Raymond is passionate about people, technology and user experience. He has 19 years of professional experience in leading delivery, customer experience, alliances and product strategy roles in the HCM SaaS space with MrTed (acquired by Lumesse), Lumesse and VRP Consulting. He delivered the world’s first Cloud end-to-end global multilingual staffing platform for Siemens and pioneered the build the complete SaaS Service Delivery. He initiated, designed & build the first Recruitment Services Marketplace, drove the strategy to build the Lumesse Product portfolio on the Salesforce platform and led the transformation off the company’s flagship products to a modern and innovative UI/UX (Google Material Design). Working with many global enterprises and leading RPO providers allowed him to build up an in depth knowledge of the challenges & digital transformation requirements around the globe. The years have made him a true SaaS/Cloud evangelist. Raymond began his career in the Royal Netherlands Air force where he led a team of change management consultants. Raymond has a degree in Business Administration. He lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and is married with three daughters. Outside of work he can be found on a field hockey court as an enthusiastic coach of his daughters teams and on his bike as a proud cyclist.
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