Tim Wieringa

Current

• KM Consultant at Holcim Group Support Ltd.

Past

• Founder & CEO at Zurigo Management (Shanghai) Co Ltd
• Founder & CEO at Zurigo Restaurant Management (Shanghai) Co Ltd
• Head of HR Department at CH-ina (Shanghai) Co, Ltd

• Senior Consultant at Executive Insight
• External Consultant at Eli Lilly - Critical Care Europe
• Senior Consultant at Arthur Andersen

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Education

• Nanjing University
• Universiti Sains Malaysia
• Universität St. Gallen-Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften

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Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• My Company

Tim Wieringa’s Summary

Mayor experience in management consulting focussing on business processes, communication, collaboration - either company internal or business-to-business. Main industries: financial, pharmaceutical, small-/medium-sized enterprises, architecture. Main regions: Western Europe, Switzerland, China, Shanghai, Singapore, Malaysia.

Can support professionals in:
* business development, account management, product/service design
* implementation of business (web) applications, business requirements, project management, people change
* Manage and organise Asia operations, communication, team management, knowledge management

Tim Wieringa’s Specialties:

account management, client relationship, cross-selling, up-selling, project management, project planning, project milestones, collaboration tools, Asia, China, Malaysia, Singapore, values, education, culture, network, business, politics, communication, entrepreneurship, business development, product/service design, operations management, interface business - IT, application development projects, business web applications, CRM, team building & leadership, knowledge management, sharing, innovation

Tim Wieringa’s Experience

• KM Consultant

  Holcim Group Support Ltd.

  (Management Consulting industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

  The Company | Holcim was one of the largest producer of cement. Along the value-chain, the company also offers aggregates, asphalt, and concrete. The company operated in more than 70 countries. Holcim Group Support Ltd was the headquarters offering central support and consulting services.
  The Story | In early 2008, Holcim launched a global initiative to improve the exchange of experiences, best practices, guidelines, etc. between the various companies that belong to Holcim. The initiative started with a platform that provides a single point of access to documented knowledge. Additional projects aimed at improving knowledge sharing for implicit knowledge; i.e. providing a platform that allows specialist to network and discuss.
  The Job | Joining the Knowledge Management department, Tim's major responsibilities were the implementation of the knowledge management tools in various Holcim companies and to continuously improve the usability and functionality of the global platform. The local implementation mainly focussed on promotion of the tools and on the integration/ consolidation with local knowledge management activities.
  Industry: Construction Material

• Founder & CEO

  Zurigo Management (Shanghai) Co Ltd

  (Management Consulting industry)

  January 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  The Company | Zurigo On-demand Consulting was established by Tim and implemented web applications (SaaS) that focus on B-2-B communication and collaboration. The majority of clients were in the service industry and small manufacturers with focus on export.
  The Story | In order to improve his expertise in communication/ collaboration and for web applications Tim implemented CRM solutions, project management tools, and work process engines. Tim decided to terminated these activities in order to leverage his experience and expertise in a larger context.
  The Job | This consulting business was a one-person company, therefore Tim was responsible for business development, marketing, project implementation, client relationship, etc. During a typical project, Tim supported the curator team for an architecture exhibition to communicate with around 130 exhibitors spread worldwide; the project management tool allowed to distribute news, exchange files, track milestones.

• Founder & CEO

  Zurigo Restaurant Management (Shanghai) Co Ltd

  (Food & Beverages industry)

  March 2006 — December 2006 (10 months)

  The Company | ‘Zurigo’ was a coffee shop that catered on the business people that search a place for work and meetings. In addition to coffee, food, and lounge area, Zurigo offered standard office facilities and a meeting room.
  The Story | This was Tim’s first venture, and he could achieved a good brand recognition and a great team spirit. Despite a good start, Tim decided to close the coffee shop after six months.
  The Job | As the founder of this business, Tim was involved in the company establishment, financing, shop design, human resource, operations, marketing, etc. Due to his heavy involvement Tim could gain great insight into doing local business and could only but benefit from this experience.
  Subordinates: 7

• Head of HR Department

  CH-ina (Shanghai) Co, Ltd

  (Management Consulting industry)

  June 2005 — February 2006 (9 months)

  The Company | CH-ina was a Shanghai-based consulting company which served Swiss SME entering the Chinese market with packaged solution covering accounting, legal, IT, human resources, market research.
  The Story | In the role of a head hunter, Tim could quickly acquire a lot of insights into the local culture and values. He left this company as he realised that head hunting was not a career path he was seeking after.
  The Job | Tim took the lead of the human resource team that is serving clients with personnel search and placement services. Together with his team, he could hire a COO and Sourcing Manager position for a Swiss machinery company, a CEO position for a Swiss/Taiwanese machinery manufacturer, Marketing Manager for a Swiss kitchen machinery company, and many others.
  Reporting to: Founders | Subordinates: 2

• Senior Consultant

  Executive Insight

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  November 2002 — April 2005 (2 years 6 months)

  The Company | ExecutiveInsight was a boutique consultancy based in Switzerland and serving the Pharmaceutical Industry in Europe with services combining marketing and knowledge management.
  The Story | One of the innovative concepts of ExecutiveInsight was "Customer Networking". This concept enabled the pharmaceutical industry to find new ways to communicate with the physicians by supporting its customers to create networks to exchange latest trends and issues. Tim left ExecutiveInsight to pursue his career in China.
  The Job | Tim developed new ways of the pharmaceutical industry to communicate with the physicians using alternative sales channels. For example he implemented an electronic newsletter (sponsored) which was operated by a Canadian company. This service was launched in all Western European countries and several thousands of physicians could be registered in a few months. Beside the projects with clients, Tim designed and implemented an internal knowledge base to collect and share all relevant information.
  Reporting to: Founders

  Industry: Pharmaceutical

• External Consultant

  Eli Lilly - Critical Care Europe

  (Public Company; Management Consulting industry)

  2003 — 2005 (2 years)

  Implementing a newsletter service for customers (physicians).
  * Requirements analysis
  * Vendor selection
  * Service design
  * Marketing (internal, physicians)
  Tool: Doc's Guide

• Senior Consultant

  Arthur Andersen

  (Management Consulting industry)

  January 1999 — November 2001 (2 years 11 months)

  The Company | As a former Big Five company Arthur Andersen was involved mainly in Auditing and Business Consulting. Tim was working in a team that was called "Knowledge.Services" and focused on implementing solutions to streamline the process and management of information and knowledge.
  The Story | After graduating from the business school, Tim joined a team that mainly focused on application development based on Lotus Notes. This activity as programmer allowed to gain an understanding of the business and the IT world. Later, the team extended the scope with web-based solutions like 'Vignette'. Tim left Arthur Andersen in order to broaden his consulting experience.
  The Job | Tim started with a few months training to achieve Lotus Certified Professional and very quickly was responsible to independently develop and enhance workflow applications. He successfully applied the rapid application development methodology. One project example was a customer complaints handling application; other examples are annual leave application, intranet portal development.
  Reporting to: Department Manger
  
Industry: Financial Services

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