Bob Smits

Current

managing director at BrightHouse Management

Past

member steering commitee at Pazio
lecturer at HKUST
Director Media & Services at Tiscali

partner Interimic at InterimIC
Statutory Director and owner at Antraciet
Director at Antraciet / Escador
Senior Manager at KPMG Management Consulting
senior manager ICE at KPMG
Business Unit Manager at NOB
Business Unit manager Design & Post at Nederlands Omroepproductie Bedrijf
Programme Director Veronica TV at Veronica
Director Television at Veronica RTV

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Education

Royal College of Art
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Vrije Universiteit

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Industry

Management Consulting

Bob Smits’s Summary

I have been managing in several industries in different positions for more than 30 years ( interim management, programme management, executive management in television, business reorganisation management, involved in a lot of innovational developments) Since 1979 also busy working in the ICT industry mostly regarding innovative projects and programs for the media and multimedia. The last fifteen years I'm primarily working in the internet and multimedia industry (as project manager, consultant and interim manager).

I like using my experience as a management coach. Very experienced in developments in the new media industry and cross media business solutions, internet services development and e-commerce.

Bob Smits’s Specialties:

Interim management, change and business management, innovation.

Bob Smits’s Experience

managing director

BrightHouse Management

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)

BrightHouse is specialised in senior project management. We manage projects that are of great strategic importance for our clients and where business objectives and ICT come together.
Together with the client, we focus on the useful effects of the projects and on implementing them with the utmost efficiency in order to realise their benefits as quickly as possible. The expertise of BrightHouse: project management, contract management, interim management and strategy management.
You can find it at: http://www.brighthouse.nl
member steering commitee

Pazio

(Management Consulting industry)

2008 — 2009 (1 year)
lecturer

HKUST

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

1994 — 2008 (14 years)
Director Media & Services

Tiscali

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; TIS; Internet industry)

July 2004 — July 2006 (2 years 1 month)

Overall responsible for media, portal and development of new internet services of tiscali NL
partner Interimic

InterimIC

(Broadcast Media industry)

2001 — 2004 (3 years)
Statutory Director and owner

Antraciet

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

1997 — 2001 (4 years)
Director

Antraciet / Escador

(Management Consulting industry)

2001 — 2001 (less than a year)
Senior Manager

KPMG Management Consulting

(Broadcast Media industry)

1993 — 1997 (4 years)
senior manager ICE

KPMG

(Management Consulting industry)

1992 — 1995 (3 years)
Business Unit Manager

NOB

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

December 1989 — 1994 (5 years)

As manager responsible for a major reorganisation (turn around from public held into commercial operating company). Especially responsible for downsizing, modernising (digitalisation) en commercial orientation of the Design and Postproduction Business Unit.
Business Unit manager Design & Post

Nederlands Omroepproductie Bedrijf

(Management Consulting industry)

1990 — 1993 (3 years)
Programme Director Veronica TV

Veronica

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

January 1983 — August 1989 (6 years 8 months)

Responsible for managing the TV broadcasting part of this public Broadcaster in the start phase. Before the position of programme director I held several other positions: responsible for programme finances, ICT and HR
Director Television

Veronica RTV

(Management Consulting industry)

1985 — 1989 (4 years)

Bob Smits’s Education

Royal College of Art

MA , Interactive Multimedia , 1992 — 1994
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht

Post doctoral , Media management, reorganization for the media industry , 1979 — 1980
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Bsc , Economics , 1972 — 1975
Vrije Universiteit

Bsc , Statistics