Paul De Bruyne

Current

Partner at Abitrius / b-smart
Partner at Inlingua Gent
General Manager at Cosmo Time & Security Systems

Partner at Trisixty

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Past

Managing Director at Key Job Training / time-smart / POSA
Consultancy at Confederatie Bouw
Owner / Managing director at time-smart

Other professional and social engagements at Diverse
Managing Director at Priority Link
Owner/Managing Director at Priority Brabant/Antwerp
Managing Partner at Priority Benelux
Managing Partner at IMS
ICT manager at Bell Telephone / AT&T

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Education

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Building competencies

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36 people have recommended Paul

Connections

247 connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Paul De Bruyne’s Summary

SENIOR MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE
Successful in starting, building, growing and improving the profitability, performance and value of companies.

Paul De Bruyne’s Specialties:

Marketing
General Management
Operations Management
Product Development & Management
Organisation
Social contact
Negotiating
Creativity
Analysis & Synthesis
Budgeting, financial modelling and planning
Sales
Sales Management
Business Development
Training
Public Speaking
Technology savvy - Early Adopter

Paul De Bruyne’s Experience

Partner

Abitrius / b-smart

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

Language, IT & Management training company ( www.abitrius.com )
Partner

Inlingua Gent

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

November 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

http://www.inlingua-gent.com/
General Manager

Cosmo Time & Security Systems

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

Short-Term Turnaround Project.
Cosmo Time & Security Systems is a ISO 9001 certified designer of hardware and software for Time, Sports and Security systems since 1920
http://www.cosmotime.be/
Partner

Trisixty

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Food Production industry)

September 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

Part-time assignment.
Trisixty is a delicious beverage which will create waves in the world of soft drinks. Trisixty purifies body and soul with natural ingredients which help to combat the negative effects of alcohol and which make troubled mornings after a thing of the past. Slightly sparkling, Trisixty is deliciously refreshing and is the ideal partner for your cocktail. ( www.trisixty.com or www.360.lu )

We are actively seeking for international Agents and Distributors.
Managing Director

Key Job Training / time-smart / POSA

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

October 2004 — September 2006 (2 years )

Results delivered:
- Reorganisation from "old-fashioned and dormant" to "well organised and dynamic"
- Restyled and modernised the image from Key Job to "Key Job Training"
- Take-over and Integration of Systemat Training and POSA, 2 important players in the training field
- Put the company back on track and profitability

September 2006 I sold my shares in Key Job Training to Aexis (http://www.aexisgroup.com/)
Consultancy

Confederatie Bouw

(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Construction industry)

June 2004 — September 2004 (4 months)

Coaching and facilitating the organisation to define their strategic action plan as next step after defining their strategic marketing plan.
Owner / Managing director

time-smart

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

October 2001 — September 2004 (3 years )

After leaving the Priority Management Network, I started time-smart from scratch.
After 3 years time-smart is market leader in time-management training. Its weekly tips (More than 100.000 subscribers) and its community site www.time-smart.net (more than 10.000 members) are very popular.
On our website www.time-smart.com you can see a lot of major Belgian companies and organisations are using our services.
In Belgium time-smart is a brand-name. More than 250 press clippings and 50+ radio and television interviews in 3 years time.
Oktober 2004 I sold my business to Key Job Training.
Other professional and social engagements

Diverse

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

January 1980 — December 2003 (24 years )

Director Euromicro (1980-1983)
Secretary of chamber of commerce (1985-1992)
President Jaycees Dendermonde (1986-1987)
Judge in court of commerce (1987-1992)
Expert in ICT (1994- )
Member of Jaycees (1980-1992)
Member of Lions (1987-1992)
Member of VMA (Vlaamse Management Associatie) (1999- )
Managing Director

Priority Link

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

December 1998 — September 2001 (2 years 10 months)

I sold my Priority Link Franchise to Priority Link, owned by link software and SRIB.
Our goal was to adapt for and sell the link software throug the Priority Management Network.
We also grew my existing franchise (N° 5 worldwide) to N° 1 worldwide through takeovers and growth in London.
Owner/Managing Director

Priority Brabant/Antwerp

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

September 1994 — December 1998 (4 years 4 months)

Priority Management franchise built from scratch to N�5 worldwide within the 200+ Priority Management franchise network.

End 1998 I sold my business to Link Software (at that time quoted on euronext)
Managing Partner

Priority Benelux

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

September 1991 — August 1994 (3 years )

Starting up the Priority Management Benelux Franchise Network.
Managing Partner

IMS

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 1983 — July 1991 (8 years )

Started my own company in 1983 and integrated it (1985) with IMS, 55 employees, 9 million euro turnover in 1989.
I sold my shares to my business partner in IMS.
ICT manager

Bell Telephone / AT&T

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

July 1978 — June 1983 (5 years )

I was responsible for the computers of the Central Lab.

Paul De Bruyne’s Education

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Master in engineering / (Burgerlijk Ingenieur) , Werktuigkunde / Electronica , 1972 — 1978
Building competencies

August 1978

Technical and personal development trainings (AT&T)
Teambuilding (Jaycees)
Personal Dynamics (Jaycees)
Mindmapping (Jaycees)
Time management (Jaycees)
Strategic thinking (Jaycees)
Leadership and motivation (Deboel)
New Deal (Delbeque)
Buying and selling companies (Eurosem)
Project management and planning (Ernst & Young)
Essential Selling Skills (Priority Management)
Strategic thinking (Priority Management)
Meeting management (Priority Management)
Stressmanagement (Priority Management)
Project Planning (Priority Management)
Influencing (Priority Management)
Profile Analysis (Priority Management)
Negotiating (Priority Management)
NLP (NLP Belgium Institute)
Quick-reading (Buzan Center Belgium)