PLEASE MEET OUR TEAM

Alan, born on Curaçao, started his career with BearingPoint in 1981 after obtaining his bachelor degree in Information Technology in Eindhoven. He was promoted to Managing Director in 1991 and initiated the software development activities within the practice. Alan is one of the three Managing Directors currently leading BearingPoint Caribbean.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Papiamento

EXPERTISE
IT strategy, Information analysis, software development and systems integration

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Board memberships

Annette is out-going, hands-on and positive. She has broad experience as a Management Assistant/Office Manager in International companies where she was responsible for internal control and process management. Her experience in dealing with clients and service providers and handling cultural differences make her an essential part of our team. Currently Annette assists Management and is the contact person for all Office and Human Resources related affairs.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BSc. Culturele Maatschappelijke Vorming, Hogeschool Sittard

EXPERTISE
Office Management, Project Management, Quality Management, Compliance

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Treasurer Local Soccer Team, Private Trainer/ Healthy Lifestyle Motivator

Anouck was born in Netherlands and grew up in Curacao. He completed his study Internet Based Information Systems with a specialization in Programming at the University of the Netherlands Antilles. During his studies he started to work as a Web Developer and in 2012 he joined BearingPoint Caribbean.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BASc. Internet Based Information Systems, University of Netherlands Antilles

EXPERTISE
Web development, Centura programming, Microsoft SQL Server

Ben is a Manager in the field of Public Services. He started his career at BearingPoint in 2010. Ben studied ‘Communicatiesystemen’ while working at the biggest telecom provider in the Netherlands as a telecom expert and call centre supervisor. Ben is presently responsible for and involved in a wide range of projects covering information management, knowledge management and quality management. Key in his projects is always to use modern technology in order to deliver a better service for costumers in order to realize their business goals.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English

EDUCATION
BSc. Communicatiesystemen, Hogeschool Utrecht
Post MBO, Marketing, Sales management, Accountantmanagment, Academie voor Digitale Communicatie Post MBO

EXPERTISE
Ben is an experienced Prince2 project manager. He worked both on the ICT as on the Business side of projects and he has a lot of experience in designing, building and the implementation of communication and ICT systems

Carel, born on Curaçao, joined BearingPoint Caribbean in 2009 after finishing his study in the Netherlands. As a Business Consultant he is responsible for analysis, support, development and implementation of (business) processes, change management, document management, content management and (application) testing. As an information specialist, information intermediary and information researcher he also analyses, structuralizes, presents and maintains information and he ensures that the existing information can be retrieved.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BSc. Information Service & Information Management with a minor in Communication & Multimedia Design, Hogeschool The Hague of Applied Sciences

EXPERTISE
Document Management, Content Management, Information Management, Change Management, Test Designer & Management, (Application) Testing, TMap NEXT, SharePoint Designer/Support, Process Development

Carlos, born in Venezuela, came to Curaçao in 1998 to work as software developer for a local company. In 2000 he joined BearingPoint as an IT Consultant. Carlos is mainly responsible for software development, analysis, client support.

LANGUAGES
Spanish, English, Papiamento

EDUCATION
ing. Informatics Engineer, Universidad Centro Occidental Lisandro Alvarado” UCLA Barquisimeto-Venezuela

EXPERTISE
Centura/ THISway developer with knowledge of .Net applications, object oriented applications, relational database management systems (SQL Server, SQL Base)

Coen is a certified Test Coordinator and has extensive experience in the functional testing of a wide-scale of (web)applications. He gained his experience mainly at government organizations like Dutch Tax Office, Statistics Netherlands and the Dutch Ministry of Health. As a Senior Consultant at BearingPoint Caribbean, Coen is responsible for setting up tests and test strategies by making use of the TMAP Next techniques for product risk analysis and test case designing.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Papiamento and Spanish

EDUCATION
BSc. Communication & Multimedia Design at Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden University of Applied Sciences

EXPERTISE
TMap Next, ISTQB, Prince2, Lean-IT, Scrum/Agile, IBM z/OS, IBM DB2. Designing testing strategies including (master) test plans and test scripts. Executing system, functional, (automated) regression and user acceptance tests. Defect management

Danielle started working for BearingPoint (formerly KPMG consulting) back in March 1999. Given the strong demand for software developers when Danielle joined the company, she was presented with the opportunity to switch from hardware to software development: the partners were convinced of her aptitude for this change given her strong reputation and excellent references. She has since then gained extensive hands-on experience specializing in Centura/Gupta in combination with THISWay and SQLServer. She has also done work in Oracle and in SQLBase.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Papiamento, Javanese

EDUCATION
BSc. Electrical Engineering, the University of the Netherlands Antilles

EXPERTISE
Centura/Gupta/THISWay development and support expertise, SQLBase technical experience, Oracle to SQLBase and SQLServer 2000/2005 back-end conversions, Extensive hand-on expertise in functional documentations and system training development, Recognized excellence in both system demonstrations/presentations to clients and final customer knowledge transfer activities, extensive background in delivering Payroll/HR course instructions

