
Chief Information Officer at ISM eCompany
Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Chief Information Officer at ISM eCompany
Rotterdam Area, Netherlands
My name is Jurgen Appelo. I am Chief Information Officer at ISM eCompany, rated (a while ago) as the #1 fastest growing technology company in The Netherlands. As a manager, I lead a horde of 100 software developers, development managers, project managers, business consultants, quality managers, service managers and kangaroos, some of which I hired accidentally.
I am primarily interested in software engineering, quality improvement and complexity theory, from a manager’s perspective. I am trying to write a book about this, and I keep track of it on my blog. I am a writer, having published a number of papers and articles in several magazines.
I am also a speaker, being regularly invited to talk at seminars and conferences about agile software development, project management, process improvement, and development management.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2003 — Present (5 years 9 months)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ORD; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2002 — November 2003 (1 year 3 months)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2001 — August 2002 (1 year)
(Information Services industry)
August 1999 — August 2001 (2 years 1 month)
(Information Services industry)
August 1997 — August 1999 (2 years 1 month)
(Information Services industry)
February 1994 — August 1997 (3 years 7 months)
Software Engineering 1987 — 1993
complex systems, software development, process improvement, management, books (science fiction & fantasy)
AgileSoftwareDevelopment.com