Danny Gaethofs

Danny Gaethofs

Project Manager & Advisor eBusiness / eZakendoen

Enschede Area, Netherlands

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
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
Education
  • Hoger Instituut Sint-Antonius Gent
  • Koninklijke Technische School van de Luchtmacht in Saffraanberg
  • St. Barbaracollege Tessenderlo
Connections
241 connections
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 2009Present (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 2008Present (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 2007Present (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 2008January 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 2006December 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)

    20062006 (less than a year)

  • Project Manager / Business Consultant Electronic Ordering & Invoicing (EO&I)

    Atos Origin

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

    September 2005May 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 1998September 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)

    1989June 1998 (9 years )


Danny Gaethofs’s Education

  • Hoger Instituut Sint-Antonius Gent

    Technisch Hoger Onderwijs - HTS , Industriële Informatica , 19871989

  • Koninklijke Technische School van de Luchtmacht in Saffraanberg

    A2C - MTS , A2C Vliegtuigmechanica & Vliegtuigmotor F16 , 19831985

  • St. Barbaracollege Tessenderlo

    Wet. B. - VWO , Wetenschappen , 19761982


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

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