Debora, born on Curaçao, is responsible for the helpdesk at BearingPoint Caribbean since December 2007. She has broad experience in Payroll systems and has been involved in the Nieuwe Belasting Organisatie Curacao (NBC) project in the Dutch Caribbean. Debora is also involved in positioning a new IT Service Management Support Tool (OTRS), assisting with the implementation, maintenance, support and customizations of the payroll system PayTime and People Time in more than 40 organizations in the Dutch Caribbean.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Papiamento, Spanish

EDUCATION
HAVO and several courses on loan administration

EXPERTISE
PayTime related invoicing, setting up business proposals, coordination of the projects’ budget and clients’ accounts

Dennis Leidel is an experienced Service and Project Manager with a broad knowledge of Business and IT and well developed organizational, IT process and management skills. He likes to interact with both ‘worlds’ Business and IT. He has broad industry experience in the banking, tax, telecom and transport sector. Dennis joined BearingPoint in 2010 on Bonaire. He operates in a role as service (delivery) manager for the local tax-office Belastingdienst Caribisch Nederland on Bonaire for the so called BES islands in order to continuously interact with Business and IT and to translate business specific issues and or requirements into solutions supported by BearingPoint Solutions.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BEng. Business Engineering, Hogeschool van Utrecht

EXPERTISE
ICT (ITIL, ASL and BiSL) service management, clear focus on all aspects within business and ICT organization, Business continuity management, Business, Economics and organizational process management, Functional, line, service and project management, Supply (chain) process management, Consultancy management

Donna joined BearingPoint Caribbean in 2013 after having studied and worked in the Netherlands for 15 years. She obtained her degree in social and organizational psychology in 2004. After starting her career in Human Resources she acquired valuable experience as a process manager. She is proactive, result oriented and has a good package of social skills.
Open communication, flexibility are paramount to her.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamentu

EDUCATION
Sociale- en Organisatie Psychologie, Leiden University

EXPERTISE
Change Management, Process Management, Project Implementation and Human Resources

Fabi Constansia joined BearingPoint Caribbean in January 2013. She completed her master’s degree in Public administration with a specialization in labor, organization and management successfully at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She gained experience in the public service in the field of customer service. Following her graduation, Fabi moved back to Curaçao and joined the BearingPoint Caribbean team as a consultant.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Papiamento, Spanish

EDUCATION
Msc. Bestuurskunde, Eramus Universiteit Rotterdam
Bsc. Management, Economie en Recht, Haagse Hogeschool

EXPERTISE
Public Service, Scientific research

Franco, born on Bonaire, started his career with BearingPoint in 1993 after obtaining his degree in Industrial Engineering. He has been a key leader in our practice for a great number of years and he has contributed significantly to the growth of BearingPoint Dutch Caribbean. Franco is currently responsible for and involved in a wide range of consulting assignments covering business strategies, system integration and knowledge management for BearingPoint clients in the Dutch Caribbean.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
ir. Industrial Engineering (Technische Bedrijfskunde), Universiteit Twente

EXPERTISE
Consulting assignments covering business strategies, system integration and knowledge management. Implementation support for both business process redesign as well as information systems development and systems integration projects in different sectors. Excellent project manager and information analyst

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Incoming President of Rotary Club Willemstad, Coordinator Alumnikring Universiteit Twente – Regio Curaçao, Past Secretary of Rotary Club Willemstad

I studied computer science at the Hogeschool Rotterdam. During my time in the Netherlands, I worked as a programmer with different programming languages for several companies. I joined BearingPoint Caribbean in 2013.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Papiamento

EDUCATION
Computer Science, Hogeschool Rotterdam

EXPERTISE
Java
C#
DELPHI
Visual Basic
PHP.
ASP.NET
(X)HTML
CSS
XML
JQuery
Adobe Suite cs
Visual studio 2003/2005/2008/2010
IBM Eclipse IDE
NetBeans IDE
Mercury/HP test suite

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
I like to watch movies and television series. In my spare time I design websites and do graphic design.

Gino Jacobs was born in the Netherlands, but raised in Curaçao. He started his working career at an investment bank in the Netherlands, where he gained broad hands-on experience fulfilling positions related to sales and customer satisfaction. During this period he simultaneously studied at the University of Erasmus in Rotterdam, where he completed his master’s degree in Strategic Management with cum laude honors. Following this graduation, Gino moved back to Curaçao and joined the BearingPoint team as a senior consultant.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
MSc. Strategic Management, RSM Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
BSc. International Business Administration, RSM Erasmus University.

EXPERTISE
Business strategy, Communication & Management.

Gino obtained his degree in Farmakunde at the Hogeschool Utrecht in 2006. He went on to study Healthcare management at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Gino started his career as a software consultant at a Dutch software company, where he implemented several Hospital Information Systems in Hospitals in the Netherlands and Belgium. He also worked as application manager at a Dutch Medical Centre. In 2012 Gino moved back to Curacao and joined the BearingPoint Caribbean team as a Senior Consultant.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BSc. Farmakunde, Hogeschool Utrecht
MSc. Zorgmanagement, Erasmus University Rotterdam

EXPERTISE
Change management, Project management, Information management

After obtaining his degree in Mechanical Engineering Gregg continued his studies (whilst already working) in a long time interest field Business Administration. His journey with BearingPoint Caribbean started in 2010 when he moved from the Netherlands to the island of Curaçao. As a Senior Management consultant with BearingPoint he is able to utilize his experience and expertise on behalf of our projects and clients.

