Dirk Desnoeck

Current

• Department Manager at Suez Solar Technics

Past

• Interim manager at Several
• Managing Director at Entropia Networks N.V.
• Business Unit Manager at Constructies Espeel

• Plant Manager at Constructies Espeel
• Coach at Egemin
• BU Manager at Dewilde
• Sales Manager at Sioen

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Education

• Universiteit Antwerpen
• Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen - Vlaamse Autonome Hogeschool

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Industry

Industrial Automation

Dirk Desnoeck’s Summary

15 years of operational experience in leading SME's. Reorganisations, turnarounds, strategic changes, business development and crisis management

Dirk Desnoeck’s Specialties:

Succesfull in building strong and long lasting teams. Allround efficient negotiator in difficult and complex crucial situations. Specialist in finding strong "synergies", joint ventures, mergers and strategic alliances.

Dirk Desnoeck’s Experience

• Department Manager

  Suez Solar Technics

  (Oil & Energy industry)

  June 2009 — Present (2 months)

• Interim manager

  Several

  (Management Consulting industry)

  September 2008 — June 2009 (10 months)

• Managing Director

  Entropia Networks N.V.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  2008 — September 2008 (less than a year)

  Overall responsability for a fast growing company in a demanding and complex business environment

• Business Unit Manager

  Constructies Espeel

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

  September 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 3 months)

  P/L Responsability for the largest Business Unit, Material Handling Systems. Strategy, large accounts, marketing, organisation.

• Plant Manager

  Constructies Espeel

  (Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

  May 1999 — September 2005 (6 years 5 months)

  The plant manager at Espeel is responsible for projects, engineering, production, purchasing, ICT and strategic sales.

• Coach

  Egemin

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

  1997 — 1999 (2 years)

  The coach Material Handling is responsible for all operations of a material handling integrator, installing medium to large (>5 million €) international projects

• BU Manager

  Dewilde

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

  February 1992 — February 1997 (5 years 1 month)

  The BU Manager is responsible for the operational succes of a small (25 persons) machine building company.

• Sales Manager

  Sioen

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Plastics industry)

  September 1990 — February 1992 (1 year 6 months)

Dirk Desnoeck’s Education

• Universiteit Antwerpen

  MBA , 1988 — 1990

• Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen - Vlaamse Autonome Hogeschool

  Industrieel Ingenieur , Electronica , 1984 — 1988

Additional Information

Dirk Desnoeck’s Interests:

Business strategies, networking, business strategy, creativity, design furniture, modern arts, travelling,...

Dirk Desnoeck’s Groups:

Peter van het Lerend netwerk Innovatie van de Kamer van Koophandel

•    Innovation and Entrepreneurship
•    Friends of West-Flanders
•    Universiteit Antwerpen - University of Antwerp
•    Global Networking Group
•    Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing

Dirk Desnoeck’s Contact Settings

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