Ouke Arts

Current

Strategy Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers

Past

Management Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Finance and IT Risk Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Student Assistant at Tilburg University

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Education

ICMCI
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
ISACA

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Universiteit van Tilburg

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Industry

Management Consulting

Ouke Arts’s Summary

The future is small. Large diversified and listed companies will not be able to adapt fast enough. Entrepreneurial energy and innovative products, technologies and markets vibrantly create new networks of local competitors serving clients globally. Digital and design make the invincible combination. Digital meaning less physically bounded. Design being an inexhaustible source of competitive advantage. Competition becomes less predictable and employees demand more independence. Managerial strengths have to be combined with authentic workmanship in order for organizational leaders to remain effective. At critical growth stages, organizational leaders are in need of creative intelligence and independent strategic advice. This is where I like to work. This is my professional arena.

I am a Certified Management Consultant focused on business strategy and strategy execution. I use my analytical skills, creativity, communicative skills, knowledge and ambition to help realize my clients goals. These clients are predominantly known for their design and technology competences. It is my ambition to become one of the best strategy consultants working with design and technology companies. I can take the pressure and enjoy learning from people with other backgrounds and in multidisciplinary teams. I appreciate intelligence and skill. I am analytical, creative and objective next to decisive, clear and assertive. I specialize in working with private companies. And add value by putting theory to practice and delivering results. I am interested in strategic management, organizational design, business planning, competitive analysis, entrepreneurship and leadership.

Ouke Arts’s Specialties:

Strategy, growth, profitability and private companies.

Ouke Arts’s Experience

Strategy Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers

(Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Serving high-end privately held companies within the advisory practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Netherlands.

Typical projects: analysis of current strategic objectives, business plans and performance indicators and advising on executing strategies.
Management Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers

(Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years )

Serving high-end privately held companies and public interest entities within the advisory practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Netherlands.

Typical projects: aligning balanced score card with top management strategy and improving primary processes in terms of costs, quality and cycle time with middle management.
Finance and IT Risk Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers

(Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Accounting industry)

April 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 9 months)

Serving high-end privately held companies and public interest entities within the assurance practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Netherlands.

Typical project: assessing the reliability, accurateness and completeness of financial IT systems, designing process controls based on international standards.
Student Assistant

Tilburg University

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

August 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 6 months)

Scientific assistant associated with the Department of Information Management and Systems. Fields of work: Quality of Information Systems (e-learning project), Telecommunication, Computer Science.

Ouke Arts’s Education

ICMCI

CMC , Certified Management Consultant , 2008 — 2008
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

MMC, Master of Management Consulting , Post Graduate Programme Management Consultant (PGO-MC) , 2006 — 2007

Curriculum: Management of Change Processes (Miel Otto), Financial Reporting and Governance (Egbert Eeftink), Financial Management (Gert-Jan van der Vossen), Reconciliation Method (Fons Trompenaars & Charles Hampden-Turner), Organizational Design (Doede Keuning), Organizational Culture and Communication (Willem Mastenbroek), Strategy & Change (Steven ten Have), Strategic Human Resource Management (Joep Bolweg), Strategic Management (Pieter Klaas Jagersma) and Supply Chain Management (Arjan van Weele).
ISACA

CISA , Certified Information Systems Auditor , 2005 — 2005
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Foundation Programme Management Consultant (BO-MC) 2004 — 2005
Universiteit van Tilburg

MSc, Master of Science , Information Management , 1997 — 2004

Additional Information

Ouke Arts’s Interests:

Travelling, Outdoor Sports, Sailing, Music, Design, Politics, Cinema, Technology

Ouke Arts’s Groups:

Alumnivereniging EKSBIT, Alumnivereniging VUsie, Orde van organisatiekundigen en -adviseurs (Ooa), Vereniging voor Strategische Beleidsvorming (VSB), InterCompany Association (ICA)