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Personal
Nationality Belgian
Sex Male
Driving license B (cars, manual transmission)
Date of birth May 17th 1975
Education
Secondary school: St. Barbara boarding school in Ghent, Belgium (1987-1993)
Electromechanical Engineering, at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(1993-1998)
Option Energy techniques, thesis: "Influence of pressure and temperature on the auto-ignition of ammonia-mixtures", in cooperation with DSM Netherlands.
(satisfaction)
Complementary studies in environmental technology (1998-1999), including the certificate of environmental coordinator, type A (distinction)
Thesis: Calculating sediment trap efficiencies of buffer basins.
Masters Degree in Water Resources Engineering (2001-2002), at the Vrije
Universiteit Brussel. Iupware programme, greatest distinction.
Thesis: Water quality modelling of the River Senne.
Professional Experiences
1999-2000: Superintendent for HSS, daughter company of DEME group. Main projects:
Submarine drilling and blasting in Saint-Nazaire, France
Underwater chiselling in Dabhol, India
Quay wall restoration in Damietta, Egypt
Aspects of the job:
Day and nightshift, 84 hours a week working
Very intensive commercial activity
Main responsibilities:
Supervision of national (1-10) and expatriate (2-6) staff
Planning and follow up of machine maintenance and repair
(hydraulics/mechanics/electrics/electronics)
Work and materials planning and execution, in cooperation with other companies from the consortium
Reporting to project manager
2001-2001: 8 months mission as logistician-administrator-finance responsible for Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium in Bujumbura, Burundi
Typical aspects of the mission:
Civil war/high security context
Therapeutic feeding centre (TFC capacity 150) and war wounded centre
Emergency: construction and management of a cholera camp
Emergency: 1 camp of 20.000 IDP's, MsF in charge of water and sanitation aspects (up to 1000 daily workers supervision)
Main responsibilities:
Supervision of national (150) and expatriate (3) staff on all logistics and security matters
Administrative and financial management of the projects, contracts, budgets,.. .
Planning and follow up of construction sites.
Management of a car park (5 cars, 2 trucks) and a computer park (5)
Food chain: stock management, transport, preparation of HEM
Reporting to field coordinator, national logistics manager, national administrator and national finance manager.
Training of local staff
2003-2004: One year mission as regional logistics coordinator Siberia
(Russia) for Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium. Typical aspects of the mission:
Long term tuberculosis project, 7 years total
Diplomacy with the Russian counterparts (civil and military (prison)
authorities)
Closure of the mission in late 2004
Emergency mission (food and hygienic kits distribution) of 1 month to Altai
Republic after an earthquake
In the aftermath (early 2004): capitalisation project of all construction works done in Siberia
Main responsibilities:
Management of supply chain
Management of logistics staff (5 logisticians, 10 drivers)
Supervision of construction works (planning, tender, work schedule, follow-up, handover)
Usual management of car park, telecom equipment, IT park
Frequent meetings with local logisticians and the expat coordination team in Siberia
Training of local logisticians (5) in matters as vehicles, IT-management, construction procedures
Languages
Dutch Mother tongue
French Second language, fluent
English Third language, fluent
Russian Advanced learning stage, already well spoken
German Good comprehension
Spanish Good comprehension
Arabic Early learning stage
Computer skills
Microsoft Windows (all versions), Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook
Turbo Pascal, Fortran and html programming
GIS software packages (Arcview, Idrisi)
Network applications, Autocad
Hardware troubleshooting
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