Carlos Snel

Senior Program Manager | Cybersecurity & Cloud

Salary / Daily rate

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Freelance

Skills

Project Management (PMO)

Languages

DutchEnglishFrenchGermanPortugueseRomanianSpanish

About me

Intro

Interim PM & Executive Director with 15+ years managing global transformation programs for Fortune 500 companies. Led 180-site WAN transformation across 60 countries and critical banking migrations. Specialized in cybersecurity implementations, cloud transitions, and international project delivery for maximum ROI.

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Work experience

Senior Project Manager Business Development Cybersafe solutions

Yara InternationalFreelance

May 2024 - Present

2 years 6 months

Brussels Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

Executive Director

Aquila ICT Solutions B.V.

Jan 2019 - Present

7 years 10 months

Bussum, Netherlands

Our solutions include Zscaler, Software broker service, Talon, Vipre Cybersecurity Solutions & Human firewall training, Social Monitoring for marketing departments and agencies, Business process outsourcing (call centre) and full-scale Near-Shoring Development. Offering interim management and consultancy services since 2014 via Aquila Management Consulting in various sectors, including Telecoms, Energy & Utilities, Food Industry, Public, and Finance (Banking). Aquila ICT Solutions and Consultancy - Delivering Results Together https://www.aquila-ict.com https://www.aquilamanagement.eu/

Executive Director

Aquila ICT Solutions & Consultancy S.R.L.

Sep 2017 - Present

9 years 2 months

Bucharest, Romania

Our solutions include Zscaler, Software broker service, Talon, Vipre Cybersecurity Solutions & Human firewall training, Social Monitoring for marketing departments and agencies, Business process outsourcing (call centre) and full-scale Near-Shoring Development. If your company is seeking a significant competitive advantage over your competitors, don't hesitate to get in touch with us! https://www.aquila-ict.com

Director

Aquila Management Holding B.V.

Sep 2012 - Present

14 years 2 months

Bussum, Netherlands

Director and owner of Aquila Management Holding B.V. Owner and Director at Aquila - ICT Solutions & Consultancy S.R.L. Romania Owner and Director of Aquila ICT Solutions B.V. The Netherlands Owner of Aquila ICT Solutions Holding B.V. The Netherlands Owner of Aquila Management Consulting

Program Manager Platforms, infra and application development cycle

BelfiusFreelance

Mar 2024 - Dec 2024

10 months

Brussels Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

Transversal platform initiatives, platform lifecycle, infrastructure and application development lifecycle.

Senior Project Manager Strategic Accounts

KPNFreelance

Nov 2023 - May 2024

7 months

Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands & Amstelveen, Netherlands

Complex Projects ABN AMRO account

Program Manager

Yara InternationalFreelance

Apr 2020 - Oct 2023

3 years 7 months

Brussels Metropolitan Area

Responsible for the global WAN network transformation of 180 sites across 60 countries, involving the implementation of a Zero Trust Cloud SaaS Cyber Security platform, Zscaler, and SD-WAN technology

Program Manager Global Business Services

IBMFreelance

Nov 2018 - May 2020

1 year 7 months

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands & Paris, France

Program Manager for UNITY at ABN AMRO, managing the transition of two data centers from Paris to Amstelveen, the Netherlands, and managing the migration of critical banking applications to the Cloud for ABN AMRO's subsidiary, Banque Neuflize OBC, focused on the business banking sector.

Co Founder COO

hook biz

Oct 2013 - Oct 2019

6 years 1 month

Zaanstad Area, Netherlands

www.hookbiz.com, is the first global procurement and social business network available in six leading languages. Think of it as LinkedIn for tenders and quote requests, offering significant cost and time savings compared to traditional procurement and sales methods. Our platform empowers SMEs to expand their international business presence for free. hookbiz facilitates international trade through features like workflow management, interest groups, an event scheduler, automated quote evaluation, and integrated chat and video conferencing tools. Notably, we boast the highest advertising conversion rate, thanks to our exclusive community of strictly business professionals."

