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ABR Consultancy

ABR Consultancy is an ICT consultancy company that is created by Axel Breens in March 2018.

Axel is a versatile ICT professional with more than 20 years of experience driving engagements, business analysis and operations functions for diverse global organizations. He is a proven leader skilled at Linking IT and Technology with commercial objectives.

Axel has expertise in PMO, programme and project management, as well as technology integration and people management. He has a demonstrated history of collaborating with cross-functional and multinational teams comprised of personnel at all levels and from various skill sets.

Axel has proven ability to ensure that operations meet the needs of enterprise clients and has a previous background in military leadership and staff training. He is enthusiastic and motivated, is a team player and an entrepreneur.

ON A MISSION UNTIL 31/12/2024

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Click on below links to find some examples of projects and roles I did during the last 5 years of my career. Check out my CV in the About section for more details.

TELENET - Agile Way Of Working ('TAWOW')

Netcracker 2021 contract – Teamed up with Vendor Management to rework the current Netcracker contracts into a new 'Agile' contract. Move away from the current Waterfall Way of Working ('WoW'), running workshops to understand the requirements of all stakeholders (Architecture / Development / Testing / Release Management / Operational Readiness / Operations), alignment on SLA’s and KPI’s, charges, introduce lessons learned from previous Vendor Management Meetings, introduce a Capacity Based Model.

IC2N programme – Manage all activities needed to make our strategic partners Infosys and Cognizant land in the new Telenet Agile Way of Working moving away from the current 'Waterfall' WoW. This included introduction of trainings, introducing new roles and processes, facilitating multivendor / multi-disciplinary / T-shaped teams.

TELENET - Popeye Programme

Managed the transition of 85+ Digital and Data resources and 35+ legacy BSS / OSS applications of several incumbents partners to two main strategic partners Infosys (for Development and Support) and Cognizant (for Testing). The programme also included the management of the University track, the Employee Value Proposition track, Communications to Key Stakeholders and setup of the Contract Governance. This programme aims to save 33+ mio€ CAPEX over 5 years. Reporting to the CTO and occasionally to the SLT of Telenet.

TELENET - Dependencies on Commercial Whole Sale ('Doc WHS') programme

BUILD part - Make sure that the historical dependencies of the BASE legacy environment (Ericsson components BSCS / BCS / CVAS, Epiphany...) on the remaining BASE Retail environment are cleared and that a 'Chinese Wall' on the new inventories (Ninas / Dinoman) was implemented. Automation of the SIM Ordering process (towards and from Gemalto / Idemia). Migration of about 7 million IMSI's and MSISDN's to the new inventories. Java development on an Oracle WebLogic environment.

DECOMMISSIONING part - Realizing synergies for about 70 (mostly) BASE legacy CSS, BSS and OSS applications that are not needed anymore during and after the migration of Base Pre Paid, Post Paid and B2B customers to the new integrated Telenet / BASE IT stack (‘Origin’). This programme saved 12 mio€ in TCO for the IT Transformation and Integration BU. Total CAPEX investment of 1.85 mio€.

NETAPP - Professional Services Manager

Directed Professional Services teams within BeNeLux and the Nordics. Managed 10 - 15 internal staff and external consultants in design creation, configuration, data migration, testing, and system-wide audits. Evaluated operations for Professional Services team and drove annual strategic planning through gathering and analyzing feedback from staff, clients, and colleagues.

Led project planning, task assignments, conflict resolution, and divisional forecasting to ensure pipeline needs were being met. Recruited, hired, supervised, and coordinated training for staff, as well as managed salary negotiations and shadowing opportunities. Oversaw creation and maintenance of documentation for enterprise customers. Oversaw complex NetApp installations. Monitored Work-at-Risk processes and employee performance, as well as ensured PS backlog was controlled.

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