Portfolio & Product Management
15+ years in agile product management. Today: application portfolio management for the Dutch National Police, product ownership at Stayr, and two ventures of my own.
JK.
External
Dutch National Police · via WildFlowers
External consultant seconded by WildFlowers, bringing structure and governance to one of the largest application landscapes in the Dutch public sector: rationalising the portfolio, guiding lifecycle decisions and giving leadership a clear view of what runs where and why.
Part-time
Part-time product ownership and consultancy: shaping the roadmap, prioritising the backlog and guiding delivery alongside the team, while advising on product strategy and ways of working.
Founder
Unicorn Portfolio Management B.V. delivers AI-powered software portfolio intelligence: mapping and enriching CMDB data to surface redundancies and sharpen IT decisions. I drive vision, business and go-to-market alongside my engineering co-founders.
Side project
A recipe app that uses AI to turn a pasted link, a photo or a dish name into a clean recipe, automatically tagged for allergens, categorised by course and translated into English, Dutch and German. Built entirely by myself, purely as a vanity side project.
15+
Years in agile product management
4
Active roles & ventures
20+
Applications managed at portfolio level
2
Products founded
Professionalised product & portfolio management firm-wide; led 5 product managers across ~20 applications.
Managed four teams: payments & statistics, email marketing, deliverability, and fraud prevention.
Workflow automation with AI/ML for Flight-Delayed.co.uk; analytical insights with Tableau.
Recruitment portals for A-list customers: Booking.com, Agoda, Pathé, Jumbo.
Project management plus full-stack development, design and email marketing.
Full-stack development & email marketing for small businesses.
Completed the Product Focus course Certified Product Manager.
Google Analytics Individual Qualification (IQ).
Scrum.org course Professional Scrum Product Owner.
Bachelor degree in Communication & Multimedia Design.
Started on the technical side, as an IT system administrator.