Joris Falter
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Toptal member since August 10, 2020
Joris is an experienced project manager, product manager, and consultant with an MBA from INSEAD. He built and maintained multiple growth products for a fintech startup, managed the mobile app development, conducted A/B testing, and built and maintained dashboards. Joris has experience pitching to investors, designing and building products, and leading teams.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Project Management
- Fintech Consultant
- Product Design
- Product Owner
- Project Management Office (PMO)
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Technical Business Analysis
Work Experience
Technical Project Manager
Woven by Toyota - Cybersecurity
- Set clear milestones, reduced friction, and built crisp communication frameworks, which allowed the application security engineering team to do what they do best: deliver world-class security products.
- Focused strongly on excellent written documentation, both for internal use and towards management stakeholders, given the Amazon-inspired writing-first culture.
- Explored the limits of Jira automation, dashboards, and filters, as well as Slack automation, to run operational processes at maximum efficiency.
Technical Project Manager
Zipmex
- Joined the team as a consultant and then became the technical project manager for all of Zipmex's growth products (referral, crypto interest, crypto staking, and new token launches) and the Zipmex mobile app.
- Provided guidance to launch a new DevOps function, including migration from DigitalOcean to AWS, implementation of Cloudflare, and the setup of new test environments.
- Set up a self-service culture based on a foundation of structured documentation in Confluence and Jira. Evangelized product requirement documents and scope reviews as the basis for every successful product.
Founder
Self-employed
- Delivered content solutions for four CEOs. Contacted 200+ Belgian CEOs of SMBs. Identified possibilities in social media.
- Reached out to 150+ Dutch business owners. Identified demand for SEO services, Facebook, and Google Ads.
- Researched the competition and market, wrote a business model, and tested a healthy beverage idea in Bangkok with a selected group and pitched for investors.
Agile Project Manager
Agoda
- Conducted A/B testing for a hotel booking product and its relation to client conversion.
- Delivered three projects for the customer service division related to efficiency increase and cost reduction.
- Implemented advanced reporting in Atlassian Confluence.
Technical Program Manager
Visma - Raet
- Ramped up new project from zero to 40 developers in six agile teams to develop the first new HR solution for the Belgian market.
- Released the first product of Q2 ’17, leading to a contractual agreement with one of the top three Belgian HR services providers. Launched in Oct ‘17 and released monthly commitments in line with customer engagement.
- Acted as a project manager and PMO, transformed unorganized set-up in a streamlined organization with weekly commitments.
- Kept budget and progress on track, and delivered biweekly updates to primary B2B client's C-level (1,800 employees, 200 million revenue).
Freelance Consultant
Freelance
- Scanned a procurement department of a public transport provider. Provided recommendations towards directors.
- Scanned performance of a publishing and education company, laid foundation for upsell of implementation project.
- Optimized the Business Intelligence, data quality, and customer service department according to Lean principles.
Associate Consultant
Deloitte
- Delivered an 8-week market research project as part of an assignment at Deloitte. This included assessing competitors’ revenues, margins and overall performance based on financial statements and publicly available information.
- Led growth of supply side of staffing platform. Signed up candidates through multiple acquisition activities.
- Matched available positions with candidates, doing things that don't scale first to turn them into an algorithm later.
Business Analyst
Nyrstar
- Handled the lean operational excellence program in the Netherlands.
- Developed a highly performant reporting dashboard in VBA.
- Reduced costs and improved performance by analysis of department throughput.
- Made production, revenue and profit forecasts, presented on a weekly basis. Did internal bench-marking exercise comparing results of five production plants.
Research Scientist
Flansea
- Built a MATLAB model to simulate the harvesting potential of an ocean buoy producing renewable energy from ocean waves.
- Researched competition, optimized design, presented findings, and proposed improvements on a monthly basis to a board of industrial leaders.
- Researched the competition, executed lab tests, and analyzed experimental data in Excel and MATLAB.
Project History
New HR Product for the Belgian Market
Developed and launched a new HR product for the Belgian market with a team of 40 developers.
Business Analysis
Built and maintained dashboards for a global industrial player in the chemical industry. Led the improvement cycle based on this data.
Designed Prototype for Food Startup
Designed a prototype for a food product and subsequently pitched it to investors.
Coordinated Monthly Product Releases
Managed an international release team to deploy 20+ products monthly to the production environment.
Harvest Renewable Energy from Ocean Waves
Built a simulation model, complete with visualisation, of an ocean buoy harvesting renewable energy from ocean waves. Subsequently used this model to design the prototype.
Education
Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA) in Business
INSEAD - Singapore
Master of Electromechanical Engineering in Electromechanical Engineering
Ghent University - Ghent, Belgium
Certifications
The Complete SQL Bootcamp
Udemy
GMAT 730
GMAC
Skills
Tools
Confluence, Slack, SQL, PostgreSQL, MATLAB, pgAdmin, Jira, Microsoft PowerPoint
Paradigms
Lean, Agile Project Management, Scrum, B2B, Azure DevOps
Platforms
WordPress
Industry Expertise
Energy, Renewable Energy
Other
Microsoft 365, Operational Excellence, Project Management, Reporting, Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Product Design, User Stories, Excel VBA, Lean Manufacturing, Chemical Engineering, Market Research, Business Analysis, PMO, Project Management Office (PMO), Project Planning, Project Estimation, Discovery Workshops, Technical Business Analysis, Data Analysis, Market Research & Analysis, Forecasting, Product Owner, Cryptocurrency Development, Fintech Consultant, Social Media, Content, Travel, Business Consulting, Wireframing, Java, C++, HTML, CSS, Valuation, Startups, Business Models, Business Planning, Engineering, Business, Pitch Decks, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Financial Modeling, React, JavaScript, Node.js, Scrum Master, Product Management, Fintech, Cryptocurrency, Mobile Apps, User Requirements, Technical Requirements, Certified Project Manager, Research
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