LANGUAGES
Polish, Dutch, English, German

EDUCATION
BSc+, Business Administration, TSM Business School
BSc. Mechanical Engineering, Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen University

EXPERTISE
Operational and project management and support,  Business process development, optimization and implementation, Managing interaction and Management of change

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
CITRO volunteer – Providing operational support for the Curaçao Citizens Rescue Organization

Henriëtte’s true passion lies in the area where computer science, maths and logic meet. She started her career in mathematical genetics enhancing possibilities to analyse chromosomes combining mathematical and computer science techniques. She worked as application developer, change manager and project leader. To get closer to the business she joined Capgemini where she set up a center for advanced analytics and worked as risk management consultant. In 2008 she joined ING risk management department and became head of Risk Infrastructure and Reporting. In 2011 Henriëtte joined BearingPoint Caribbean to support the Be Informed platform projects. She is working together with colleagues and other parties to provide customers with the best IT solutions available.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, German, French

EDUCATION
MSc., Computer Science

EXPERTISE
Bringing business and IT together, mathematical IT systems development, knowledge engineering. Business focus: banking & insurance, risk management, compliance, science.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Member of VHTO (women in technical professions). Volunteer for UAF supporting refugee students. Member of Strategy Advisory Board for Computer Science.

After obtaining his degree in Information Science from the Radboud University Nijmegen, he started his career as an Enterprise Application Consultant at Capgemini in the area of SAP. As a consultant he has gained extensive knowledge working in various international implementation projects. In 2012 Hensley joined the Bearing Point team as a Senior Consultant in the area of Be Informed where he will further pursue his passion to help in aligning business with IT using Enterprise Architecture.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
MSc Information Science, Radboud University of Nijmegen

EXPERTISE
Analysis, (re)design and implementation of business processes and enterprise applications under an enterprise architecture

Icheron, born on Curaçao, started his career with BearingPoint in 2004 after obtaining his bachelors degree in technology and computer science as well as a Microsoft certification in web application development. He has been a solid team member in our practice for a great number of years. His know-how and experience, gathered after participating in various international and local projects, and a great personality make him an outstanding member of our ‘Geautomaticeerd Ontvanger Systeem’ (GOS) team.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BSc. Information Technology and Computer Science Microsoft Certification in web application development, University of Technical Education Arnhem en Nijmegen

EXPERTISE
Information technology in the Public and Financial Sector, 1st/2nd/3rd line support to the Tax Information Center for the Windward BES islands, enterprise application developer for applications running on the Federal Receiver of Curaçao, Saint Marten and the Dutch Caribbean

Ingeborg joined BearingPoint as a consultant on Curaçao in 1995 and was transferred to Surinam in 1997, where she helped set up the management consulting practice for BearingPoint. In 1999 she was transferred back to Curaçao, where she was promoted to manager. In 2002 Ingeborg became Senior Manager. She has been involved in different business improvement projects in all major sectors, governmental as well as private. Her broad engagement portfolio has made Ingeborg a versatile consultant who can be involved in and is able to manage large change projects.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BBA. University Nyenrode, Breukelen, the Netherlands
MBA. Thunderbird School of Global Management, Glendale AZ, USA

EXPERTISE
Ingeborg has ample experience in managing large change projects, organization design, business process analysis and redesign, systems implementation and projects in the area of Human Resource Management and Change Management. Furthermore, she has developed and presented many courses on Change Management and Human Resource Management and was a part-time teacher at the Anton de Kom University of Suriname and the University of the Netherlands Antilles

Prior to joining BearingPoint Caribbean in 2012, Jason has been working in the Netherlands as a software developer for more than 4 years. He has been responsible for the development of decision support systems for organizations, based on planning and discrete event simulation (DES) and software applications to analyze complex problems in the field of public safety and crisis management. He currently works with the Be Informed Process Platform.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
MSc. Computer Engineering, Delft University of Technology
BSc. Electrical Engineering, Delft University of Technology

EXPERTISE
Web application development with Smart GWT, desktop application development with .NET framework. Be Informed Knowledge modeling and Case management. Programming skills include: VB.NET, JAVA, VBA, JavaScript, C, VHDL

Jeannelle was born and raised on Curaçao. After moving to the Netherlands for further studies, she initially started working in the field of Education. In her off-time, she finished a degree in Hotel Management and Administration and made a career-switch. She moved to Curaçao to join BearingPoint Caribbean as an Accounting Assistant.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
Business Administrator
bc. English Teacher, Hogeschool Utrecht

EXPERTISE
Administration & Teaching

Jeroen was born in the Netherlands and studied Business Administration at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. During his studies he did a six-month internship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he worked as a consultant in a large global company. After graduation he worked in various project- and line management positions in the Netherlands and participated in a management development program. He joined BearingPoint in 2010 as a Senior Consultant and has worked as Test- and Implementation Manager for a project at the Belastingdienst Caribisch Nederland on Bonaire.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, German

