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Carlos F.-Open to hybrid international roles and travel across Europe | Belgian / EU Citizen

Carlos F.
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Madrid, Spain

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Feb 2026 - Present
Madrid, Spain
Remote

Expert in Management related AI output work reviews

Several AI Labs,

Position summary
Expert in Management related AI output work reviews at Several AI Labs,
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance

Work with the top AI Labs to evaluate and correct AI work output for providing human input to reinforced learning.

Aug 2025 - Feb 2026
Paris, France

Program Director

Undisclosed US Software Company

Position summary
Program Director at Undisclosed US Software Company
Industries
Insurance
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Led to success phase-one of a new 6M€ international claims program (to replace many systems) for a large EU insurance: delivered TOM, implementation metrics, and detailed scope including AI fraud detection, personalized communication modules. Added Agentic AI document language translation for all documents.
Mar 2025 - Present

Partner Iberia

Cambridge Management Consulting

Position summary
Partner Iberia at Cambridge Management Consulting
Industries
Professional Services
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Strategy
  • Digital Transformation Consulting: Program Assurance, AI strategy, AI-enabled cost optimization, software cycle. Led definition and delivered TOM and business cases.
Jan 2025 - Present

Independent Advisor on growth

several companies

Position summary
Independent Advisor on growth at several companies
Industries
Banking and Finance
Information Technology
Business areas
Strategy
  • AI-powered AML, Legal-tech, Digital accessibility tech.
Jan 2019 - Dec 2024

Insurance Solutions Lead Europe, Global AXA Client Partner

Hexaware Technologies

Position summary
Insurance Solutions Lead Europe, Global AXA Client Partner at Hexaware Technologies
Industries
Banking and Finance
Insurance
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Sales
Strategy
  • Defined account strategy, led execution and delivery for a global insurance (Europe, Asia, Latam, Africa) account generating EUR 13M in new revenue and adding 7 new clients.
  • Co-led solution development with client for improved (efficient) Software Engineering process for AXA Belgium and AXA Group Operations, defining TOM. Achieved ROI in 4 months, TOM implementation in 10 months, beating business case. Included AI powered: scope analysis, coding support, QA & test, CI/CD, etc.
  • Co-led implementation of new AI powered Policy administration for P&C (to replace many systems) from Duck Creek in AXA Mexico. Focus: risk management, integrations, AI powered QA.
  • Launched AI use case presentations (from June 2023) to different AXA companies.
Mar 2018 - Dec 2019
Madrid, Spain

Consulting Director

Cavendish Management Resources

Position summary
Consulting Director at Cavendish Management Resources
Industries
Professional Services
Business areas
Information Technology
Strategy
  • Advised SMEs on more than 50 digital transformation initiatives, focused on target operating model, de-risking implementation of growth plan, and tangible cost/benefit.
Sep 2016 - Feb 2018
Madrid, Spain

Director Client Partner, Digital Services

EPAM Systems

Position summary
Director Client Partner, Digital Services at EPAM Systems
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
  • Turned around and delivered -on plan-, a complex digital marketplace program valued at more than EUR 7M with 80+ professionals across 3 locations, 3 countries.
  • Expanded IT TOM by enhancing software development life cycle with DevOps, CI/CD and automated QA integration. Adding 15 FTE more to team, some 1.5M EUR/year.
Jan 2013 - Dec 2016

Guest teacher

IE Business School

Position summary
Guest teacher at IE Business School
Industries
Education

Previously, Vlerick & Solvay.

Nov 2011 - May 2016
Madrid, Spain

Vice President/Country Manager Spain

NIIT Technologies

Position summary
Vice President/Country Manager Spain at NIIT Technologies
Industries
Banking and Finance
Insurance
Information Technology
Tourism
Utilities
Business areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Operations
Sales
Strategy
  • Owned business strategy and execution in Spain, delivering 45% growth during crisis years while winning 4 new blue-chip logos, expanding services, and renewing annual business.
  • Held full responsibility for a EUR 9M operation with 12 clients (Iberia, Banco Santander, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Pullmantur, Banco Inversis, Solimat, and Gas Natural). Led 140 staff, including 3 directors, and 3 account managers. Leading the phased integration of acquired company into a global TOM with change support.
  • Built a European Digital Competency Centre scaling to 15 to 40 professionals in 6 months (4M USD/year), using Agile Development, DevOps, data analytics, SAP, cloud, mobile, and web. Led definition of TOM, service offerings, SLAs, OLAs & all operational processes in a global delivery chain.
Mar 2011 - Oct 2011
Brussels, Belgium

Vice President, Belgium

NIIT Technologies

Position summary
Vice President, Belgium at NIIT Technologies
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Managed IT services operations in Belgium, including contract renewal for KBC.
  • Participated in the definition and execution of a EUR 6M successful acquisition of a 120-person IT services company in Spain.
Sep 2009 - Feb 2011
Brussels, Belgium

