Dirk Osstyn

Dirk Osstyn

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  • About me

    Commercial Director at Belnet

  • Education

    • Alcatel University

      2002 - 2002
      Risk Assessment
    • Senior Project Management

      2001 - 2001
    • Provinciale Industriele Hogeschool

      1985 - 1989
      Master Industrial Sciences Electricity / option Electronics / Computer sciences

      Obtained with great distinction

    • Vlerick Leuven-Gent Management School

      2004 - 2006
      Master in Business Administration General Management

      Graduated with Great Distinction

    • Flanders Business School

      2008 - 2008
      Innovation and business case preparation proposing a new business model

      Activities and Societies: Proposed new business model innovation as a means of business development for FTTH projects in southern Europe. Successfully completed "bulding the fighting Spirit - Bringing Entrepeneurship Inside"

    • INSEAD

      2003 - 2003
      Negotiation skills
  • Experience

    • Nokia

      Mar 1998 - Oct 2019

      Leading corporate transformation programs with yearly business benefits exceeding M€ 10:Lab-as-a-Service:- Improved virtualization of physical labs by optimizing the internal cloud environment offering. Reduced TCO by increasing flexibility and capacity for the worldwide R&D community. - Optimized cloud utilization rate by a factor 3 and introduced forecasting mechanisms and controlled investment plansEnd to End Data Build and zero touch commissioning program: - Created cross-divisional plan to implement new automated processes for Base Station (BTS) configuration creation, with clear interfaces and ownership, reducing risks for errors and annual costs.- Optimized field activities by defining a new process that reduces complexity on site (zero-touch) so that full commissioning can be reduced from weeks to days. Show less Business lead for the design of a common PPM (Project Portfolio Management System):- Product management: Define requirements and roadmap for the PPM system based on Oracle Primavera and interfacing with existing systems (ERP, Lawson) in close collaboration with internal IT architects, key users and external integrators (Accenture, Gaea Global).- Project and change management: Created the Change Management plan involving all stakeholders, guided user acceptance tests, prepared worldwide introduction plan.- Team manager of a diverse team of 6 autonomous professionals in different regions, bringing coherence to the team. Show less

      • Manager Corporate Transformation Programs at Nokia

        Mar 2016 - Oct 2019
      • Director Project Management Process and Business Platforms

        May 2015 - Mar 2016
      • GPM Consortium Living Lab LeYLab / Interprofessional project manager

        Oct 2010 - May 2015
      • Business Efficiency Office

        Jan 2009 - Dec 2014
      • Post-Sales Business Management Office

        Mar 2007 - Jan 2009
      • Program Management Office

        May 2006 - Mar 2007
      • Senior Advisor for strategic (> M€ 30) pre-sales projects

        Feb 2002 - May 2006
      • Executive Briefing Center Manager

        Dec 2000 - Jan 2002
      • Customer Project Manager

        Mar 1998 - Nov 2000
    • Belnet

      Jun 2020 - now
      • Commercial director

        Oct 2022 - now
      • Senior Product Manager

        Jun 2020 - Oct 2022
  • Licenses & Certifications