EDUCATION
MSc. Erasmus University Rotterdam

EXPERTISE
Project management, Test management, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Joël Sanches is a Senior Manager in the BearingPoint Caribbean practice on Curaçao. He has been with the company since 1997 and has experience in managing and executing projects in the area of IT infrastructure, CRM, Corporate Enterprise Portals solutions, system development, MIS, and EAI. He has in depth knowledge of and experience with analysing business processes, analysing information needs and systems requirements and designing and developing business applications. Joel has also delivered solutions in the areas of data warehousing and management information systems.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Papiamento, Sranan Tongo

EDUCATION
BSc. Computer Science, Hogeschool Enschede

EXPERTISE
.NET, Project Management, Microsoft CRM, SQL Server, Data warehousing, Centura, Integration

Johanna has mainly worked in the area of C# and ASP.NET development, Testing and Quality Control. She is an experienced developer and understands different types of programming languages and different types of scripting languages. Johanna has ample experience in Microsoft Technologies and Security Engineering being an active contributor to the Zero Day bugs research which includes deep understanding of the Kernel, construction of Rootkits for breaking and testing, Denial of Service attacks and penetration testing.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
MSc. Information Technology with specialization in Security Engineering, University of Liverpool
BSc. Civil Engineering, University of the Netherlands Antilles

EXPERTISE
Processing 1.1, XHTML, XML, XSLT, CSS, SharePoint 2007-2010, LINQ, T-SQL (Entity Framework), Silverlight 4 (beta), WPF, Windows Forms and Smart Client development, IdeaBlade ORM, ASP.NET 2.0,3.5 Visual Studio 2008 (C# and VB.NET). Familiar with MS SQL 2008 programming. Familiar with PHP and MySQL, JAVASCRIPT, ASP, Domino Designer 6, Formula Language, Lotus script, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXPress [Macintosh], CorelDraw, Flash, Vegas 7.0. Sound Forge 7.0, FL studio 4, Adobe After Effects

Kai, born and raised on Curacao, joined BearingPoint in March 2012 as a Consultant. After acquiring his bachelor degree in Natural and Social Sciences and his master degree in New Media and Digital Cultures, he started his career as Test Consultant. During his studies he has done extensive research on various Information Technology related topics, ranging from human-implantable identification chips to societal development through future technologies. Kai has a broad range of scientific and technological interest and has an interdisciplinary character in approaching problems and developing solutions.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, Papiamentu, English

EDUCATION
Bsc. Natural & Social sciences with a Major in Informationscience, University of Amsterdam
MA. New Media and Digital Cultures, University of Amsterdam

EXPERTISE
TMAP Next Test Engineer, Scientific research method and techniques

Kenia was born in the Dominican Republic and grew up on Curaçao. She finished her studies in Technical Business Science & Informatics in Enschede, The Netherlands in 1997. After returning to Curaçao, she started working for BearingPoint in the Netherlands Antilles in 1999. She has experience in Centura/Gupta in combination with THISWay and SQLServer and SQLBase.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BSc. Science & Informatics, Hogeschool Enschede, Twente

EXPERTISE
Centura/Gupta/THISWay development and support expertise. Specific skills in SQLBase and SQLServer 2005/2008 back-end conversions, skills in Payroll/HR systems

Kris, born on Curaçao, developed his skills as an IT business consultant during multiple projects in the Netherlands. In 2012 he decided to move back to Curacao for a new challenge where he joined BearingPoint to continue his career. Kris is responsible for providing support, analysis, and implementation of systems or business processes and change management. He participates in the design and drives the completion of project deliverables, as well as problem-solving with clients.

LANGUAGES
English, Dutch, Spanish and Papiamentu

EDUCATION
BSc. System Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management (ICT-domain), Delft University of Technology

EXPERTISE
Design & Engineering Methodology for Organizations (DEMO) Professional, (Business) Process Modeling with knowledge of different modeling simulations/studios: Powersim Studio, Arena Simulation and Be Informed Studio.

After finishing his studies in the Netherlands, Kursley began his career as a Webmaster/System administrator at an E-learning development company in Rotterdam. He started out developing and implementing web based open source applications for different websites, web based applications and web shops. In 2010 Kursley took a job opportunity in the banking sector as an IT Support administrator. There he was an active contributor to the ICT Support Team and gained ample experience in Microsoft Technologies and financial applications . In 2012 he moved back to Curaçao to continue his career as a Technical Senior Consultant at BearingPoint Caribbean.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
Ing. ICT Media Technologie, Hogeschool Rotterdam

EXPERTISE
Web development, Application Management, Application administration, Application deployment and implementation, Data Warehousing and IT Support. Familiar with PHP and MySQL, HTML, XML, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator en Flash.

After obtaining a degree in Sociology, Léon moved from Amsterdam to The Hague to help public organizations to be in control of their information management. He worked for several components of the Dutch Government on subjects as Information Security, Data Quality Management and Private Public Partnerships. He continued to develop himself by completing the executive master programme Information Management at the TiasNimbas Business School. In 2011 Léon moved to Curacao and continued to offer his expertise for the public sector.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish

EDUCATION
Msc, Sociology, University of Amsterdam
Msc, Public Information Management, TiasNimbas Business School

EXPERTISE
Procesmanagement, Projectmanagement, Change Management

Liandra, born on Curaçao, started her career with BearingPoint in 2007 as an intern and freelance consultant. After obtaining her degree in Business Administration from the University of the Netherlands Antilles in 2009 she continued to work at BearingPoint Caribbean as a fulltime consultant. She participates in projects consisting of Change Management & Communications and Education and Training.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BBA. Business Administration, University of the Netherlands Antilles, Major in Management Business Communication

EXPERTISE
Change Management & Communications, Telecommunication, Education & Training, Project implementation and Social Security industry

Magda, born in Cuba, started her career with BearingPoint in 1995 after obtaining her degree in System Engineering in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She has been playing an important role in BearingPoint for many years. Her expertise and personality have contributed to many successful client relationships.

