Christian Daems

Current

Co-Founder CMSCenter.be at CMSCenter.be
President at European Web Association
Managing Consultant & Co-Founder at CMS-Channel

Managing Director at Ellitte QOS BVBA

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Past

Sales & Marketing Director Content Management at UCAD NV
eBusiness Sales Manager at Real Software
Business Development Manager at Sopra Group

Consultant at Software AG
Consultant Digital Television at Mediagenix

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Education

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
OLVO

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Christian Daems’s Summary

CMS-Channel� is an independent consultancy company specialising in Content Management Systems (CMS) and Online Marketing. We are vendor-neutral and guide our customers in a pragmatic way during CMS & Online Marketing projects. We deliver strategic advice and selection guidance.

As neutral CMS & online marketing experts we guide you through the world of Web Content Management, Document Management Systems, Product & Catalog Content Management Systems, Digital Asset Management Systems, Product Information Systems, Enterprise Content Management Systems, Portals, ... . Next to this we can provide advice about Enterprise Search, Search Engine Marketing and related issues, emailmarkting and other online marketing techniques, web analytics, ... . We also have expertise in idTV Marketing & strategy.

We provide a pragmatic and down-to-earth approach which allows tailor made services for your specific situation.

Christian Daems’s Specialties:

Consultancy, Sales & Marketing, Media, Content Management Systems, Persuasive Marketing, eMarketing, ...

Christian Daems’s Experience

Co-Founder CMSCenter.be

CMSCenter.be

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

January 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)
President

European Web Association

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2005 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Founded in 2006 by neutral CMS experts, innovation specialists, industry watchers and software engineering researchers from 2 Belgian universities, the European Web Association (EWA) shares knowledge and practice amongst Content Management and related technology vendors, integrators, clients and users.

EWA concentrates on supporting companies active within Content Management technology in their innovative and marketing development, but also in their technological research within the web sphere on a European level. On top of that EWA also addresses users and customers in their daily use of content management systems and content strategies as well as related technologies, solutions and concepts like enterprise search, web analytics, usability, email marketing, profiling & personalization, e-marketing, search engine marketing and optimization, multi-channel publishing, Web 2.0 tools & techniques, social & collaboration software, …
Managing Consultant & Co-Founder

CMS-Channel

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2001 — Present (7 years)

Consultancy company with focus on Content Management Systems. For more information: www.cms-channel.be

He started working at MediaGeniX on digital TV projects in Scandinavia focussing amongst others on Media Asset Management. The consultant role became a major activity for him over the years, especially when he was working for Software AG (ACSE) on several Enterprise Content Management projects. Christian was responsible for the Documentum Knowledge Management Project at KBC Bank in Belgium.
He has been active in the field of CMS for over more than 5 years now and has a thorough knowledge in Web Content Management Systems, ECM and Product & Catalog Content Management Systems. He has been involved in several CMS projects like at J&J, KBC, UCB, Sidmar, Jaga, VDAB & Forem, KMKG, ...
Christian Daems is also subsidy advisor and writer for Flemish ICT companies applying for ICT related subsidies of the Flemish Government (IWT).
Managing Director

Ellitte QOS BVBA

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2001 — Present (7 years)

One of the major ongoing projects is ICT Consultancy for SubsidieCenter:
Subsidieadvies (Government Grants): zie op www.subsidiecenter.be
Focus op ICT dossiers voor IWT (www.iwt.be).
Specializing in ICT related subsidy/grants consultancy.
Sales & Marketing Director Content Management

UCAD NV

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

July 2002 — July 2004 (2 years 1 month)
eBusiness Sales Manager

Real Software

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2001 — June 2002 (7 months)
Business Development Manager

Sopra Group

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2001 — November 2001 (7 months)
Consultant

Software AG

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 1 month)
Consultant Digital Television

Mediagenix

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

July 1999 — April 2000 (10 months)

Christian Daems’s Education

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Master, in Computer Science (Lic. Informatica), 1996 — 1999

Activities and Societies:

Infogroep, FM Brussel, Founder of the Bedrijvendag
OLVO

Additional Information

Christian Daems’s Websites:

Christian Daems’s Interests:

Business: Content Management Systems, eMarketing, internet economy, Software Development & Engineering, Project Management & Ownership, ... Hobbies: Birdwatching, Music, Technology, gardening, DIY, cars, Formula 1, playing with our kids ;-)

Christian Daems’s Groups:

Active Member of the DDM Expert Group of Stichting Marketing Belgium / Marketing Foundation, Feweb, Flanders Multimedia Valley, BeCommerce, BDMV, SAI, Steering Committee Member CM Professionals Benelux Community, President of European Web Association