Danny Gaethofs

Current

Project Manager ERP & B2B Integration / Technologies at Atos Origin
Project Leader / Business Consultant KPN eBilling at Atos Origin
Project Manager Pilot Electronic Ordering & Invoicing with Dutch Tax Authorities at Atos Origin

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Past

Project Manager / Business Consultant Nuon Alliander Electronic Invoicing (e-invoicing / e-billing) at Atos Origin
Project Manager / Business Consultant eProcurement KPN Sales at Atos Origin
Project Manager at Atos Origin

Project Manager / Business Consultant Electronic Ordering & Invoicing (EO&I) at Atos Origin
Project Manager / Business Consultant ERP (MFG/Pro - Microsoft Dynamics AX) at Atos Origin
MFG/Pro & EDI Application Manager; Business Consultant & Analist at Philips Business Electronics

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Education

Hoger Instituut Sint-Antonius Gent
Koninklijke Technische School van de Luchtmacht in Saffraanberg
St. Barbaracollege Tessenderlo

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Danny Gaethofs’s Summary

What makes me happy and motivated ?

- Working on innovative and challenging technologies for business information exchange and process management.

- Organising e-Business technology and introduction workshops for enterprises.

- Working and sharing information with highly motivated professionals on solutions for SMEs.

- Discovering and investigating Open Source based solutions and applications for managing inter-enterprise business processes. Solutions for ERP, CRM and B2B Integration (e-Invoicing, e-Ordering, e-Business).

Goals:
- Develop, bring to the market and implement innovative B2B integration services / solutions with a team of integration and business architects /consultants

- Design and develop an approach for solving document interoperability in the electronic business domain

Experience:
- Implementation of Electronic Ordering & Invoicing (based on the HR-XML SIDES standard) between Atos Origin & Dutch Tax Authority with an Open Source B2B Communication Platform and

- Managment of the KPN Sales eProcurement Project (from Investigation to initiation & startup): Enable the electronic integration of sales processes with the procurement processes of customers using B2B solutions.

- Conceptual Design of the Atos Origin Inter Enterprise Business Bus (BizzBox): an intermediary communication platform that enable trading partners (customers, suppliers, governments) to connect once and communicate with all their partners independently from utilized standards.

- Implementation of Electronic Ordering & Invoicing (based on the EDIFACT standard) between Atos Origin & Philips with the AXway B2B Communication Platform

- Investigation and selection of Open Source Business Supporting Systems (ERP, CRM, ESB, CMS, DMS)

Danny Gaethofs’s Specialties:

- Standards & Frameworks / Methodologies: EDIFACT , Universal Business Language (UBL), UN/CEFACT CCTS / UMM / UPCC, UDEF, OAGIS, BASDA XML, Government Interoperability Frameworks, HR-XML SIDES, Electronic Ordering & Invoicing, EIPP

- Processes: Supply Chain Management, Purchase & Sales Management, Billing Management

- Competences: Business Case Development, Project Coördination / Management (Prince 2/PMBOK), EDI Message Development, Business Process Management

Danny Gaethofs’s Experience

Project Manager ERP & B2B Integration / Technologies

Atos Origin

(Public Company; ATO; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

Develop a vision on electronic invoicing, e-O2C and e-P2P covering Distribution models and building blocks, solutions and scenario's, legal and fiscal obligations & compliance, organisational impact and saving potentials (Business Case), trading partner (customer, suppliers, ...) on-boarding.

Establish the Global Atos Origin e-invoicing / e-business Network of Professionals.

Develop new approaches for reducing Tax Fraude and leveraging the adoption of e-Invoicing (e-Factureren).
Project Leader / Business Consultant KPN eBilling

Atos Origin

(Public Company; ATO; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

Develop a clear vision on Electronic / Digital Invoicing and Expense Management (Cost Control) for KPN Billing taking into accounting current systems, processes and organisation.

Investigate the Billing Systems and Information flows (invoice general and detail data, usage data) and establish a view on the enterprise and system architectures.

Provide knowledge on e-invoicing models (seller direct, biller direct and consolidator model) and identify the potential models applicable to KPN. Guide KPN in the decision management process for selecting the appropriate model taking into account the enterprise architecture.

Participate in the preparation and execution of a market consultation (RFI) on e-billing and cost control.
Project Manager Pilot Electronic Ordering & Invoicing with Dutch Tax Authorities

Atos Origin

(Public Company; ATO; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2007 — Present (2 years )

Manage the project Electronisch Bestellen en Factureren (EB&F) (Elektronisch Zakendoen) between Atos Origin and the Dutch Tax Authorities. Develop the Plan of Approach, define the project deliverables, initiate and coördinate the project.

Support the Dutch Tax Authorities in the development of message exchange procedures and definitions from the viewpoint of a Consultancy & ICT Company.

Define a B2B integration approach and obtain commitment from management to participate in the pilot. Execute an impactanalysis and develop the Business Case.

Select and ensure the B2B Communication Platform (Open Source eMule for communication and XAware for transformation) are implemented.

Coördinate the development of message transformation between SAP and HR-XML using a Common Information Model.

Inform the steering committee on progress and budget.