LANGUAGES
Spanish, English, Russian, Papiamento, Dutch

EDUCATION
MSc. Electrotechnic Institut Vladimir Ilich (Lenin) Saint Petersburg, Russia

EXPERTISE
Analisys, Design, Programming applications and Databases

Mahinder Stroo started his career as an ICT technician in the Netherlands. Before joining BearingPoint Caribbean he worked as a process manager in the medical field and as a support engineer in customer service where he honed his technical skills. During this time he gained experience in system management and maintenance.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English

EDUCATION
Service Management
ITIL Foundations v3
ITIL Foundations v2

EXPERTISE
Process management, ITIL

Marion grew up on Curaçao and studied in the Netherlands. After finishing her studies she started as a consultant at BearingPoint Curaçao. She then switched jobs and worked for over 10 years for the government of Curaçao. In 2010 she rejoined BearingPoint Caribbean as a Senior Manager.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
MSc. Policy-making and Management in the Healthcare Sector, Erasmus University Rotterdam
MSc. Midwifery, Government school for Midwifes in Heerlen

EXPERTISE
Marion has extensive experience in the field of policy, advisory and implementation projects in the healthcare sector from within the government and as consultant to various government organizations in the healthcare sector. She is an experienced project and program manager and also certified in Prince2 project management

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Boardmember of the foundations “Consperanza” and “Kultivo Miksto”

Menno Bekman is a finance specialist and manager on different levels. Before joining the BearingPoint Caribbean team, he worked in the Netherlands, Indonesia and Curaçao where he held several finance positions. He has expert knowledge on administrative processes. As the controller, Menno is responsible for the monthly and annual reports.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, Papiamento, English, Baha Indonesia.

EDUCATION
Instituut Praehep Den Haag
Open University Den Haag

EXPERTISE
Financial Management, Financial Accounting

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Practitioner of Eskrima

Menno Vinck, born on Curaçao, is a Senior Consultant at BearingPoint Caribbean. Menno is responsible for analysis and implementation of systems or business processes and deals with project management challenges. He participates in the design and drives the completion of project deliverables.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
MSc. International Business Universidad Camilo José Cela/EAE Business School
BBA. Business Administration, Hogeschool Rotterdam

EXPERTISE
Project Management, Event Management, Marketing, Communications and Customer Relationship Management. Supported the writing of proposals for the land registry office of Bonaire and the future Tax Department of the Caribbean Netherlands (BES). Supported the launch of a movie cinema in Suriname by designing the new organizational structure and business processes and designed processes for the future Tax Department of the Caribbean Netherlands. Currently coordinates the analysis and development of the new Tax Software for the Caribbean Netherlands

Michael finished his study Software Engineering successfully in 2007. During his career he has gained extensive experience in web application development, software implementation and database management as an IT Manager. In February 2013, Michael the team as an software engineer at BearingPoint Caribbean.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish and Papiamento (Native)

EDUCATION
BICT. Software Engineer, Haagse Hogeschool

EXPERTISE
Web application design and develop with mostly PHP and MySQL.
Some knowledge of distinct programming languages such as Java, .NET.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Fitness

Michel was born in the Netherlands and finished his study Business Engineering successfully in 2003. During his career he has gained extensive experience in different techniques and platforms in the fields of customer support, functional and technical software application development, software implementation, business process analysis and application and database management activities. Michel delivers the best performance in the area where business and IT come together, focusing on application development. As of November 2010, Michel joined the team as an external consultant at BearingPoint and moved to Curacao as per September 2012 to continue his career as a manager at Bearingpoint.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English and Papiamento (learning)

EDUCATION
BSc. Business Engineering, Hogeschool Utrecht

EXPERTISE
Software application design and development with several techniques:
Be Informed Knowledge modeling and Be Informed Case management, Progress Open Edge and Java. Business process analysis, database design and database management (Progress RDBMS, Microsoft SQL Server), Service Oriented Architecture (Sonic Software), customer support and customer education.

