Frans Lytzen

Current

Vice President, Strategic Business Development UK & Benelux at Infospectrum
Owner/Director at NewOrbit Ltd

Past

Operations Director at Computers in Personnel Ltd
Head of Delivery at Computers in Personnel Ltd
Various roles at PWA

Various at Time/system

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Education

Handelshøjskolen i København

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Industry

Computer Software

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Frans Lytzen’s Summary

I have 15+ years experience in the software sector, with seven years in the HR Software sector and considerable international experience. I specialise in delivering change and business reorganisation, for the whole business or for specific teams, with a strong focus on improving the bottom line.
My background is a combination of a classic business training, technical expertise and project management, working with and for international companies as well as small local companies.

Frans Lytzen’s Specialties:

Specialities include;
- Strategy development and implementation
- Professional services optimisation - improving efficiency and profitability as well as customer satisfaction
- Offshore software development, in particular moving existing operations offshore
- Agile (Scrum/XP) software development
- Change management
- Innovation and software design

Frans Lytzen’s Experience

Vice President, Strategic Business Development UK & Benelux

Infospectrum

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Infospectrum provides advanced technology, software engineering, technical products and related consulting services to customers in the complex manufacturing, aerospace & defense, maritime logistics, asset management, communications, and geographical information system industries as well as the independent software vendors (ISVs) that serve them.
Owner/Director

NewOrbit Ltd

(Computer Software industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

NewOrbit Ltd provides Interim Management and consulting services to companies in the software industry.
It is owned and operated by Frans Lytzen and Sean Worthington, both with a long career in software development companies including several years at board level. Between them, all aspects from software development over professional services optimisation to sales and marketing are covered.
Operations Director

Computers in Personnel Ltd

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 2005 — September 2008 (3 years )

Frans is responsible for the Professional Services team and their revenues, for Training and the management of Product Construction along with the utilisation of offshore resources.

Frans has moved the product development offshore, reducing the on-shore resourcing by half in the process as well as restructured the team’s processes to an “agile” approach, significantly improving the ability of the business to respond rapidly to changing customer needs.

In Professional Services Frans has re-structured the roles in the team, maintaining and improving the chargeability of the team in addition to designing and implementing the PSA system that was instrumental in improving chargeability.

Frans provides key technical input to the product development process and a high degree of focus to improvement of all aspects of efficiency in the delivery of technical activities throughout the business.
Head of Delivery

Computers in Personnel Ltd

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

April 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 7 months)

Managing all aspects of delivering consultancy services to clients in connection with HR Software.
Managing the Partner program.
Working in the Senior Management team to develop the business vision and strategy and driving through change throughout the organisation.
Various roles

PWA

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

February 1999 — January 2004 (5 years )

During my time in PWA it went from being a limited company to being purchased by Great Plains, which was in turn purchased by Microsoft, until PWA was sold to Northgate Information Solutions, after which I left.

My final position in PWA was as Partner Manager, looking after the PWA Partner Network. During this time I remained part of the senior management team, being involved in the sale of the business from Microsoft to Northgate.

Prior to that I worked in various roles in the Consultancy side of the business, starting as International Project Manager and moving through heading up the International Consulting Team, through to Business Solutions Program Manager, heading up the Project Support Office and carrying out various business projects.
Various

Time/system

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

February 1996 — February 1999 (3 years 1 month)

I started in technical support in Denmark, supporting international partners, eventually moving to the UK office where I was looking after selling and delivering software.

Frans Lytzen’s Education

Handelshøjskolen i København

HD(U) , International Management and Economics , 1993 — 1997

The degree in International Management and Economics from Niels Brock in Copenhagen is a 4-year part-time degree. Students are required to work in a relevant job while studying in order to mix work with study.