Robby Boey

Current

Senior Director, Applications - EMEA at BCD Travel

Past

International Project Manager EMEA at BCD Travel
GDS Relations Manager EMEA & India at BCD Travel
DMS Professional Services Manager at Macro 4

Solution Sales Consultant at Galileo / Cendant
IT Manager at Tickotel Travel Technology
Trainer IT Technologies / Network Administrator at VDAB Antwerp
Product Specialist Diagnostics & Transfusion at Biotest Seralc

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Education

XIOS Hogeschool Limburg
Koninklijk Atheneum Boom

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Leisure, Travel & Tourism

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Robby Boey’s Summary

Objective:
A senior position requiring P&L accountability in a client-facing role (consultancy), preferably in an international context with an IT or Product and Services company in the Technology or Travel & Transportation sector.

Experience:
A confident and target driven communicator, with more than 10 years of experience in Training, Product Management & Marketing, Project Management, IT Management, Software Engineering and Consultancy.

Role:
Of those 10+ professional years, currently heading up the Applications department in EMEA for one of the world’s largest corporate travel service providers.

Sector:
From 1999 to 2009, worked as an employee for IT solution providers in the Technology and Travel & Transportation sector in EMEA. Currently employed as Senior Director Applications EMEA in the Travel & Transportation sector.

Languages:
Tri-lingual Dutch (native), English and French.
Basic conversation and writing in German.

Mobility:
Eligible to work in the European Community.
Flexible for frequent international travel, worldwide.

Robby Boey’s Specialties:

Project Management lifecycle, Consultancy, Product Management, IT Management, Development

Robby Boey’s Experience

Senior Director, Applications - EMEA

BCD Travel

(Privately Held; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

Responsible for Application Management
Responsible for Application Portfolio
Responsible for all Software Development Standards needed for BCD Travel Applications
Responsible for Supplier Selection and Management
Lead all Application related teams
International Project Manager EMEA

BCD Travel

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

February 2008 — December 2008 (11 months)
GDS Relations Manager EMEA & India

BCD Travel

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

October 2007 — May 2008 (8 months)
DMS Professional Services Manager

Macro 4

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

February 2007 — September 2007 (8 months)

- Manager of regional Professional Services team (operations, planning, training, ...)
- Manager of the regional first line technical product support group
- Responisble for the introduction of Macro 4's defined Best Practices in the region
- Responsible for the profitability of the regional PS function
- Quantify opportunities at potential Macro 4 customers
- Support sales by delivering expertise in pre-sales, solution architecture, software implementation, testing and project management
- Coordinate projects at customers using internal and external resources
Solution Sales Consultant

Galileo / Cendant

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

December 2003 — January 2007 (3 years 2 months)

- Evaluate and understand the business strategies of a customer.
- Undertake process and systems analysis to create high level functional and technical specifications that can be used to build solutions for customers.
- Working with Technology & Development departments and/or third parties, evaluate and design technical solutions that are optimal to address a customer’s business requirements.
- Responsible for defining, documenting and guiding the overall technical and functional design of solutions and provide firm direction and decisions relating to technical and functional design parameters.
- Sell and communicate the technology vision for the project to the customer, senior management and the implementation team.
- Be the “glue” that links the technical, commercial and helpdesk departments within the organisation, effectively requiring cross-departmental skills.
IT Manager

Tickotel Travel Technology

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

September 1999 — November 2003 (4 years 3 months)

- Evaluate and understand the business strategies, functional and process driver of a customer.
- Undertake process and systems analysis to create high level functional and technical specifications that can be used to design, build and deliver solutions for customers.
- Responsible for defining, documenting and guiding the overall technical and functional design of solutions and provide firm direction and decisions relating to technical and functional design parameters.
- Responsible for the proper functioning of internal and external IT systems.
- Managed IT projects (planning, operational follow-up, technical) for customer projects, managing local and off-shore development teams (Ukraine).
- Provide documentation and content for and undertake customer bids and business development initiatives.
- Be the CRS expert for all Travel and Transportation industry related projects and act as internal consultant for projects that were managed by others.
Trainer IT Technologies / Network Administrator

VDAB Antwerp

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)

September 1997 — August 1999 (2 years )

- Responsible for the SME training program, in which employees of small and medium sized enterprises were trained in Microsoft Office products and proper usage of the internet technologies (www, e-mail, …)
- Responsible for the jobseeker training program, in which jobseekers were trained in numerous fields of IT Technology, ranging from Microsoft Office products to programming languages.
- Responsible for the proper functioning of internal IT systems (servers, classroom computers) and conduct yearly clean-up of server and classroom systems.
- Largest projects include the Webmaster training program, in which 8 jobseekers with a minimum of IT knowledge were transformed into skilled Webmasters in less than 6 months and the conversion of a Novell based infrastructure to a Windows NT based infrastructure
Product Specialist Diagnostics & Transfusion

Biotest Seralc

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Biotechnology industry)

February 1997 — August 1997 (7 months)

- Responsible for the market introduction into the Benelux of diagnostic and transfusion products developed at the German headquarters, taking into account the local healthcare laws regulating the reimbursement of clinical tests.
- Responsible for account support where 1st line technical support on diagnostics and transfusion is required.
- Undertake live demonstrations of products and tools at the customer/prospect in close cooperation with the Sales Manager.
- Document technical procedures on the handling of the diagnostic and transfusion products.
- Adapt technical material to the Benelux market.
- Support Product Management at the German headquarter and provide local market feedback.

Robby Boey’s Education

XIOS Hogeschool Limburg

Master , Nuclear Physics , 1992 — 1996

Activities and Societies:

Redactor of Mol C2, student organisation of XIOS Hogeschool Limburg - Department of Nuclear Physics
Koninklijk Atheneum Boom

Mathematics - Sciences 1988 — 1992