After finishing her studies in the Netherlands, Nicolle started her career as a Project Management Consultant. She has been coordinating and implementing program and project offices at different Dutch bank and insurance companies, and the social security institution of the Netherlands. In 2010 Nicolle moved back to Curaçao to continue her career as a Management Consultant at BearingPoint Caribbean.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BSc./BBA. Information & Communication Technologies, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences

EXPERTISE
Implementing program and project offices; Project (financial) controlling and reporting; Project Office Management. ISES International, PRINCE2 Foundation (APMG International);Atos Origin Academy, Project Management Offices; Atos Origin Academy, Business Process Management

Norbert Dijk, born and raised in Curacao, moved back to the island in 2009 not long after finishing a Masters degree in Business Administration in the Netherlands. In Curaçao he got the opportunity to start as a Project Coordinator at an International Airline where he stood at the forefront of key projects relating to e-commerce, CRM, organizational processes and passenger experience management. In 2011 he joined BearingPoint Caribbean as a Senior Consultant.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
Master of Science in Business Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam

EXPERTISE
Project management, CRM, Cloud ERP/CRM, Aviation

Pathma started her career with BearingPoint in 2006 after obtaining her degree in Business Information Science from the Saxion University in The Netherlands. Since her introduction to the firm in 2006, she has practiced in various Business Process Management solutions and was involved in various projects, mainly supporting with process analysis and documentation. Pathma has both business and technical skills, thereby she serves as a mediator between the Technical and Business end in various projects. She has been of great added value for BearingPoint Dutch Caribbean; her IT and a business capability put her in a unique place in the organization.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BSc. Business Information Science, Saxion University,The Netherlands

EXPERTISE
Business process management (Process analysis and efficiency improvement, Business Process Redesign, Extensive knowledge in various process management tools including certification in BWise process management), Project Management

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Member of the BearingPoint Event Committee

Born in Curaçao in 1955 and graduated for VWO at Radulphus College in 1974, Peter started his career at KPMG Amsterdam in 1974. He returned to Curaçao in 1982 as a register accountant (R.A.) and joined KPMG Dutch Caribbean. He was appointed partner at KPMG in 1985, where he became chairman of KPMG Dutch Caribbean. In 1999, with the spun-off of KPMG Consulting (that changed its name in BearingPoint International), Peter moved to Miami USA and became regional leader of BearingPoint Latin America including the Caribbean. With the management buyout of BearingPoint Caribbean in 2010 Peter’s full focus is back on the Dutch Caribbean.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Papiamento, Spanish

EDUCATION
NIVRA Register Accountant (R.A.) (1982), Amsterdam

EXPERTISE
Financial; administrative organization & internal controls, business strategy. Lead for large and complicated transformation projects. Executive positions for over 25 years

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Community Services

Quincy, born and raised on Curaçao, moved at the age of 18 to the Netherlands to complete his studies. During his study years he had several jobs in the fields of logistics, business administration and information technology which were essential in building a broad understanding of business principles. After finishing his studies in Utrecht he worked a few years at a large government organization which contributed in understanding the basics of IT Governance in this complex sector. In 2010 he moved back to Curaçao to work as a technology consultant at BearingPoint Caribbean.

LANGUAGES
English, Dutch, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
MSc. Economics and Informatics, Erasmus University
BSc. Information and Communication Technology, Hogeschool Utrecht

EXPERTISE
Business Process Modeling, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, MS Reporting Services and Be Informed (application engineering and integration)

Ralph Matroos, born in Curacao, started working at BearingPoint in 2011 after finishing his masters’ degree in Information Architecture at the Delft University of Technology. He currently works with the Be Informed Process Platform to support in developing applications for several large organizations locally and abroad.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
MSc.Information Architecture, Delft University of Technology
BSc Information Technology, Delft University of Technology

EXPERTISE
Modeling “core business processes” using DEMO (Design and Engineering Methodology for Organizations) or BPM (Business Process Modeling), Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (TOGAF, xAF, IAF,Zachman), Java programmer, Be Informed modelerand Software engineer.

During his MSc. Computer Science studies at TU Delft Ramses worked as a Web-application developer and gained experience in the software development process. In 2010, Ramses joined BearingPoint and started working at BearingPoint’s strategic partner Be Informed in The Netherlands where he worked as a Knowledge Analyst for 6 months gaining experience with the Be Informed Business Process Platform. Ramses officially joined BearingPoint Caribbean in 2011 and he is presently strengthening the position of BearingPoint as an implementation partner for Be Informed applications.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
MSc. Computer Science – Information Architecture, TU Delft

EXPERTISE
Be Informed Knowledge modeling and Case management / Object Oriented analysis, design and programming / Agile development methods; XP, SCRUM / Programming/Markup languages: Java, C#, JavaScript, JSP, HTML, XML, XSLT, PHP

From a very young age Reynold had a passion for computers and computer technology. After obtaining a Bachelor degree in Information Communication and Technology at the University of Curacao in 2006, he started working in the Software Developing field. In 2010 Reynold joined BearingPoint Caribbean as a Senior Consultant. He presently works as a Software Engineer.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish. Papiamento

EDUCATION
BSc. Information Communication & Technology, University of Curacao

EXPERTISE
.NET (VB, C#, ASP), Microsoft SQL Server, Ideablade/ Cabana

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Musician playing in several bands, choirs

Rignald, born on Curaçao, joined BearingPoint in 1995 where he started as a consultant on the payroll system PayTime. Over the years Rignald gained extensive knowledge and experience in this area and has supported several implementation and conversion projects for local government and companies. Rignald is a lead technical project manager within BearingPoint.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
MSc. Electrotechniek, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
BSc. Hoge Informatica Opleiding, Fontys Hogeschool Eindhoven

