cmeerbeek.eurosky.social

Led end-to-end product strategy and delivery for Schiphol's critical messaging and infrastructure platforms, managing a portfolio that includes Red Hat 3scale (API Management), Confluent Kafka (Event Streaming), and Red Hat AMQ (Enterprise Messaging). Key Responsibilities: - Developed comprehensive product strategy and roadmap based on stakeholder needs and business priorities - Built and mentored high-performing product teams using Team Topology principles - Established data-driven prioritization frameworks to maximize platform value - Managed full product lifecycle from ideation to delivery and measurement Notable Achievements: - Orchestrated complete redesign and implementation of Confluent Kafka platform in just 6 months, resulting in 60% monthly cost reduction while improving usability and performance - Implemented quarterly portfolio planning process that dramatically improved stakeholder alignment and delivery predictability - Created systematic product pipeline scoring methodology to objectively evaluate and prioritize roadmap initiatives - Developed compelling budget proposals with clear business cases that secured executive approval and funding - Achieved greatly improved team performance metrics and high employee satisfaction through structured team development

For most companies monitoring/observability is not their core business. It is for me. I have spent years at small and large companies so I know exactly where I need to measure and improve. With the list of solutions I am an expert in, I will create the insights to make the right decisions and grow faster! I was hired as a: 1. Solution Architect (design architecture + implementation) 2. Consultant (advise and management) My main focus was the Splunk product portfolio which include Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Observability (former SignalFX) and AppDynamics. Projects include: - Solution Architect IT Monitoring & AIOps at ASML - Solution Architect Monitoring CoronaMelder - Splunk Architect / Developer at Schiphol - Splunk Architect / Developer at IVO Rechtspraak - AppDynamics implementation at different profit and non-profit organizations - Multiple BSM/Sitescope/uCMDB implementation at different profit and non-profit organizations Blue Factory Internet is a brand of C. Meerbeek B.V.

As a Product Owner Platform Services at Schiphol, I am responsible for all aspects of the products that the team builds and supports. I am also responsible for the flow of the team so that they achieve maximum results but also have a lot of fun! The following platforms were under my responsibility: * Red Hat OpenShift * API Management * CI/CD * Confluent Kafka * Red Hat AMQ Achievements: * Moved the OpenShift Container Platform in Azure from beta to production ready state * Migrated API Management gateways from legacy infrastructure to Azure landing zone * Increased the customer satisfaction and usage of the CI/CD platform based on Azure DevOps by streamlining the onboarding, adding new features like Mend and refactoring parts of the Terraform code bheind it * Setup of 3 teams based on Team Topology principles which resulted in high-performing teams with high employee satisfaction