Participate in the change control board of the Dutch Tax Authorities, implementationpartners (LogicaCMG and ESize) and the Staffing Agencies.
Project Manager / Business Consultant Nuon Alliander Electronic Invoicing (e-invoicing / e-billing)

Atos Origin

(Public Company; ATO; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2008 — January 2009 (3 months)

Develop a shared and broadly endorsed vision on electronic invoicing for Alliander and a realistic plan for accomplishing that vision.

Via on-site meetings and interviews of key stakeholders retain the views and desires on e-invoicing, identify the business objectives, establish a clear view on the enterprise architecture and the linkage of technology (information systems and applications) to business objectives and processes.

Via desk research review best practices and approaches, identify opportunities and challenges, determine benefits and costs, and develop a realistic plan of approach taking into account strategic goals.
Project Manager / Business Consultant eProcurement KPN Sales

Atos Origin

(Public Company; ATO; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 8 months)

Opdracht: Ontwikkelen van een visie en architectuur voor het ontsluiten van de ordering-systemen van KPN Sales naar de klanten (eprocurement systemen).

Aktiviteiten:
+ in kaart brengen van de ordering systemen en informatiestromen

+ visualiseren van de bestaande enterprise architectuur

+ ontwerpen van een toekomstige enterprise architectuur met business-to-business integratievoorziening (webgebaseerde orderomgeving, electronic data interchange op basis van EDIFACT en XML standaarden, combinatie webshop en integratie ERP systemen via Punchout of Roundtrip voorzieningen)

+ selectie van Elektronisch Communicatie platform en overleg met mogelijke leveranciers (waaronder Atos Origin en Tibco)

+ selectie webgebaseerde ordering omgeving en overleg met leverancier (Trimm)

+ ontwikkelen plan van aanpak, schrijven project initiatie document, opstellen budget en planning, opstellen work packages leveranciers Tibco en Trimm
Project Manager

Atos Origin

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ATO; Information Technology and Services industry)

2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
Project Manager / Business Consultant Electronic Ordering & Invoicing (EO&I)

Atos Origin

(Public Company; ATO; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2005 — May 2006 (9 months)

Opdracht: Inrichten Electronic Ordering and Invoicing (EO&I) voor de Inhuur van personeel tussen Atos Origin en Philips. Atos Origin is de eerste die met Philips op basis van EDIFACT communiceert via het elektronisch business-to-business platform van Burns Business Exchange.

Aktiviteiten:
+ selectie interne message broker en transformatie tool

+ afstemmen van de inkoop- en verkoopprocessen tussen Atos Origin en Philips en van de berichtspecificaties (gegevensuitwisseling)

+ begeleiden van de ontwikkeling, specificatie en realisatie van de berichttransformatieregels en mappings

+ aansturen van de SAP Interface en proces specialisten die zorgdragen voor de realisatie van de interne procesaanpassingen en de SAP IDOC definities; en inrichting van SAP

+ begeleiden van de acceptatietesten

+ opstellen project planning, managen van het project zowel inhoudelijk als op budget
Project Manager / Business Consultant ERP (MFG/Pro - Microsoft Dynamics AX)

Atos Origin

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ATO; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1998 — September 2005 (7 years 4 months)

- Project Manager ERP implementations
- Certified MFG/Pro Consultant Distribution / Logistics / Manufacturing
- EDI Consultant
- Microsoft Dynamics AX Consultant
MFG/Pro & EDI Application Manager; Business Consultant & Analist

Philips Business Electronics

(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

1989 — June 1998 (9 years )

Danny Gaethofs’s Education

Hoger Instituut Sint-Antonius Gent

Technisch Hoger Onderwijs - HTS , Industriële Informatica , 1987 — 1989
Koninklijke Technische School van de Luchtmacht in Saffraanberg

A2C - MTS , A2C Vliegtuigmechanica & Vliegtuigmotor F16 , 1983 — 1985
St. Barbaracollege Tessenderlo

Wet. B. - VWO , Wetenschappen , 1976 — 1982

Additional Information

Danny Gaethofs’s Interests:

Project Management, Business-to-Business Integration, SOA, ESB, Business Process Management, Eclipse, Open Source & Open Standards, Interoperability Frameworks

Danny Gaethofs’s Groups:

ECP-EPN nationaal identitymanagement platform
HR-XML
Service Oriented Architecture Special Interest Group
eBusiness & Integration
Ebusiness professionals
OASIS Universal Business Language
GS1
Brabant Network
E-Invoicing Network
eGov Community
Data Integration Specialist Group
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
International Belgians
Former and current Philips employees
TEM - Telecom Expense Management
ERP Community
Sun Microsystems
Youthenticate Identity Services 2.0
QAD Community
UN/CEFACT
EDI Specialists
Open Source in Business
e-Invoicing
Microsoft Dynamics AX Knowledge Village
Netwerk Noord
Electronic Business Knowledge Village (EBKV)
Nederland Open in Verbinding (NOiV)
European e-Invoicing Group
Informal Network of Standards Professionals
GXS Customers
Oil & Gas e-Transaction Forum
Jaarcongres Elektronisch Factureren en Betalen
Indicator Launching Customer
Freelance opdrachten
PEPPOL (Pan-European Public Procurement Online) = Public Procurement for the Future
EDI in Europe
National Information Exchange Model
Platform eZakendoen
OOST NV