Technical Project Management
Setting up and leading complex technical projects end-to-end, from definition and governance through engineering, execution, commissioning and operational handover.
- Project definition, scope and execution strategy
- Technical planning, risk management and issue resolution
- Coordination of multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Supplier, stakeholder and interface management
- Commissioning, validation and operational handover
- Delivery within regulated and mission-critical environments
Technical Programme Management
Setting up complex technical programmes and taking on programme-level leadership across multiple workstreams, stakeholders, suppliers and dependencies.
- Programme setup and governance
- Defining workstreams, responsibilities and interfaces
- Managing technical dependencies and cross-project priorities
- Stakeholder alignment across engineering, operations and suppliers
- Creating transparency, decision-making structure and delivery control
- Driving execution from initiation through implementation and handover
Automation & OT Transformation
Combining hands-on engineering experience with technical leadership to shape and deliver complex automation and OT transformations.
- Industrial automation and control systems
- OT and system integration
- Brownfield transformation and migration projects
- BMS and facility automation
- Automation standards and technical governance
- Engineering coordination across multiple projects
- Commissioning and operational handover
Systems Thinking & Technical Integration
Understanding how systems, interfaces, engineering disciplines and operational requirements interact — and translating that complexity into workable technical and organisational structures.
- System architecture and technical dependencies
- Interfaces between software, controls, equipment and infrastructure
- Standardisation and reusable engineering concepts
- Technical decision-making across disciplines
- Translating engineering complexity into clear project structures
- Balancing local technical decisions with programme-wide impact
Regulated & Mission-Critical Environments
Experience delivering technical initiatives where compliance, reliability and operational continuity are critical.
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing environments
- GMP / GAMP 5 principles
- Validation-driven delivery
- Brownfield changes in operational facilities
- Critical infrastructure and industrial environments
- Managing execution while maintaining operational continuity
Engineering & Delivery Background
My project and programme leadership is grounded in hands-on engineering experience.
Before moving into technical leadership roles, I worked extensively as a software and lead software engineer, developing, integrating and commissioning industrial automation systems and machines in the Netherlands and internationally.
This gives me a practical understanding of:
- PLC & HMI software development
- Industrial automation architecture
- Machine commissioning and troubleshooting
- Robotics and machine control
- FAT / SAT and operational acceptance
- System integration
- Engineering team dynamics
- Customer-facing technical delivery
