Karel VANDIEST

En résumé

Entreprises

• RWE Energy Belgium - Operations Manager

  2009 - maintenant As Operations Manager, the key areas of my responsibilities are :
  • implementation & management of the front- & back- office organization, processes and solution
  • coordination of the interactions with internal (RWE) & external operational departments, sourcing & transport
  • support to sales new products development, and accelerating their time to market
  • operational excellence (quality & efficiency), from quote till cash management

• Itineris - Directeur Solution et ICT

  Valencia 2006 - maintenant * Tasks : Management of the Utility Solution products and services :
  • Member of the Management Team
  • In charge of the products and services development :
  - continuous analysis of developments and projects situation
  - structuring of existing developments in products
  - definition of product and project management approach
  • Account Manager : french speaking accounts
  • Programme Management :
  - roadmap management
  - set up of internal processes to manage the products and services
  - coordination of product developments
  - support to project delivery
  • ICT Director :
  - ICT budget and projects management
  - team management
  - infrastructure maintenance and development

• SPE - Senior Manager ICT

  Lyon 1999 - 2006 Function from 04/2006 till 09/2006: Integration Coordinator
  Tasks: Management of the post merger Integration Programme :
  • Integration Programme Management:
  - link between the Corporate Directors and the business lines
  - coordination of the integration management teams
  - reporting at Corporate level (budget-costs, planning-timeline)
  - issue management and risk mitigation
  
  
  Function from 11/1999 till 04/2006: Senior Manager ICT
  Tasks: Manager of the IT department :
  • Link between the Business & the Informatica world :
  - translation of the enterprise/core business needs into IT solutions
  - identification & informatization of enterprise processes
  - technological watch on the new technologies
  - search for, selection & implementation of new systems
  • Management/realization of several projects (main ones listed below):
  - implementation from scratch of a complete BackOffice system as well for residential as for industrial customers, on Navision/Axapta Xellent Multi Billing
  - implementation of a system for the treatment & management of Ediel messages, suited for the liberalized electricity, and afterwards gas, market
  - implementation of a system for the real-time monitoring of the production for all the power plants (internal & external ones)
  - development & roll-out of thin-notebooks
  - implementation of SAN technology
  - implementation of clustering on Windows 2000 server
  - implementation of Citrix & replacement of the pc’s by thin clients
  - extension of WAN network on SDH-STM-1 loop
  - renewal of several LAN’s resting on IEEE802.3 standard
  
  • Security management :
  - anti-spam
  - anti-virus
  - firewalling
  - permissions/directories
  
  • Management of the department :
  - 12 people
  - study and realization of projects
  - availability of, and access to, data & applications
  - infrastructure management
  - helpdesk management
  - management of maintenance & service contracts
  - access rights management
  
  • Management of 2 Competence Centers :
  - LAN/WAN/Bureautica
  ¨ Security :
  * Definition of the security policy
  * Procedures set up
  * Protection against attacks, misuse and intrusion
  * Disaster Recovery (business continuity)
  * Organization & concretization of audits
  ¨ Set up, management & maintenance/operation of :
  * Ethernet L.A.N’s
  * Fiber optic W.A.N. (STM-1, routers Cisco, on TCP/IP over SDH)
  * Server based computing & client/server architecture in a Microsoft (and marginally also Linux) environment
  * Intranet with e.g. an Environmental Management System & a webcam watching system
  * Internet access (through firewall), & domain names registration
  * Remote access
  ¨ Licenses management & choose of company standards
  ¨ Contact point for data communication between SPE & its partners
  
  - Technical Applications
  ¨ Implementation, integration, maintenance, and (continuous) extension of a system for the real-time (resolution downto the minute) monitoring of the production for the whole power plants park

• SPE - Staff General Manager Generation-Transmission

  Lyon 1996 - 1999 • Management, coordination, launch of projects concerning :
  - data communication
  - quality/environmental management system
  
  • Participation to large works :
  - major overhaul, of CCGT power plant (Seraing) : responsible for mechanical assemblies downwards the GT exhaust (organization, management, suppliers, reporting)
  - management & implementation of a computerized system for the management of the power plants : Image
  
  • Technological watch
  
  • Every day support into the Staff

• Glaverbel - Project Leader - Quality Manager

  1989 - 1996 • As quality manager (1996) :
  - rebuild towards certifiability of a quality assurance system
  - management of, & operational control on this system
  
  
  • First as researcher, then as project leader :
  - participation to research & development projects, and patenting concerning thin films on glass substrate for building, automotive & industrial products
  - industrialization of the related products
  - support to the commercial division as a technical consultant
  - management of cooperation contracts with universities
  - watch on technologies
  - reporting & presentation of projects to the Managing Board

Formations

• Université Libre De Bruxelles (Bruxelles)

  Bruxelles 1982 - 1987 Ingénieur Civil

Réseau

• Benoit DESSAUCY

• Cedric VANDERSTRAETEN

• Christian HUVELLE*

• James ILOTT

• Jean LISSOUCK

• Serge DIELENS

• Sophie MONTCHARMONT

• Yves CROMMELYNCK