Hugo Van Damme

Presales and Bid Manager @ LCL Data Centers

Brussels, Belgium

Senior presales and bid manager for data center and network technology with over 20 years of experience in complex IT environments. Strong at translating customer needs into feasible and future-proof solutions. Proven track record in winning tenders and developing high-impact projects for financial institutions, cloud providers, and government organizations. Combines technical expertise with commercial flair and knows how to defend solutions convincingly. Driven by innovation in data center technologies HVAC, electricity (LV, MV) and sustainable energy efficiency.

Top roles

Pre-Sales> 10 years

Network/Telecom

Network

WAN / LAN

Back-end

AI .NET

Security

Cybersecurity

ETL Datawarehouse

DataStage

Sales

Pre-Sales Consulting

Language

Native Dutch

Dutch

Native

English

Fluent

French

Fluent

German

Average

Work experience

Since 2008

Presales and Bid Manager @ LCL Data Centers

01 May 2022 - 30 November 2025

Prepared and defended tailored datacenter proposals in close collaboration with business development, directly contributing to winning high-value contracts.

Sr. Solutions Specialist @ NTT DATA

01 November 2017 - 31 May 2022

Pre-sales function to support the sales team to win projects and answering complex tenders and making designs for key accounts.

Presales Consultant @ Prodata Systems

01 November 2008 - 01 November 2017

As a presales consultant, my job responsibilities were: Discover and test new solutions, components or features.

Education experience

Since 1989

Safety @ KU Leuven

01 January 1996 - 01 January 1997

Post graduate Safety 'Diploma Veiligheidskunde niveau 2' at HIVA

industrial engineer electro-mechanics @ KU Leuven campus De Nayer, Mechelen

01 September 1989 - 30 June 1993

specialization automation technology