Marijn Somers

Current

• Technology Consultant (SharePoint) at BT Global Services
• Secretary-Boardmember at ASC (Antwerps Scherm Centrum, "Antwerp Fencing Center")

Past

• Sharepoint Consultant; Functional Analyst / Project Leader at Dolmen
• Analyst / Developer at Real Biblioteca - Patrimonio Nacional @ Madrid

Education

• Open Universiteit
• Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen - Vlaamse Autonome Hogeschool
• 'Karel de Grote' Hogeschool Antwerpen

• GTI Mortsel
• Sint Jozef Instituut Borsbeek

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Marijn Somers’s Summary

Holding a Bachelor degree "Multimedia and Communications Technology - option: Software integration for Office Automation".

Currently studying for a master in BPM, to gain more knowledge at how companies work, and how their processes can be improved in order to stand out in the 21th century.

Particularly interested in MOSS 2007 (Certified MCTS MOSS 2007, Configuring), Information Worker technologies, web 2.0- web 3.0 and Multimedia.

* MBTI-type: ENTJ
* Prince2 Foundation Certified
* NATO Security Clearance until Feb 2014

Marijn Somers’s Specialties:

Analysis, technical perspective on functional design, Marketing 2.0, web2.0, ECM

Marijn Somers’s Experience

• Technology Consultant (SharePoint)

  BT Global Services

  (Public Company; BTA; Telecommunications industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  The TC provides Technology and/or IT advice and services to internal and/or external clients, which may be on a chargeable basis. The focus is on aligning technology and/or IT strategy to business strategy/processes.
  
  Key Responsibilities:
  - Project Team Leader role
  - Focus on the strategic investment in technology systems to deliver a technical solution
  
  NMBS:
  - SPOC (single point of contact) for SharePoint
  - responsible for setup of Support on SharePoint
  - training of key users
  
  Amcor:
  - set up of a project site to share information between BT and Amcor
  - functional analysis & administration
  
  P&G:
  - optimize and structure the project site (over 20K documents)
  - assist in migration from WSS to MOSS 2007

• Secretary-Boardmember

  ASC (Antwerps Scherm Centrum, "Antwerp Fencing Center")

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

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  Antwerp Fencing Center is a Fencing team based in the city of Mortsel with about 60 members. My task involves insuring the continues reliability of the ongoing classes by certified Maitres, insurance policies, strategic consultancy, IT consultancy and the organisation of tournaments and other events.
  
  More information about ASC (only in Dutch):
  http://users.skynet.be/vlaamseschermbond/clubs/asc.html

• Sharepoint Consultant; Functional Analyst / Project Leader

  Dolmen

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 1 month)

  Dolmen is an IT service provider that has already been active on the Belgian market for more than 20 years on infrastructure, education and applications.
  
  My tasks mainly consists of
  - Presales
  - Demo's and presentations
  - Teaching Information Worker Course
  - Analysis
  - Project Management
  
  Projects:
  - Fost Plus: Extranet / Website (SharePoint Platform Manager)
  - Helics: Intranet / mail registration / Document Management (Project Leader / Functional Analist)
  - VVM De Lijn: Mail registration / group email / library management (Functional Analist)
  - AW Europe: Study on Lotus Notes Applications for Microsoft Sharepoint migration (Junior Functional Analist)
  - Red Cross Flanders: Study for the benefits of SharePoint on the organisation (Junior Functional Analist)
  
  Dolmen fused with Real Software in September 2008 to RealDolmen (www.realdolmen.be)

• Analyst / Developer

  Real Biblioteca - Patrimonio Nacional @ Madrid

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2006 — June 2006 (4 months)

  Internship as analyst / developer on 2 projects :
  1) Encuadernaciones (PHP/xHTML/MySQL)
  2) Development / Implementation of an online platform: Correspondencia del Conde de Gondomar (TeiPublisher/.NET)
  
  Patrimonio Nacional (National Heritage) is a Spanish state agency dependent of the Spanish Presidency Ministry that administers the sites owned by the Spanish state and used by the King of Spain and the Spanish Royal Family as residences and for state ceremonies. The Patrimonio Nacional includes palaces, gardens, monasteries and convents, called the Royal sites.

Marijn Somers’s Education

• Open Universiteit

  Master in Science , Business Process Management and ICT , 2007 — 2010 (expected)

  A course in Business Process Management, at the university of Antwerp. Finished Premaster studies; finished:
  - ICT architecture module
  - Business Processes module

• Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen - Vlaamse Autonome Hogeschool

  Bachelor Multimedia & Communication Technology / option software integration for office automation , 2002 — 2006

  - Graduated with Honors
  
  * Multimedia (Adobe Photoshop/ Illustrator, Macromedia Flash/ Director )
  * Desktop programming (C#, VB.NET, Java )
  * Web programming (JSP,JSF, ASP.NET, HTML, XML)
  * Hardware, Networking, OS, Technology

  Activities and Societies:

  Member of the Student Participation Commision

• 'Karel de Grote' Hogeschool Antwerpen

  Applied informatics 2001 — 2002

  * data-communications, Cobol, C++, SQL
  
  I attented this school for only one year. Because I found this course not complementing my skills, I resigned after a year.

• GTI Mortsel

  Electronics 1998 — 2001

  industrial electronics, digital and analog electronics, microprocessors/ PLC, electronic measurement technologies, valve operation technologies

• Sint Jozef Instituut Borsbeek

  - , Economics - modern languages , 1995 — 1998

Additional Information

Marijn Somers’s Interests:

Fencing, classic novels, Multimedia Enjoying, maintaining and smoking handmade cigars, cars, interior and functional design.

Marijn Somers’s Groups:

Dolmen, Howest, BT

•    Content Management Professionals
•    AIIM ECM (Enterprise Content Management) Network
•    Gmail Users
•    Alumni Howest, de hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
•    SharePoint Users Group
•    SharePoint 2007 Network
•    CMS-Channel's Knowledge Network
•    Dutch Information Worker User Group (DIWUG)
•    Benelux Microsoft Certified Professionals
•    ex-(Real)Dolmen colleagues

Marijn Somers’s Honors:

* Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: MOSS 2007, Configuring
* Graduated with honors: Bachelor Multimedia & Communications Technology
* Leonardo Scholarship award for international internships
* Prince2 Foundation Certified

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