Hans Mestrum ( LION, TopLinked, MyLink500)

Current

New media consultant, strategist, weblogger, screencaster, podcaster, videoblogger, trendwatcher at Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen

Past

Content developer/Advisor/Teacher (leergroepbegeleider) at Orion College Breda
Senior Strategic Business Developer / ICT Trendwatcher at Tulip Computers N.V.
Managing Director at NewLevel.nl bv educenter

Business Unit Manager at Tulip Education Center
Training Manager at Tulip Computers International B.V.
Several marketing positions at Tulip Computer Netherlands B.V.
Teacher at Several schools

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Education

Katholieke Leergangen Tilburg
Pedagogische Academie Schijndel

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22 people have recommended Hans

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500+ connections

Industry

Higher Education

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Hans Mestrum ( LION, TopLinked, MyLink500)’s Summary

Hans is an experienced hands-on general manager in the ICT training business.
He is capable of setting up businesses and build strong relationships, company culture, operational excellence and customer intimicy.
Positive attitude and optimism are characteristic values.
Creativity and innovation are key-drivers.
Hans is going for the strong and long relationships.
He believes in the idea of a changing world: coming from an Information Society and entering the experience economy and later on the transformation economy based on emotional values and stories around products and services, in which the relation between people is the real transaction, thus creating new markets.
He believes in bottom-up processes in which the user is in control, always on and superconnected.

His weblog Hans on Experience can be foud at:

http://www.hansonexperience.com

and his screencastingblog on:

http://www.hansonexperience.com/screencasting.

He also set up a wiki for online education content on:

http://www.hansonexperience.com/edu-content

He was also author on the weblog MarketingFacts at http://www.marketingfacts.nl

Hans Mestrum ( LION, TopLinked, MyLink500)’s Specialties:

People management, innovation, blended learning, strategy and vision, communication skills, training and presentation, corporate blogging, podcasting,
screencasting, strategies on new media such as blogging, (video)podcasting, screencasting a.s.o), ICT training, education, teacher, management, strategist, new learning, philosophy, trends, trendwatching, social software

Hans Mestrum ( LION, TopLinked, MyLink500)’s Experience

New media consultant, strategist, weblogger, screencaster, podcaster, videoblogger, trendwatcher

Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen

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

July 2008 — Present (2 months)
Content developer/Advisor/Teacher (leergroepbegeleider)

Orion College Breda

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

August 2007 — July 2008 (1 year)

Orion College is a Havo/VWO school, started last year. It operates with the philosophy that education has to start with the passion of a child and with the curriculum.
I will coach 10 to 15 students in their personal and educational growth.
Senior Strategic Business Developer / ICT Trendwatcher

Tulip Computers N.V.

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; TULIP; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2004 — July 2007 (3 years 4 months)

Trendwatching, spotting opportunities and ideas
Author on weblog Hans on Experience: http://www.hansonexperience.com and his screencastingblog: http://www.hansonexperience.com/screencasting
Business blogger, podcaster, screencaster, videoblogger
Bringing people and ideas together
Develop the network
Building knowledge for future strategy
Interested in training, tablet computers, connectivity products, mobility solutions, games.
Managing Director

NewLevel.nl bv educenter

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

January 2000 — March 2004 (4 years 3 months)

Changing a Business Unit into a company with profit responsibility.
Strategy: customer (and personnel) intimicy and operational excellence. Thus creating a strong brand an quality image in the training marketplace. Growing in revenue and profit.
Image and culture: balance between business and people, profit and fun, formal and informal, quality and price.
Member of VOI (Vereniging van Opleiders Informatica)
Novell, Microsoft, Prometric Authorised, Skillsoft Learning Platform.
Blended learning model.
Business Unit Manager

Tulip Education Center

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

January 1997 — December 1999 (3 years)

Responsible for internal and external training programs in the Netherlands and 12 European Sales Organisations of Tulip Computers. Training were organised for sales, network engineers and technical service engineers.
Hans has set up a Pan-European infrastructure for distance learning, combining all kinds of delivery formats for knowledge sharing.
Changing from cost center to profit center.
Novell, Microsoft, CompTIA and Prometric Authorisation.
Training Manager

Tulip Computers International B.V.

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

January 1994 — December 1996 (3 years)

Responsible for internal technical, commercial and network trainings.
Transforming the internal department to a Business Unit with profit.
Several marketing positions

Tulip Computer Netherlands B.V.

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1988 — December 1993 (5 years 7 months)

During this period Hans was working as trainer and product manager at the sales support department and marketing communication department.
Teacher

Several schools

(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Higher Education industry)

August 1979 — June 1988 (8 years 11 months)

Hans had teachers positions on 3 technical schools in Dutch language, informatics and english language.