Interfaces in new places: Spatial computing and the industrial metaverse

Philippe Delhez

Customer & Marketing, Customer Strategy & Design Leader

Philippe  Delhez has over 14 years of digital experience in different areas such as interactive user experience, product innovation, content - software solutions with many industry leaders and government authorities.

Tim Paridaens
 

Internet of Things leader and Global Chief IoT Architect

Tim Paridaens is Partner within Deloitte Consulting with extensive experience in large scale technology-enabled business process transformation and has specialized in I4.0, (Industrial) Internet of Things and Digital Supply Chains. Tim is leading all IoT-related activities in Deloitte Belgium, from go-to-market to project deliver (ideation, strategy, implementation and target operating model design) and is member of the global IoT team core team. He has built up industry experience in the private industry including life sciences, consumer business (retail and consumer goods), automotive, telecom & media and banking and public sector both on federal as European level. Currently, Tim serves multiple clients in designing and delivering innovative I4.0 / IIoT solutions, with a specific focus on Digital Ports, Connected Logistics, Connected Manufacturing, Predictive Maintenance and Connected Healthcare.

Genie out of the bottle: Generative AI as growth catalyst

Els Renders

Partner, Strategy, Analytics and M&A

Partner- Artificial Intelligence and data offering of Deloitte Consulting Belgium. Special passion and extensive experience in the public sector in various domains (foreign direct investment, regional marketing, city management, policing, education and public employment services, performance management, big data analytics, cognitive solutions, ...).Leading project teams in various different roles and assignments: create vision and roadmap, translate functional and non-functional requirements to solutions, build, implement and manage technical solutions and support the client in the appropriate change management.

Focusing a lot on supporting clients to build their strategy in becoming more insight driven organisations.

Geert Hallemeesch

Artificial Intelligence & Data Leader

Entrepreneurship is my foundation, data & analytics is my core focus domain and serving my teams and clients throughout a purpose-led business transformation is my passion.

I've been fortunate to have had a front-row seat these past 25 years on the evolution 'from BI to AI’, and how both are needed and will continue to drive success at organizations. As long as they are supported by solid foundations of data management, data governance, modern data platforms and more than ever, Trustworthy AI. 10+ years of experience in running analytical platforms as a managed service provides the experience and insight into the day-to-day challenges, the need for agility and embracing the rapid evolution of technology, as well as the need for trust.

As Artificial Intelligence & Data Leader at Deloitte in Belgium I set the strategic direction for the team and drive the execution of the strategy and as such enable our team to leverage the Deloitte platform to build their bespoke careers.As Partner in Deloitte I continue to stay close to clients and be involved in the delivery of the services we provide. It enables me to stay connected to the reality of clients' challenges and ambitions.

Smarter, not harder: Beyond brute force compute

Bram De Schouwer

Cloud Engineering Leader

Bram is a Director in Deloitte's Core Business Operations practice and is leading the Belgian Cloud Engineering offering.
At Deloitte, Bram focusses on IT Strategy, IT Governance and Enterprise and Solution Architecture related assignments in the Cloud domain. On a daily basis, Bram is helping clients with the preparation and execution of their Cloud Transformation journeys.

Tom Van Boxstael

Partner, AI & Data

Tom is a Partner in Deloitte’s AI&Data practise and leading the Google Alliance for Belgium. He has and entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for innovative, transformation and growth plays. On a daily basis he is involved in: Business development, Sales & Account management, Engagement Leadership roles for Market segment energy, natural resources & telco.

Tom is the go to person for conversations around: IOT, Big Data & Analytics, Mobile & Social, Cyber, Apps, Cloud. Outside – in. Tom has a broad experience in Financial, Operational and IT area for several industry segments.

From DevOps to DevEx: Empowering the engineering experience

Thomas Kessler
 

Partner, Cloud Engineering

Thomas is a partner at Deloitte Belgium, focusing on Cloud Engineering.

Thomas has a strong experience in Technology Strategy and Cloud as he has been advising companies across various industries in their journey to the Cloud, ranging from initial business case, to operating model and architecture, to the actual migration.

Prior to joining Deloitte, Thomas was leading the Cloud architects unit for Microsoft BeLux, where he has been driving leading edge Cloud migrations with large enterprises in the local market.

Kevin Van der Plas
 

Partner, Customer Strategy and Design

Partner in the Belgian Deloitte Digital practice, leading the Government & Public Services industry. Kevin has a proven track record of successful delivery of global Digital transformation programs in all streams of the project lifecycle. During these engagements, Kevin build up functional expertise as well as advanced process knowledge in different Sales, Service, Marketing and general business processes with a focus on the digital user experience delivered to Citizens.Over the past years, Kevin further developed his leadership skills as Program Manager of multiple global Digital transformation programs with a Digital Studio and Factory at its core. Kevin’s main responsibilities include end-2-end ownership of the complete digital transformation journey with design-led thinking principles, quality assurance across the different phases and leading the team to customer success.

Defending reality: Truth in an age of synthetic media

Peter Versmissen
 

Partner, Risk Advisory

During his career of 20y, Peter has gained a profound knowledge in the IT & OT Strategy and primarily in the Cyber Security domain. Peter’s main areas of expertise are: IT security (procedural and governance aspects, Identity and Access Management, ISO 27001, cyber security), (organisational) change management and quality assurance on large transformation projects. All projects where Peter has been involved in are situated in a variety of sectors, of which government and the energy sector are the most important ones. Within Deloitte, Peter is responsible for the Vigilant & Resilient team who takes care of all projects related to penetration testing, incident response and Managed Security Services (MSS). Next to that, Peter also drives all business opportunities for the Energy, Resources & Industrials industry and coordinates all HR activities as Talent partner within the Cyber Risk Services team.

Johan Van Grieken
 

Partner, Risk Advisory

I am Partner in Deloitte Risk Advisory, leading our Technology & Digital Risk team in Belgium. I focus on helping clients (1) to Successfully perform their digital transformation, (2) to Optimise the value from IT, (3) to Provide trust & assurance to clients’ stakeholders.

Key technology & digital trends include digital transformation risk, SAP S/4HANA risk, and cloud risk.I'm happy to connect on any of these topics.

Core workout: From technical debt to technical wellness

Yves Rombauts
 

Business Operations Practice Leader

Yves is a Business Operations Practice Leader in Belgium.Yves has a deep knowledge of technology strategy, Enterprise Architectures and IT transformation, integrations and separations. He has worked across various industries, with a particular focus on utility sector (gas and electricity distribution and transport companies) and the Insurance sector.

Prior to joining Deloitte, Yves was partner at inno.com, worked as an IT advisor at the Boston Consulting Group, and advised multiple companies as SAP consultant. Yves earned a commercial engineering degree specialized in information system development, and obtained his MBA with High Honors from The University of Chicago.

Jan Vanhaecht
 

Global Digital Identity Leader

Jan joined the Deloitte Cyber Risk Services group in June 2008 after successfully growing and leading a niche IAM systems integration company. He is currently leading the overall Belgian Cyber Risk Services Team, which houses well over 120 experts (and growing) who cover the full breath of services in the Cyber Security domain, from high level Strategy, Roadmap, Operating Model, Security Management and Workforce development experts, over Data Protection, Cloud security, Emerging Technology, SAP and Identity management export all the way up to Ethical Hackers and Managed Security Services experts. This wide range of services will allow Jan’s clients to face the next big transformation wave to follow the Digital Transformations: a full Cyber Transformation to confidently act and thrive in a digital economy.