Geert CONARD

Current

Vice Chairman at Krijtlijn vzw (Chalkline)
Manager/CEO at Geert Conard VOF
Voorzitter (Chairman) sp.a Diest at sp.a

Member Support Officer at CIOnet
Country Manager Ecademy Belgium at Ecademy Ltd.
Non-executive Director at United Partners Services NV
Manager/CEO at IT Consult Services BVBA

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Past

Sales Manager at Cherub BVBA
Sales Manager Belgium at Norman/SHARK BV
Sales Manager at Compuserv CV

Freelance ICT Journalist at Sparta / Netwerk
Store Manager at InterTan Inc.

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Geert CONARD’s Summary

Owner/Manager of Geert CONARD VOF :

- Proactive Networker
- Management Consultant
- Public Speaker & Trainer
- Sales & Networking Expert

Owner/Manager of IT Consult Services BVBA :

- ICT & Network Solutions for SME
- ICT Consulting
- Onsite services (Also for partners)
- Hosting and webdesign
- Hardware, software, pheripherals and supplies
- Management Consulting for ICT companies
- Managing and coaching a people network
- Support for corporate events

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View a summary of my activities at
http://www.geertconard.com
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Connect with me on Ecademy
http://www.ecademy.com/account.php?id=50308&xref=50308
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Connect with me on Xing
https://www.xing.com/profile/Geert_CONARD
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Connect with me on LinkedIn
geert.conard@itconsult.be
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Connect with me on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=560297038
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I wrote a book on Social Business Networking :
http://www.agirlfriendineverycity.com
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Geert CONARD’s Specialties:

At IT Consult Services we provide onsite ICT support. We serve our customers, but also the customers of our business partners.

Specialities :

- Internet solutions
- Antivirus & Security Solutions
- Managing and coaching a group of freelancers
- Business Networking

Geert CONARD’s Experience

Vice Chairman

Krijtlijn vzw (Chalkline)

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Krijtlijn vzw is a non-profit organisation. We organize workshops and coaching-sessions for people who aren't that lucky in society.
Our target group are people with a handicap and people who live on welfare because of different reasons.

For all activities we make sure to remove all physical and financial thresholds, so everyone from our target group can take part in this experience.

The same activities will be organized in other European countries under the name 'Chalkline'.
We will also start projects in 3th world countries, together with NGO's such as Handicap International.
Manager/CEO

Geert Conard VOF

(Public Company; Myself Only; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

July 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Management Company with a variety of activities :
Management consulting, Journalist, Author, Advisor, Consultant, Proactive Networker, Trainer, Public speaker.
Voorzitter (Chairman) sp.a Diest

sp.a

(Non-Profit; Political Organization industry)

April 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)

Sp.a is the socialist party of the flemmish speaking part of Belgium.
In March 2007 I was elected president of our regional chapter in my hometown, Diest. Together with a splendid team we take part in the administration for our town. More information at http://www.s-p-a.be/diest
I'm also a boardmember of sp.a Vlaams Brabant (Regional)
Member Support Officer

CIOnet

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

December 2005 — Present (2 years 10 months)

CIOnet.com is the first independent, private and invitation-only online business network that empowers CIO’s & ICT Managers to network more efficiently and effectively for business. CIOnet is all about Building Relationships, Sharing Knowledge & Growing a Peer Network in the CIO community
Country Manager Ecademy Belgium

Ecademy Ltd.

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

July 2004 — Present (4 years 3 months)

Ecademy is the UK's Nr.1 social business network, founded in Febr. 1998 by Thomas and Penny Power. Today Ecademy is present in most countries around the world with regional clubs and meetings.

Hendrik Deckers launched Ecademy Belgium in April 2004. I joined him as vice chairman in July 2004.
At 01/01/2008 I took the lead together with a splendid team.
We organize monthly national networking events and smaller regional clubs in every region.
We also provide a hands-on workshop on the use of the Ecademy platform every 2 months.

Ecademy Belgium Team : Geert Conard - Hendrik Deckers - Bert Verdonck - Peter H. Claes - Brigitte Thuys.
Non-executive Director

United Partners Services NV

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

March 2003 — Present (5 years 7 months)

UP Services is a company that provides administrative consulting and guidance to SME and associations.
A smaller division is the Bamed webshop for "first aid" kits. For more info check the webpage at http://www.upservices.be
Manager/CEO

IT Consult Services BVBA

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 1997 — Present (11 years 7 months)

IT Consult Services heeft 3 soorten activiteiten :

1. Onsite ICT dienstverlening (Nationaal)

Met onze groepering van freelance IT professionals bestrijken we het volledige Belgische grondgebied en staan we ook ten dienste van onze opdrachtgevers. Mogelijk kwam u ons reeds tegen in naam van Euphony, Tiscali, Scarlet, Belgacom Skynet, Input of andere partners.

2. ICT Partner voor de KMO (Regionaal)

Sinds April 2006 beschikken we over een ICT Advieskantoor in het centrum van Diest, vooral gericht op zakelijke computergebruikers in deze regio.

Onze specialiteit is het beheren van het IT park van kleinere KMO's. Via uiterst flexibele onderhoudscontracten kan u steeds op beide oren slapen, wij zorgen ervoor dat uw computers steeds tot uw dienst staan.

3. ICT Management Consulting

Als derde activiteit leveren we ook management & consulting diensten aan ICT bedrijven.
Sales Manager

Cherub BVBA

(Computer & Network Security industry)

July 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Cherub is an import and distribution company for high quality security hard- & software. They also cover a range of professional data security services (data recovery, data-erasure, ...)
Cherub is the exclusive importer and distributor for several well known brands and products such as Norman, GFI, Vaxxin, ISL Light, Lavasoft, Bioslimdisk, ...

I manage the sales division and try to grow and support the resellernetwork.
Cherub was started from the former Belgian division of the antiviruscompany Norman/SHARK BV.
Sales Manager Belgium

Norman/SHARK BV

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

March 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 4 months)

NORMAN is known for its virus control software, firewall software, encryption software and anti-spyware software
IBAS is known for its services in Data Recovery, Data Erasure and Computer Forensics.
I support the dealernetwork in a large part of Belgium (Flemmish Brabant, Antwerp and Limburg) and work together with the other dealer managers to achieve our targets for Belgium.
Sales Manager

Compuserv CV

(Public Company; Computer Networking industry)

September 1993 — February 2005 (11 years 6 months)

Compuserv is an IT vendor for SME customers. We specialize in small network solutions and support.
As part of the team I am responsible for the COMPUSERV shop in Diest. My main occupations are sales, purchases, accounting and service to customers.
Infopage on http://www.compuserv.be
Freelance ICT Journalist

Sparta / Netwerk

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Newspapers industry)

1996 — 2001 (5 years)

I was a freelance ICT Journalist for the monthly magazine 'Netwerk'. During this assignment I also hosted a TV show on national TV, "Xplo", together with Geena Lisa. Maybe you will still remember my column "Geert weet raad".
By the end of 2001 I also started writing for other magazines (e.g. Clickx).
Store Manager

InterTan Inc.

(Public Company; Computer Hardware industry)

November 1991 — September 1993 (1 year 11 months)

Started out als Sales Engineer for consumer electronics and computers. Promoted to Store Manager. Left the company because InterTan decided to close the Western Europe section.

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