EXPERTISE
Broad experience with programming, implementing, advisory and client support related to BearingPoint’s salary system PayTime and giving client support related to BearingPoint’s Integrated Tax Collections system (GOS). Most used IT tools: GUPTA SqlWindows (Programming), MS SqlServer and SqlBase (DBMS), MS Office (Automation)

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Member of the events committee of BearingPoint, Board member of the Pension fund of BearingPoint

Roald is an ICT technical expert. He started his career at BearingPoint in 2006 and is mainly active in the fields of networking and Telecom. Next to his role as a consultant, Roald also fills the role of the IT Manager at BearingPoint. Before joining BearingPoint he was a Service Delivery Engineer at the KPMG OGCIO, Netherlands.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BSc. Electronic Engineering, Monmouth University New Jersey

EXPERTISE
Network design, Windows and Linux systems configuration, Broad telecom knowledge

Ruendry, born in Curacao, joined BearingPoint Caribbean in 2011 as an intern. He proved a great performance and made BearingPoint want to hire him to be part of the team. He now works as a programmer on Information Technology projects.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BSc., Information Technology, University of the Netherlands Antilles

EXPERTISE
Application research & implementation

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Member of Drift and Racing team

Ryan, born in Curacao, started his career with BearingPoint in 2012. Ryan is mainly responsible for IT support and software development. As a consultant he will provide 2nd line functional and technical support to end-users of the Be Informed applications. Furthermore he is involved in the development of Be Informed applications for clients. Before joining BearingPoint he has worked in the IT sector in the positions of web developer, IT support desk agent and application manager.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
Ing. Computer Science, Hogeschool van Amsterdam

EXPERTISE
Web development, Application Management en IT Support

In 2007 Shadyra Francisca joined BearingPoint as a Senior Consultant. In 2009 she became a Manager responsible for different projects in mainly the Social Security Sector and the Health Sector in different countries. Today she is responsible for the Social Security Sector and the Health Sector in Curacao, Saint Maarten, Caribisch Nederland, Aruba and Suriname. Together with her team she advises, builds’ and implements systems and processes specifically for this sector. In addition Shadyra participates in the recruitment and interviewing of potential candidates and interns for BearingPoint Caribbean and the writing of proposals.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Papiamento

EDUCATION
MSc. Economie en Bedrijfseconomie, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
LL.B., Bachelor in Nederlands Recht, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
LL.M., Master in Financieel Recht, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

EXPERTISE
Public Relations, Marketing, Recruiting, Communication, Change Management, Vendor Selection, Project Implementation, Project Management, Business Processes. In addition Shadyra has experience with BWise, a Business Process Management Software and the Be Informed Application

After finishing her Master degree in Business Administration in 2009, Sharon worked for a year in the Netherlands after which she returned to Curaçao to join BearingPoint Caribbean. As a consultant Sharon works on projects in the Tax and the Social Security sectors in which she coordinates specific tracks of the projects.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento, Sranan Tongo

EDUCATION
MSc. Business Administration, Erasmus Universiteit, Specialization: Entrepreneurship & New Business Venturing and Consultancy (honor role)
BSc. International Business Maastricht University,Specialization: International Strategy

EXPERTISE
Project implementation, Change management, Entrepreneurship, Training & Education, Tax industry, Social Security industry

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Fashion Styling, Fashion blogging, Developmental work

Steven studied Business Mathematics & Informatics in the Netherlands. During this time, at InHolland and de Vrije Universiteit, he learned a combination of applied mathematics, statistics, finance, econometrics, software engineering, simulations, databases and optimization of business processes. After spending some time in Apeldoorn, working at Be Informed, he started his career at BearingPoint in January 2013. Currently he is working as a consultant on the Be Informed Process Platform.

LANGUAGES
English, Dutch, Papiamento and Spanish

EDUCATION
BSc. Bedrijfswiskunde en Informatica, Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam
MSc. Business Analytics, Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam (expected: March 2013)

EXPERTISE
Be Informed 3 Knowledge modeling and Case management, Be Informed 4 Modeling and testing, Java, Visual Basic, C++, MatLab. Database design and database management (Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL). Data Mining (Weka, RapidMiner) and Data Quality Analysis.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
TV, Movies, Music, Video Games, Comics, Biking and Snowboarding whenever possible (which is never).

Sunita, born on Curaçao, started her career with BearingPoint in 2007 after obtaining her degree in Information Technology from the University of the Netherlands Antilles. She started in the payroll team and in 2009 she joined the tax team. Next to her daily work she organizes team building events, year-end celebrations and family events for BearingPoint Caribbean. Sunita is a great pleasure to work with due to her positive personality and teambuilding skills. She is always ready to help and open to learn from her colleagues.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BSc. Information Technology, University of the Netherlands Antilles

EXPERTISE
Recalculate salaries with retroactivity on a large scale for the Government; modify/create reports using Report Builder; writing documents and presentations in English and Dutch; testing applications; comparing data on database level. Programming in: Centura, SQL Server 2000 – 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Office Frontpage, DNN

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Key member of the BearingPoint Event Commission

Susete was born on Curaçao and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of the Netherlands Antilles. She has worked for over 8 years in a local Big four Accountancy Firm as a Financial Adviser after which she started her own consulting firm in the field of project management. In 2010 she decided to switch back to her area of expertise and joined BearingPoint Caribbean as an Assistant Financial Manager.

