Jan Van Der Velpen

Chief Product Owner IT4IT (IT infrastructure & operations) @ P&V Group (Insurance)

Flemish Brabant, Belgium

With broad experience ranging from hands-on to strategic leadership in IT and engineering, I combine a strong passion for technology with a customer-focused mindset. I bring along expertise in Security, Risk & Compliance. I deliver structure and stability in complex environments and am accustomed to working in multicultural, international settings. I am a Belgian national.

Top roles

System Engineer / Administrator> 10 years

Product Owner / Manager< 2 years

Miscellaneous

IT Project Management

IT Service Management

Language

Native Dutch

Dutch

Native

English

Fluent

French

Good

Chinese

Average

German

Average

Work experience

Since 2005

Chief Product Owner IT4IT (IT infrastructure & operations) @ P&V Group (Insurance)

01 October 2023 - 01 October 2025

I led and optimized the Infrastructure & Operations teams: Workplace, Connectivity (network & identities), Hosting, DevSecOps (support software development), Operations and Service Desk. Achievements: Improved productivity, transversal cooperation and culture through agile transformation. Increased flexibility using AWS / Hybrid Cloud. Compliance to DORA.

IT Director @ Ekinops / OneAccess (Telecom Equipment Manufacturing)

01 November 2016 - 01 September 2023

I led IT teams on 3 continents through mergers and acquisitions, supporting R&D and manufacturing businesses. Achievements: Compliance to ISO27001, ISO9001. Productivity increase by implementing Office365 and aligning SAP ERP.

Head of ICT @ KU Leuven / Groep T (Academic, engineering focus)

01 September 2005 - 01 October 2016

Responsible for server support, upskilled to leading the team through change and integration. Achievements: Integrated IT unit into KU Leuven with improved communication.

Education experience

Since 1999

Business Administration @ KU Leuven

01 January 2012 - 01 January 2013

Postgraduaat in de Bedrijfskunde - Fundamentals in Management.

Industrial Engineering/Electronics, ICT @ Groep t

01 January 1999 - 01 January 2005

Thesis on Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure - Shibboleth (SAML/SSO).

Jan Van Der Velpen

Top roles

Miscellaneous

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