Willem Kossen

Current

Member at OpenID Foundation
Architect at SPOCS Project at European Union
Member of the Plenary at DataPortability Project

Architect at Eoverheid voor Bedrijven (ICTU)
Blogger at http://willemkossen.nl/b
Blogger at Kossen Genealogy Weblog
CAcert Web of Trust Assurer at CAcert.org
ICT Consultant and ICT-architect at M&I/Partners
Musician and Webmaster at Gazzary Bluesband

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Past

Spreker op conferentie over Het Open Web at NLUUG
Architect Berichtenbox at ICTU, Antwoord voor Bedrijven
Adviseur kennis en standaarden at ICTU

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Education

Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum
Coornhert Gymnasium

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Willem Kossen’s Summary

ICT is een middel, geen doel op zich. ICT helpt organisaties hun doelen efficienter en effectiever te bereiken. Overigens is ICT geen 'faciliteit'. Het is een bedrijfskritisch productiemiddel. ICT verdient om die reden in elke organisatie aandacht op het hoogte niveau. Dat is mijn visie op ICT.

M&I/Partners is mijn werkgever. We zoeken nog nieuwe collega's, neem contact op met mij voor meer informatie.

Ik wil het volgende bereiken met mijn werk:
Goede kwaliteit advisering aan diverse klanten omtrent ICT verandertrajecten, infrastructuur, beveiliging, en inbedding in de organisatie van ICT componenten en systemen met aandacht voor alle integratie aspecten die daarmee samenhangen. Daar ga en sta ik voor.

Mijn foto: http://tinyurl.com/2env8q

I also happen to be the moderator of the linkedIN groups Coornhert Gymnasium Alumni, IMN Alumni, M&I/Partners, WUR-Alumni, Apache Wizards, Blues and Toyota Prius Owners.

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Willem Kossen’s Specialties:

IT infrastructure, Information security, Usability, Application Integration, IT Procurement, Document management, Multiplatform infrastructures, networks, ITIL, Prince2, Open standards, Open source, ITSM, CRM, Virtualisatie, Microsoft, Unix, Internet Technology, Standardization, IT processes, ICT Consultancy, Quality and Risk management, Risk Analist, Software control and distribution, Migration and Implementation projects.

Willem Kossen’s Experience

Member

OpenID Foundation

(Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2009 — Present (2 months)
Architect at SPOCS Project

European Union

(Government Agency; International Affairs industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

SPOCS, which is the acronym for "Simple Procedures Online for Cross-border Services", is a pilot project launched by the European Commission which aims to remove the administrative barriers that European businesses face before offering their services abroad. SPOCS is expected to further enhance the quality of electronic procedures completion and has been designed for businesses that have an interest in cross-border activities. It will allow them to meet all the administrative obligations through a single contact point that will be available online in all EU Member States by the end of 2009.
It will initially involve at least two professional categories of service providers and its results will be widely promoted to raise awareness and to encourage innovative solutions for administrative simplification. A special effort will be placed on the dissemination of open specifications, the sharing of knowledge and best practices, as well as the encouragement for further cooperation. A wide range of organisations is represented among the partners in order to ensure that the value chain - from decision makers to service providers and IT solutions – is well balanced, and to allow contributions from different backgrounds.
At all stages, SPOCS will be carried out openly to facilitate consensus by public administrations, their suppliers and partners, industry and standardisation bodies. Nevertheless, it's worth mentioning that the national systems will not be replaced, but will only take into account common specifications to ensure cross border interoperability.
http://eu-spocs.eu/
I work mainly for WorkPackage 1, syndication of content.
Member of the Plenary

DataPortability Project

(Non-Profit; Internet industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)
Architect

Eoverheid voor Bedrijven (ICTU)

(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

In deze positie werk ik als projectarchitect aan o.a. de DBS transactie bij KVK, het Europese SPOCS project, samenvoeging van portalen binnen eOverheid voor Bedrijven, de E-profielservice, De transactie Gemeente Amsterdam en Orde van advocaten, E-herkenning en de Florina referentie architectuur voor de Front Office van de E-overheid.. Ik adviseer omtrent de vorming van berichtenboxen en werk mee aan generieke technologie.
Blogger

http://willemkossen.nl/b

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

I run my own blog about technology, IT, internet, security, mobile and innovation. Don't hesitate to stop by and comment or subscribe to the RSS-feed. Selfhosted on Wordpress, Linux, Apache and Mysql.
Blogger

Kossen Genealogy Weblog

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Weblog that lists the stories from the genealogy database rather than the raw data.
CAcert Web of Trust Assurer

CAcert.org

(Non-Profit; Information Services industry)

May 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)

As an assurer in the CAcert web of trust i am allowed to give CAcert users up to 10 points after a personal meeting where i am able to verify your identity based on official documents. See the CAcert website on http://www.CAcert.org for details on getting points and the number of points needed to create certificates yourself
ICT Consultant and ICT-architect

M&I/Partners

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2004 — Present (5 years 3 months)

Dutch (English below)

mijn rollen:
Auditor ontwerpen en plannen, Technisch geweten / coach, Testcoordinator, Adviseur ICT beveiliging, Requirement engineer, Adviseur ITSM, Informatieanalist
branches:
Zorg, Militair / Veiligheid, Ministeries, Gemeentes, Onderwijs, Nuts, Telecom
onderwerpen:
Informatiebeveiling, Infrastructurele migraties, Pilotplannen, Aanbesteding business applicaties en infrastructuur, Aanbevelinging omtrent ICT verandertrajecten, Audits op ontwerpen en plannen

English (Abbreviated)

roles:
Auditor of designs and plans, Technical conscience, coach, Testcoordinator, Consultant Security, Requirement engineer, Consultant ITSM, Information analyst
markets:
Health care, Military and public safety, Ministeries, Municipalities, Education, Facilities, Telecom
subjects:
Security, Infrastructure migration, Plans for Proof of Concepts, Invitations to tender for applications and infrastructure, Advice on ICT change, Audits on designs and plans
Musician and Webmaster

Gazzary Bluesband

(Music industry)

1994 — Present (15 years )

Hammond Organ, Piano, Slide Guitar, Percussion and vocals in a 5 person Blues and Rhythm&Blues band. Oh, And i designed and maintain the Band's Website...

Willem Kossen’s Education

Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Msc , Agricultural Sciences / Plantenveredeling , 1990 — 1999

Activities and Societies:

Bluesband Gazzary (http://www.gazzary.com)
WSO, Wageningse studenten organisatie
ROC, Richtings onderwijs commissie
Poef, penningmeester van de bewonersvereniging Bornsesteeg (600+ leden)
Coornhert Gymnasium

yes , Grammar School , 1984 — 1990

Additional Information

Willem Kossen’s Interests:

independent, consultant, IT, security, usability, open source, CRM, ITSM, Prince2, software distribution, architect, enterprise architecture, SOA, integration, ITIL, changemanagement, business, policy, TCO, solver, detail, helicopter view, high security, music, helping, knowledge, expert, professional, creative, trust, capucino, WUR, motivation, genealogy, parent, MindMapping

Willem Kossen’s Groups:

Member of Succulenta, Gazzary Bluesband, Developer of some open source tools and scripts on SourceForge.net, Member of OpenID foundation, member of several Social Networks like LinkedIN.com, Ecademy.com, Xing.com, Forbes.com, Viadeo.com, Network2Connect, ryze, hyves, xanga, plaxo, spoke, academici, tribe.net, myspace, yahoo, passado, socialbc, hi5, multiply, friendster, msn, LinkedInnovators