
Christophe Govers

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About me
The Mountain Goat 🐐 Freelance Project Manager 💼 Technology Enthusiast📱
Education

Karel de Grote-Hogeschool
2012 - 2015Multimedia en Communicatietechnologie
Experience

Videohouse
Jan 2010 - Nov 2018Student work Student work
Beeldassistent
Sept 2015 - Nov 2018Camera Assistent
Jan 2012 - Aug 2015Runner
Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

Boost Graphics
Nov 2018 - May 2021Technical Motion Designer / Live Graphics Operator.webp)
SUMSUM (formerly TPO Agency)
May 2021 - Dec 2024Projectmanager
FOD Justitie SPF Justice
Sept 2021 - Mar 2022Projectmanager / Product OwnerResponsibilities:● Delivering projects within scope, time and budget● Creating an agile structured way of working● Providing status updates towards key stakeholders● Facilitating steerco meetings● managing 3 teams with a total of 5 developers and 3 analysts● Defining business processes● Facilitating workshops to gather functional and technical requirements● Prioritize and ordering backlogProjects:Court cost Simplify the filing flow by streamlining the document uploading process. The system will force the appraisal offices to work in a uniform way and to reduce the lead time for payment. Thus, the project focuses on the part of the process of court costs related to the performance provider and the appraisal offices.Digital ideation box Development of a platform where ideas of employees are collected on possible applications that could support the organisation. Next to this, the IT department wants to uses this platform to do the high-level tracking of the ideas that are effectively developed.DigiCoach A platform where FoD justice staff can find different training on Microsoft's Power apps. This way, all employees have the opportunity to build their own small Power apps to make their daily work easier.Article 67-ter processing improvement Article 67ter is an article of the Belgian road traffic law, which obliges the legal representative of a corporation to disclose the identity of the driver to the Ministry of Justice. The scope of this project is to improve the processing of any violation of Article 67ter committed. Therefore, a Microsoft environment-based application was developed to deal with the violation of Article 67ter seamlessly and automatically. Show less

Stad Sint-Niklaas
Mar 2022 - May 2023PMO support / Business analystResponsibilities:● Delivering projects within scope and time● Creating timelines and roadmaps● Gathering functional & technical requirements● Testing and reviewing deliverables to ensure expected quality● Demonstrating completed functionalities and facilitating UAT session with end usersProject - Digitisation of grants and subsidies Digitising the intake and the processing of grants and subsidies. For the citizens of Sint-Niklaas, there is a portal available to request a grant or a subsidy. In the back office, there is a management system to handle and assess the requests. Show less

TotalEnergies
Mar 2022 - May 2022ProjectmanagerResponsibilities:● Delivering projects within scope, time and budget● Managing 2 analysts, 3 solution architects● Creating timelines and roadmaps● Providing status updates towards key stakeholders● Facilitating workshops with SME'sProject - RFQ creationProviding documents for an RFP to replace the current control and management system of the refinery. During the analysis, research was done for ways of improving productivity and efficiency. This ensures that the new system is not just a replacement, it also contains important improvements. Show less

Schelstraete Delacourt Associates
Jul 2022 - May 2023ProjectmanagerResponsibilities:● Delivering projects within scope, time and budget● Managing 2 data scientists, 2 AI engineers, 1 product owners● Creating an agile structured way of working● Creating timelines and roadmaps● Providing status updates towards key stakeholders● Resource planning and external vendor management● Facilitating workshops to define and gather functional & technical requirements● Testing and reviewing deliverables to ensure expected quality● Demonstrating completed functionalities and facilitating UAT session with end usersIT project - CV extraction & search engine with AI Extracting all the data out of a CV using AI and storing this data in a correct format in a database.Creating an AI-based search engine that uses the original data extracted during the first step. This search engine is used as plug-in on Ariadne. The search function is delivered as an API, the user interface was built in Ariadne. Show less

Celestia Antwerp BV
Jul 2022 - Mar 2023ProjectmanagerResponsibilities:● Delivering projects within scope, time and budget● Managing 1 data scientist, 2 AI engineer, 1 solution architects● Providing status updates towards key stakeholders● Facilitating workshops to define and gather functional & technical requirementsProject - Hardware & software developmentSetting up a proof of concept to showcase the possible speed improvements as well as the Bit Error Rate degradation level in respect to the current classical demodulation algorithm designed by Celestia. This all by using custom AI engine. Show less

Acerta
Jul 2022 - Mar 2023ProjectmanagerResponsibilities:● Delivering projects within scope, time and budget● Managing 2 developers, 1 product owners● Creating timelines and roadmaps● Providing status updates towards key stakeholders● Resource planning● Testing and reviewing deliverables to ensure expected quality● Demonstrating completed functionalities and facilitating UAT session with end usersProject - Chatbot application developmentUpgrading the current chatbot, that was created in the previous phase. Providing multi-language for all users in Belgium, adding new Scenario’s for the chatbot and UX & UI improvements. Show less

Galapagos
May 2023 - nowProjectmanagerResponsibilities:● Creating roadmaps and delivering the projects within scope, time and budget● Managing 4 remote team with on- and off-shore members (consisting of 7 developers, 3 data engineers, 2 analysts, 3 architects, 4 product owners, 2 testers)● Managing external vendors and contract negotiations ● Providing regular status updates towards key stakeholders● Setting up agile ways of working from scratch● Acting as scrum master during the agile rituals● Close follow up on quality and security due to GxP projects● Facilitating workshops to define strategic milestones● Supporting in the setup of a new PMOProjects:Data platformCollecting data from all kinds of different sources into 1 general platform. This platform is GxP-approved to ensure that the data shown is trustworthy.Electronic lab notebookSetting up an Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), with the tool “Benchling", to create a more efficient way of working for the lab researchers. This in 2 different tenants, GxP and non-GxP, with a link to transfer data.Global Service DeliveryThe setup of devices which Galapagos provides to hospitals to perform CAR-T treatments. This setup was not efficient and needed to be improved. SSO in the software, better remote control & monitoring and hardware upgrades.Website management & digital support Monitoring & improving all commercial Galapagos websites to follow the newest technologies. Adding a CiAM system with SSO, implementing a new LMS platform, providing a deeplink journey, … Show less

Mountain Goat
Jan 2025 - nowFounder
Licenses & Certifications
- View certificate

CMMN Fundamentals
The Master ChannelAug 2021 - View certificate

Ultimate Guide to User Stories
The Master ChannelJul 2021 - View certificate

Fundamentals of Project Management
The Master ChannelJun 2021 
Certified SAFe® Agilist
Scaled Agile, Inc.Apr 2025- View certificate

Professional Scrum Product Owner I
Scrum.orgDec 2020 
Appian Foundations
Appian CorporationMay 2021
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
Project Management InstituteFeb 2022- View certificate

Professional Scrum Master I
Scrum.orgDec 2020 
Microsoft Power Platform fundamentals
MicrosoftJun 2021
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