Jef Meys

Lead Link, Project manager @ Partena

Antwerpen, België

I am Jef, a freelance IT professional with over 10 years of experience. I have done everything: product owner, scrum master, project manager, analyst, and tester. If the project requires me to put on many different hats, I will not hesitate to do so. Thanks to my IT education and various jobs, I have a clear understanding of projects and software quality. I have worked with people all over the world and have experience in various industries and companies, using methodologies such as Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall and everything in between.

Top functies

Project / Program Manager< 2 years

Test / Validation Engineer< 2 years

Test / Validation Manager< 2 years

Scrum Master< 2 years

Product Owner / Manager2 - 5 years

Modeling Languages

BPM / BPMN

HRIS

Back-end

SQL

Agile

Agile/Scrum

Cloud

Azure

Miscellaneous

Project Management

Taal

Moedertaal Dutch

Dutch

Moedertaal

English

Goed

French

Goed

German

Gemiddeld

Werkervaring

Since 2016

Lead Link, Project manager @ Partena

01 February 2024 - 31 July 2025

Complex project management and agile leadership of a data migration between mainframes (TOP priority project). Team lead of the test team; to introduce test automation and a test policy in Partena. Managing integration projects with third-party suppliers.

Product Owner @ Sdworx

01 January 2020 - 29 February 2024

Product Owner for various products and projects. Setting long- and short-term roadmaps and communicating with stakeholders. Leading user migrations on behalf of IAM department. Incident management in collaboration with middleware department. Rolling out SSO and MFA for end-users with IDP modifications.

Scrum Master, Functioneel Analyst, Test Lead @ Sdworx

01 February 2019 - 31 December 2019

Scrum Master for multiple teams. Leading an agile community for Scrum Masters. Requirements engineering and responsible for testing and delivery.

Test Lead, Functioneel Analist, Scrum Master, Project Manager @ MSC

01 May 2018 - 28 February 2019

Functional analysis and testing for the DSCM project (Dangerous Cargo Management). Requirements engineering and stakeholder management. Focus on EDI with partners.

Test Lead, Functioneel Analist, Scrum Master @ Sdworx

01 June 2017 - 31 May 2018

Tester in 2 Agile teams. Planning and communication with team members and project leaders. Training and coaching of junior testers.

Test Engineer @ Baloise

01 June 2016 - 28 February 2017

Testing changes and new functionality within the ATLAS project (migration of legacy systems). Coordination of the offshore team.

Opleiding

Since 2015

Professional Scrum Product Owner @ AI Essentials

01 January 2025 - 31 December 2025

Certification in Professional Scrum Product Owner.

Professional Agile Leadership I @ Not specified

01 January 2024 - 31 December 2024

Certification in Professional Agile Leadership.

Professional Scrum Master I @ Not specified

01 January 2021 - 31 December 2021

Certification in Professional Scrum Master.

Java for Testers @ Computrain

01 January 2018 - 31 December 2018

Course in Java specifically tailored for testers.

Masterclass Business Analysis @ Alten

01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017

Advanced training in Business Analysis.

Applied Informatics @ Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool

01 January 2015 - 31 December 2015

Bachelor's degree in Applied Informatics.