Senior Project Manager

KPNFreelance

Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

9 months

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Senior Project Manager Complex Projects ABN AMRO account.

Program Manager

Verizon Enterprise SolutionsFreelance

Nov 2015 - May 2018

2 years 7 months

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Program Manager ING account. Senior Project Manager Complex Projects ABN AMRO account.

a.i. Team Manager

T-Mobile Nederland

Sep 2014 - Oct 2015

1 year 2 months

The Hague, Netherlands

I managed a blended DevOps team with on-site and offshore BI developers, overseeing the service delivery of business intelligence services, including 2nd and 3rd line support. BI systems: ETL-Powercenter / Teradata / SAP BW / SAP BO / SAS

Management Consultant

Intersnack Group

Nov 2012 - Aug 2014

1 year 10 months

Doetinchem, Netherlands

Managing a customised ERP procurement implementation at an international FMCG company.

Program manager

Logica

Jan 2007 - Aug 2012

5 years 8 months

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

I've managed large scale business improvement and transformation programmes within Logica Netherlands and Benelux - 6500+ employees. Reporting directly to the Logica NL board members. Managing and monitoring around eight project managers. Managing cross-functional teams and the cultural differences when offshoring to India, Philippines or managing projects in Brazil. IT projects mainly ERP / workflow related on Agresso, SAP and Oracle HRMS supporting the complete Order to Cash process. Delivered the first e-invoicing implementation within Logica Group. Some other IT systems I've implemented are Basware, Citrix, MS Project server, MS-OCS, SSL-VPN, VOIP, SAAS implementations and multiple software and web development projects.

Senior Project Manager via LogicaCMG

ENECO Energie

Aug 2006 - Jan 2007

6 months

Responsible for the implementation and Go-Live of a new B2B smart metering system called MECOMS. This first smart metering system for Eneco was customized to customer requirements.

DTO

Aug 2004 - Aug 2006

2 years 1 month

Senior Project Manager via LogicaCMG

Aug 2005 - Aug 2006

1 year 1 month

I was among other responsible for the development of a software application, to manage the whole Defense telephony and infrastructure network, including the Defense phone directory.

Product Manager Product line Voice via LogicaCMG

Aug 2004 - Aug 2005

1 year 1 month

Interim product manager for voice services within the Ministry of Defense. I used the ITIL, TOM and Prince II methodologies to implement delivery procedure improvements. I was responsible for the long term roadmap and strategic product plans regarding Total Cost of Ownership of all telecom services, including managing the development of custom made software products. I also managed a VOIP tender project.

Sales Consultant Business Sales via LogicaCMG

T-Mobile

Feb 2004 - Aug 2004

7 months

Interim technical sales support of the Business Sales department, which serves the enterprise market. Main tasks were; giving technical presentations, advising customers, developing tailor made solutions, giving technical training to the account managers, supporting the bid and implementation management. I also worked on the launch of the BlackBerry®, advising on the organizational procedures for this product.

Senior Project Manager via CMG

TenneT

Apr 2002 - Mar 2004

2 years

I delivered a fully operational National back-up high voltage grid management centre and data centre, equipped with the equivalent (Transmission System Operator) facilities that were available in the main high voltage grid management centre.

Customer Service Manager B2B via CMG

Casema

Dec 2001 - May 2002

6 months

The Casema business market service management contact for service and SLA matters. Main tasks were managing relationships with clients concerning the operational service and customer satisfaction conform contract and SLA. I improved service management by defining and processing a new service program and initiating improvement projects.

Customer Service Manager (NL) Sales Dep. via CMG

Cable & Wireless

May 2001 - Dec 2001

8 months

I was responsible for attending the Cable & Wireless customers in the Netherlands for data services like; Frame Relay, IP/VPN, ATM, Secure Dial, Hosting, Leased Lines and others. I was an escalation level within the organization and responsible for structurized dispatching and resolving customers complaints.


Education

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Bcs

1997 - 2001

4 years 1 month

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