Noel Bellen

Current

Business Segment Marketing Director EMEA at Plantronics
Chairman of the Board, President at Bellimmo

Past

Head of Vostro, Precision and Electronics & Accessories EMEA at Dell | EMEA
Marketing Manager Clients Solutions Northern Europe at Dell | Northern European Region
Marketing Director at Dell

General Manager Care4Data CD&DVD Group at Care4Data Group
General Manager Sentinel at Care4Data Group
Marketing Director at Care4Data Group
Director Mobile Business Strategies & Product Marketing EMEA at Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Director, Mobile Computing EMEA at Fujitsu Computers
Business Development Manager Notebooks at Fujitsu Computers
Brand Manager ThinkPad & Options by IBM at IBM
Product Marketing Manager PC's at Ingram Micro Belgium

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Education

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Noel Bellen’s Summary

Business Segment Marketing Director at Plantronics
Marketing Director at Dell
General Manager at Care4Data CD&DVD Group
General Manager at Sentinel
Marketing Director at Care4Data Group

You can follow my day to day activities on www.twitter.com/noelbellen

Noel Bellen’s Specialties:

Marketing, Digital marketing, Technology, PR, Sales, General management

Noel Bellen’s Experience

Business Segment Marketing Director EMEA

Plantronics

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PLT; Telecommunications industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

Develop and implement the best strategies per sub-segment for setting and realizing Plantronics revenue objective in the business segment.
Design and execute marketing campaigns, including product launches and set appropriate metrics to track success.
Work close with the Plantronics creative team in directing the creation of marketing materials, sales tools and web activities.
Work closely with Sales organization and business partners to rapidly collect and act upon market intelligence.
Manage segment marketing expense and revenue budget.
Chairman of the Board, President

Bellimmo

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)

March 2001 — Present (8 years 9 months)

Bellimmo is the family patrimony company.
Head of Vostro, Precision and Electronics & Accessories EMEA

Dell | EMEA

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DELL; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2007 — January 2008 (6 months)

As Head of Vostro, Precision and E&A, I carry end to end responsibility for the success of my products (from introduction till end of life). Vostro is the brand name for Dell’s Small Business Desktops and Notebooks. The Dell Workstations are called Precision. E&A is split into Displays, Projectors, Client Accessories and Enterprise Accessories.
Marketing Manager Clients Solutions Northern Europe

Dell | Northern European Region

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DELL; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2006 — July 2007 (9 months)

As Marketing Manager Client Solutions, I am responsible for achieving Desktop, Notebook, Workstation, Peripherals and Services targets, working closely with the local teams. The countries within my region are: Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Ad Interim, I am the Marketing Manager Enterprise (Servers & Storage) Solutions too.
Marketing Director

Dell

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DELL; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2004 — October 2006 (2 years 6 months)

As Marketing Director, I was responsible for Brand Management (all products and services), Marcom, PR, Business Intelligence and E-Business within the Business-to-Business part of the company (companies +200 employees, public sector, education and healthcare).
As Sales Director Software & Peripherals (S&P), I was running a team responsible for Dell branded products (displays, printers, handhelds, beamers, TV’s, …), accessories (memory, hard discs, opticals, NICs, …), third party products (non PC products, non Dell branded) and software (volume licensing). S&P accounts for approximately 20% of Dell’s revenue.
I report to the General Manager for both functions.
General Manager Care4Data CD&DVD Group

Care4Data Group

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Chemicals industry)

December 2002 — April 2004 (1 year 5 months)

I was responsible for all Care4Data CD&DVD (Belgium, Germany, France & the Netherlands) and MC+CD (Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria & Yugoslavia) companies on Group level, reporting directly to the Care4Data Group CEO and the Board of Directors.
General Manager Sentinel

Care4Data Group

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Chemicals industry)

December 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 2 months)

As general manager, I had responsibility for the profit & loss account. Sentinel was one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of blank (floppy discs, CD-R/RW, DVD+/-R/RW) and prerecorded media (CD-Audio/ROM, DVD-Audio/Video/ROM).
Marketing Director

Care4Data Group

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Chemicals industry)

March 2001 — December 2001 (10 months)

I was responsible to define and implement the Group’s corporate image and strategy; customer segmentation, product portfolio and pricing strategy. After the successful implementation of this assignment, the function of Marketing Director Care4Data Group was suppressed, and I was promoted as General Manager of Sentinel. I reported to the Care4Data Group CEO.
Director Mobile Business Strategies & Product Marketing EMEA

Fujitsu Siemens Computers

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

October 1999 — February 2001 (1 year 5 months)

I was responsible for developing the mobile computing business, business strategies, product development and product marketing. I also investigated new markets (18 to 36 months ahead) and opportunities in support of the European mobile objectives. I acted as the senior voice to customers, partners, suppliers, analysts and the press in terms of Fujitsu Siemens’ mobile business. I reported to the VP Mobile Computing.
Director, Mobile Computing EMEA

Fujitsu Computers

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)

October 1998 — September 1999 (1 year )

I was responsible company-wide for the commercial and marketing front end (Factory – Countries) success of the LIFEBOOK product line (mobile PC line), working together with Product Management, the Country Managers, Country Product Business Managers and Country Marcom Managers. Fujitsu became Europe’s fastest growing notebook brand with an average growth of 182% against the previous quarter. I reported to the VP Mobile Computing.
Business Development Manager Notebooks

Fujitsu Computers

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)

March 1998 — October 1998 (8 months)

I was responsible company-wide for all business development activities in the field of mobile computing, working close together with Product Management, Product Development, Country Product Business Managers and Country Marcom Managers. I reported to the VP Marketing.
Brand Manager ThinkPad & Options by IBM

IBM

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 1996 — February 1998 (1 year 5 months)

As a brand manager, I carried the ownership of my brands. It was my mission achieve the P&L and to expand the market share of these brands. I reported to the Marketing Manager.
Product Marketing Manager PC's

Ingram Micro Belgium

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1995 — September 1996 (1 year 3 months)

As a product-marketing manager, it was my responsibility to create visibility for the vendors I represented and to achieve revenue and profit targets. I carried Acer, AST, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Olivetti, Texas Instruments and Toshiba as vendors. I reported to the Marketing Manager.

Noel Bellen’s Education

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Master , Comunication Science , October 1985 — June 1989

Activities and Societies:

Member of the Perskring

Additional Information

Noel Bellen’s Websites:

Noel Bellen’s Interests:

Marketing, Digital Marketing, Sales, Technology, New Media, Formula One (F1), Reading

Noel Bellen’s Groups:

Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
eOffice
Dell Alumni
The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
E-Marketing Belgium
OpenNetworker.com
! Sales Best Practices
Formula 1 Enthusiasts
Wikipedia Users Group
Google Group
Fortune Global Group
Online Marketing Professionals Group
TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
Unified Communications
Killer Innovations
Vrije Universiteit Brussel Alumni
Web & Marketing Analytics Group - IQ Workforce
Green
Ingram Micro Alumni Association
Communicatiewetenschappen - VUB
LION500.com (Open Networkers)
The Talent Buzz
MarketingProfs
European marketing professionals
Unified Communications Professionals Forum
Fujitsu Siemens Employees and Alumni
Blogging
Location Independent
Let's Connect! (Open Networkers)
Best Practices for Telephone Prospecting
The Technology Experts
Visionaries In Technology (VIT)
PITCH = Products In Technology Changing Humanity
Linked | SE (Strategy Execution Group)
Facebook & Twitter For Business
Technology Startups & Entrepreneurs
ExecPitch
ECHO - Create Relevancy