LANGUAGES
English, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BSc. Business Administration, University of the Netherlands Antilles

EXPERTISE
Financial Analysis, Planning, Budget & Control, Project Management

Timothy studied Sofware Engineering at the Fontys Hogeschool in Eindhoven. He did his internships at Mirabeau and ASML. In his free time he joined the non-profit organization Kiva Curacao. He assisted them in the field of IT on informing Curacao Young Professionals about current issues on Curacao. Since medio 2012 he has been developing his skills in the Be Informed platform for BearingPoint Caribbean.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamentu

EDUCATION
BSc, Software Engineering, Fontys Hogescholen Eindhoven

EXPERTISE
Software development and design

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Waterpolo

Tyrienne, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands has studied administration at ROC Amsterdam. After obtaining her degree she studied Management at home thru NTI. In 2010 she moved to Curacao to pursue her career. After working in several branches gaining experience, Tyrienne started working for BearingPoint in 2012.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English & Papiamento

EDUCATION
Administrator at ROC van Amsterdam , Management at NTI

EXPERTISE
Administration & Office Management

Urkmar started his career at BearingPoint as an intern. Following his internship he started as an IT consultant with the company. He now assists with internal IT related projects and issues.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
ICT-Beheerder at Frater Aurelio MBO

EXPERTISE
Windows Server 2003/2008, ServiceDesk, Networking

Vanessa Gijsbertha has been with BearingPoint since 2006. She’s a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and has 8 years of experience in the field of organization and change management, program and project management in the public and private sector and policy development. The areas of expertise include: Tourism, Economic Development, Telecommunications, Tax, Justice and Government.

LANGUAGES
English, Dutch, Spanish, Papiamento, French

EDUCATION
MSc. International Business, University of Tilburg and Universidad Turcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina

EXPERTISE
Project Management Professional (PMP), Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Applications

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Board member Stimul-IT, Member of the JCI

As a consultant, Vincent monitors existing business practices of companies and makes recommendations on how departments can become more productive, efficient and successful. Vincent also assists in the project management of various software solutions in development and production.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
Hogeschool Zuyd (Maastricht, Heerlen, Sittard)
Bachelor’s degree, International Business and Management Studies

Maastricht University
Master’s degree, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations

EXPERTISE
• Business Strategy
• Management Consulting
• Strategic Planning
• Entrepreneurship
• Project Management
• Business Analysis
• Problem Solving

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Running, Biking, Swimming and Gym.

Viviana is an ICT professional. Since she joined BearingPoint Caribbean in 2004, she has been responsible for and involved in a wide range of consulting assignments related to the Tax administration systems improving and maintaining the existing systems for supporting the existing processes. Prior to joining BearingPoint in 2004, Viviana graduated with the Cum Laude honor from the University of the Netherlands Antilles with a Bachelors degree in Information & Communication Technology. Currently Viviana is working as Knowledge Analyst/Architect for designing and developing a new tax administration for the BES islands using the Be Informed Business Process Platform.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
BSc. Information & Communication Technology, University of the Netherlands Antilles

EXPERTISE
Software and website development, client/server development, RDBMS design and development, Be Informed Knowledge modeling and Case management, Object Oriented analysis, design and programming, Agile development methods, SCRUM, Programming/Markup languages: THISWay for Centura, Visual Basic for Applications, C#, JavaScript, HTML, XML, PHP

Wendy started working as a media professional after finishing her degree in Journalism in the Netherlands in 2001. Since then, she has worked for both local and national Dutch tv stations. As a Community Manager, she is branching out. Using her creative skills and expertise to create appealing content for BearingPoint Caribbean, Wendy is also responsible for the company’s online social strategies.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento, French

EDUCATION
bc. Journalism, Fontys Hogeschool Tilburg
BA. American Studies, University of Amsterdam

EXPERTISE
Wendy is known for being a creative mind and having a hands-on approach and a no-nonsense attitude. Being very practical, she uses her skills, know-how and expertise she acquired as a Journalist to keep the social media channels filled with appealing content and visual stimulation.

Wilmaro was born in Veghel (the Netherlands) and started his career at UNIT4 in Veenendaal as a software developer after obtaining his bachelor degree in 2007. Here, he has been developing Winforms applications, ASP .net webapplications and service oriented applications. In 2012 Wilmaro emigrated back to Curaçao and is now a part of the Bearingpoint team.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, Spanish, English, Papiamento

EDUCATION
ICA Arnhem, Informatica

EXPERTISE
C#, ASP.net, DevExpress, SQLite, SQL Server, XML, WCF

Wouter was born in the Netherlands and grew up on Curaçao. He started his career with BearingPoint in 1993 after completing his education in the Netherlands. He has been a systems architect in our practice and he has contributed significantly to the growth of BearingPoint Dutch Caribbean. His know-how, experience and personality make him an outstanding member of our team. In 2002, Drs. Wouter Willems has been promoted to Senior Manager and he presently is our Lead Architect.

LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento

EDUCATION
MSc. Electrotechniek, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
MSc. Gezondheidswetenschappen, Maastricht University Database specialist, Compute College Nederland

EXPERTISE
Systems integration in (semi-) governmental organizations, Be Informed solutions Architect