  • U2U - Programming ASP.NET 4 Essentials

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  • U2U - Upgrade your skills to SharePoint 2013

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  • Wolters Kluwer - Functionele Analyse van A tot Z

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  • WrightNow - Driving Adoption of Office 365 Solutions

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  • WrightNow - Identifying & Planning Enterprise Social Engagements

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  • X4P - Time Scheduling

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Projects

  • KBC Bank - Global testing and release coordinator

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  • Microsoft P-Seller for Office 365

    - Present

    "The Microsoft P-Seller (VTS-P) is a select group chosen from the elite in Microsoft’s partner community, whose focus is to augment Microsoft’s internal Technology Specialist team. Their primary role is to communicate the value of Microsoft Solutions to customers and to provide architectural guidance for Enterprise Integration solutions. The Microsoft P-Seller program was designed to create a deeper relationship with Microsoft Partners, the Product Teams at Microsoft Corporate, and Regional…

    "The Microsoft P-Seller (VTS-P) is a select group chosen from the elite in Microsoft’s partner community, whose focus is to augment Microsoft’s internal Technology Specialist team. Their primary role is to communicate the value of Microsoft Solutions to customers and to provide architectural guidance for Enterprise Integration solutions. The Microsoft P-Seller program was designed to create a deeper relationship with Microsoft Partners, the Product Teams at Microsoft Corporate, and Regional Microsoft Offices, in order to provide highly skilled solution specialists to Microsoft customers. It is designed to enable a high performance team of partner-based resources to deliver pre-sale activities and resources to empower customers and help them meet their solution and integration needs."

  • Bpost

    - Present

    Technical analysis and support for Bpost's Project Server 2007 environment. Alignment with key users on functional and non-functional issues.

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  • Sibelga

    - Present

    Project Server 2010 solution delivery for Sibelga, distribution network operator for electricity and natural gas in Brussels. Primary goal: enable centralized portfolio management for more efficient network maintenance. Several customizations on top of a solid Project Server 2013 implementation were developed using agile methodologies.

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  • KBC Bank - Project Lead

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    Project lead for SharePoint-based projects.

  • KBC Bank - Functional Analyst

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    Functional analysis for KBC Bank's Reconnect project: a full scale migration from multiple on premise enterprise content management platforms towards a solid, unified SharePoint / Office 365 solution. Impacting over 22 000 users, this is one of the largest migrations towards SharePoint online in Belgium to this date. Translating business requirements to the development team. Establishing best practices for platform adoption and governance. Developing solution designs and wireframes, writing GUI…

    Functional analysis for KBC Bank's Reconnect project: a full scale migration from multiple on premise enterprise content management platforms towards a solid, unified SharePoint / Office 365 solution. Impacting over 22 000 users, this is one of the largest migrations towards SharePoint online in Belgium to this date. Translating business requirements to the development team. Establishing best practices for platform adoption and governance. Developing solution designs and wireframes, writing GUI specifications and test scenarios. Worked from KBC's offices in Leuven and Mechelen using scrum methodology.

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  • Terumo Europe

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    PPM implementation for Terumo's IT department. TOBIUS steps in with a solution which aims to alleviate high project load, improve cost visibility and offers an integrated approach for scope and requirements management, capacity planning and project tracking. Through several business workshops, client processes were mapped to Project Server's capabilities to offer an end-to-end project lifecycle management process.

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  • European Commission - European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)

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    Implementation of SharePoint 2010 and Project Server 2010 at the European Anti-Fraud Office (Office Européen de Lutte Anti-Fraude), part of the European Commision and based in Brussels. Improving project efficiency and coordination for new and current investigations and operations.

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  • Keytrade Bank

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    Full rollout of Project Server 2013 for Keytrade Bank to assist in improved project and document organization. Technical lead for architecture and solution delivery. Hosting of several sessions of administrator training for key users.

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  • Tobania

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    Analysis and development of a roadmap for migration of the TOBIUS intranet to the SharePoint 2013 platform. Requirements analysis of company stakeholders. Managing expectations regarding branding and structure, extensive content migration and service implementation. Integration of Project Server 2013.

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  • ICTRA / Infrabel

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    Building a SharePoint 2010-Project Server 2010 solution for project and portfolio management at ICTRA/Infrabel. Facilitating more efficient servicing of railway infrastructure nation-wide.

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  • Belgacom

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    Technical support for Belgacom broadband internet services. Issue analysis and troubleshooting, acting as an intermediary problem-solver between clients and back-end support.

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  • Telenet

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    Second line phone and mail support for technical issues using Telenet broadband internet connections. Analysis of service failures, escalation of cases and issuing interventions and case follow-ups.

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Honors & Awards

  • Project Management Champion Benelux 2017

    Threon

    Threon invited Project Managers to participate in a first Project Management Challenge in collaboration with EditX. From early May to end of June, 340 participants fill in an online test, and the top 8 finalists were invited to compete for the ‘Benelux Project Manager Champion 2017’ title on July 4th in the offices of Threon in Ghent. Questions were composed by PMI and Threon associates, with 3 rounds of testing to select the final winner - David.

  • Best Tech Startup

    Startup Weekend Leuven

    Startup AgorAct selected as "Best Tech Startup" at Leuven Startup Weekend 2014 by a jury of innovation professionals.

Organizations

  • Project Management Institute (PMI)

    PMI member #2696555

    - Present

    I'm a member of PMI, and member of the local Belgian chapter. About PMI: "Founded in 1969, PMI delivers value for more than 2.9 million professionals working in nearly every country in the world through global advocacy, collaboration, education and research. We advance careers, improve organizational success and further mature the profession of project management through our globally recognized standards, certifications, resources, tools, academic research, publications, professional…

    I'm a member of PMI, and member of the local Belgian chapter. About PMI: "Founded in 1969, PMI delivers value for more than 2.9 million professionals working in nearly every country in the world through global advocacy, collaboration, education and research. We advance careers, improve organizational success and further mature the profession of project management through our globally recognized standards, certifications, resources, tools, academic research, publications, professional development courses and networking opportunities."

  • OKeR VZW

    webmaster, IT manager

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    Deployment and support of IT services for student organizations at Leuven University College. Development and maintenance of a series of Wordpress-powered websites. Communicating with various stakeholders such as student fraternities, councils, college staff, support departments and suppliers.

  • Student council

    Student representative, secretary

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    Giving a voice to student’s affairs and acting as an intermediary between them and college staff. Building and delivering promotional campaigns to raise student awareness on various matters. Streamlining communications and meetings as secretary.

  • Diana VZW

    Preses, event manager, webmaster, editor, public relations

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    Head (preses) of student fraternity Diana at the department of Health Care and Technology at Leuven University College. Development and engagement of a comprehensive agenda regarding both social and educational matters, with the goal to increase quality of our faculty's college experience. Development of inter-fraternal relationships through OKeR and LOKO. Other positions within the fraternity include event manager, webmaster, editor, and public relations.

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