Rob Van Haren

Rob Van Haren

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Advisor at NDW

  • Education

    • Collegium Marianum Venlo

      1979 - 1985
      Gymnasium Beta
    • Technische Universiteit Delft

      1985 - 1992
      Master of Science - MS Geodesy
  • Experience

    • Navigation Technologies

      Feb 1994 - Aug 1999

      Responsible for the overall quality of the map content before delivery to customers. Ensure the highest quality of map attributes by being the the “conscience” of the Benelux database, complying with all internal data specifications. Lead a 15-staff team to code field collected attributes in various European map databases.

      • Database Engineer Benelux

        Mar 1998 - Aug 1999
      • Production Team Leader

        Feb 1994 - Feb 1998
    • NAVTEQ

      Sept 1999 - Dec 2011

      Lead the annual planning process for the EMEA region. Ensure the optimal investment decisions are taken in source spend and production resource allocation. Lead single Project managers for regional and global projects (Adv. Map content, Discover Cities, POI). Lead 25-staff team in Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands to cover all map creation and maintenance tasks. Responsible for external representation for customers and news media.

      • Director of Operations Planning EMEA

        Jan 2009 - Dec 2011
      • Country Manager Benelux

        Sept 1999 - Dec 2008
    • HERE Technologies

      Jan 2012 - now

      Leading the Global Capture team. Covering the full range from capture technology, capture planning, system support to data ingestion. Overseeing the operational management of 200+ capture systems across 50+ countries worldwide. Overall annual budget responsibility around €15M. Responsible for Content enablement globally. Provide the operational teams with the best tools for map change detection and editing. Managed the Operational planning for the EMEA region, including the management of the HERE TRUE data capture. Introduced Managed Services Concept with outside services for all data collection. For the EMEA-region owned the capacity planning for map content coding resources in Mumbai (IN) and Leon (MX), including the deployment of new Coding tools & Processes.

      • senior Manager Global Capture

        Jan 2021 - now
      • Senior Planning Manager Global Capture Initiatives

        Aug 2016 - Dec 2020
      • Senior Manager Operations Planning EMEA

        Jan 2012 - Aug 2016
    • Nationaal Dataportaal Wegverkeer

      Jun 2024 - now
      Senior Advisor
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Improving Your Leadership Communications

      LinkedIn
      Aug 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • PRINCE2® Foundation Certification Training

      PeopleCert
      Jun 2024