Hans Mestrum

I'm open to job opportunities

Hans is an experienced hands-on general manager in the ICT training business.
He is capable of setting up businesses and build strong relationships, company culture, operational excellence and customer intimicy.
Positive attitude and optimism are characteristic values.
Creativity and innovation are key-drivers.
Hans is going for the strong and long relationships.
He believes in the idea of a changing world: coming from an Information Society and entering the experience economy and later on the transformation economy based on emotional values and stories around products and services, in which the relation between people is the real transaction, thus creating new markets.
He believes in bottom-up processes in which the user is in control, always on and superconnected.
His weblog Hans on Experience can be foud at:
http://www.hansonexperience.com
and his screencastingblog on:
http://www.hansonexperience.com/screencasting.
He also set up a wiki for online education content on:
http://www.hansonexperience.com/edu-content
He was also author on the weblog MarketingFacts at http://www.marketingfacts.nl

Specialties
People management, innovation, blended learning, strategy and vision, communication skills, training and presentation, corporate blogging, podcasting,
screencasting, strategies on new media such as blogging, (video)podcasting, screencasting a.s.o), ICT training, education, teacher, management, strategist, new learning, philosophy, trends, trendwatching, social software

Experiences

• Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen : 07/2008 - Present
  New media consultant, strategist, weblogger, screencaster, podcaster, videoblogger, trendwatcher
• Orion College Breda : 08/2007 - 07/2008
  Content developer/Advisor/Teacher (leergroepbegeleider)
  Orion College is a Havo/VWO school, started last year. It operates with the philosophy that education has to start with the passion of a child and with the curriculum.
  I will coach 10 to 15 students in their personal and educational growth.
• Tulip Computers N.V. : 04/2004 - 07/2007
  Senior Strategic Business Developer / ICT Trendwatcher
  Trendwatching, spotting opportunities and ideas
  Author on weblog Hans on Experience: http://www.hansonexperience.com and his screencastingblog: http://www.hansonexperience.com/screencasting
  Business blogger, podcaster, screencaster, videoblogger
  Bringing people and ideas together
  Develop the network
  Building knowledge for future strategy
  Interested in training, tablet computers, connectivity products, mobility solutions, games.
• NewLevel.nl bv educenter : 01/2000 - 03/2004
  Managing Director
  Changing a Business Unit into a company with profit responsibility.
  Strategy: customer (and personnel) intimicy and operational excellence. Thus creating a strong brand an quality image in the training marketplace. Growing in revenue and profit.
  Image and culture: balance between business and people, profit and fun, formal and informal, quality and price.
  Member of VOI (Vereniging van Opleiders Informatica)
  Novell, Microsoft, Prometric Authorised, Skillsoft Learning Platform.
  Blended learning model.
• Tulip Education Center : 01/1997 - 12/1999
  Business Unit Manager
  Responsible for internal and external training programs in the Netherlands and 12 European Sales Organisations of Tulip Computers. Training were organised for sales, network engineers and technical service engineers.
  Hans has set up a Pan-European infrastructure for distance learning, combining all kinds of delivery formats for knowledge sharing.
  Changing from cost center to profit center.
  Novell, Microsoft, CompTIA and Prometric Authorisation.
• Tulip Computers International B.V. : 01/1994 - 12/1996
  Training Manager
  Responsible for internal technical, commercial and network trainings.
  Transforming the internal department to a Business Unit with profit.
• Tulip Computer Netherlands B.V. : 06/1988 - 12/1993
  Several marketing positions
  During this period Hans was working as trainer and product manager at the sales support department and marketing communication department.
• Several schools : 08/1979 - 06/1988
  Teacher
  Hans had teachers positions on 3 technical schools in Dutch language, informatics and english language.

Education

• Katholieke Leergangen Tilburg : 01/1985 - 12/1989
  Bachelor, Dutch Language
• Pedagogische Academie Schijndel : 01/1976 - 12/1979
  Magister, Teacher