Director / Owner

CFR Consulting

Position summary
Director / Owner at CFR Consulting
Industries
Banking and Finance
Insurance
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Strategy
  • Led program delivery of an insurance data warehouse initiative (5M€) for AG Insurance, enabling Solvency II compliance (key Audit recommendation) in record time and solving a two-year delay.
  • Developed market entry and growth strategies for 2 large global IT services companies in Belgium and Spain. This included business target segmentation, TOM, integration into global capabilities and portfolio of offerings.
Oct 2008 - Aug 2009
Brusy, Poland
On-site

Sabbatical: Research on “IT Outsourcing & offshoring success in Europe”

Self-employed

Position summary
Sabbatical: Research on “IT Outsourcing & offshoring success in Europe” at Self-employed
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Research and Development
  • Researched why IT outsourcing and IT offshoring are different in Europe and what makes them successful
Jan 2007 - Sep 2008
Cologne, Germany

Director Group Dev. & IT (Global CIO)

AXA Art

Position summary
Director Group Dev. & IT (Global CIO) at AXA Art
Industries
Banking and Finance
Insurance
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Full responsibility for business process and IT transformation reporting to the board in a global specialist insurer with EUR 150M GWP, around 200 employees, and 10 international locations (Europe, USA, HK). Team of 20 staff plus large outsourced projects in India.
  • Implemented the one company concept TOM, solving a three-year delay by delivering a web-based digital policy administration and ERP rollout in one year across 5 countries.
  • Reduced application management cost by 30% (to 3M €/year) and improved infrastructure system availability to 99.5% at same cost.
  • Led addition of batch processing capabilities with RPA (Robotic process Automation) enhancing application functionality and reducing renewal costs by 60% (1M€/year).
Jun 2001 - Dec 2006
Brussels, Belgium

IT Director

AXA Belgium

Position summary
IT Director at AXA Belgium
Industries
Banking and Finance
Insurance
Business areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Led a 115+ team to deliver services for bank and insurance operations including Life Retail, HR and Finance (SAP), AML, BI and DWH
  • Delivered a digital transformation program for life insurance business with web front-end for agents and brokers, enterprise customer information file, reengineering of two legacy systems and enterprise DWH, reducing operational errors by 90%
  • Led transformation initiatives for the IT division (500+ staff, 60 managers, 10 directors, 150M EUR/year)
  • Achieved 7.5M EUR yearly savings and delivered over 25 successful projects by creating a 150+ person ITO/BPO offshore delivery capability using multi-sourcing and risk mitigation
  • Achieved 5M EUR yearly savings reducing non-discretionary IT expenses using Six Sigma
  • Implemented strategic planning, portfolio, program and project management (PMI, TOGAF, CMMI, COBIT, ITIL) and compliance frameworks (SOX, AML, Basel II, Patriot Act, BCP/DR)
  • Enhanced architecture department capability (30 staff) with new mission, training and coaching
Feb 1997 - May 2001
Brussels, Belgium

Senior Manager

EDS EMEA

Position summary
Senior Manager at EDS EMEA
Industries
Aerospace and Defense
Automotive
Banking and Finance
Insurance
Information Technology
Manufacturing
Government and Administration
Telecommunication
Business areas
Customer Service
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
Sales
Strategy
  • Led three large IT strategy and digital transformation consulting assignments for Toyota Marketing Europe, AXA Belgium and Daikin Europe, all of which led clients to engage EDS for implementation
  • Led a large internal program to create an EMEA ITO/BPO delivery organization with 16,000 developers and 8,000 service delivery and customer service staff across EMEA using consolidated competency centres and industry standard processes (CMM, ITIL)
  • As EMEA Sales Support Manager for large ITO/BPO proposals (250M USD+), led development of technical solutions, full-range cost models and detailed transition plans for outsourcing, ERP implementations, application support, infrastructure management, call centres and workstation roll-outs
  • Managed up to 60 people across EMEA and played key roles in projects for Banco di Roma, Hungarian Telecom, Rolls-Royce Aerospace and UK Inland Revenue

Industry experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Insurance, Information Technology, Tourism, Utilities, and Aerospace and Defense.

Banking and Finance
Insurance
Information Technology
Tourism
Utilities
Aerospace and Defense
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Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Strategy, Project Management, Sales, Business Intelligence, and Operations.

Information Technology
Strategy
Project Management
Sales
Business Intelligence
Operations
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Summary

Executive leader with international experience across consulting, IT services, insurance, banking, travel, and digital commerce. Track record of leading digital transformation, large-scale programs, client growth, operating model change, sourcing initiatives, and M&A integration with accountability for revenue, cost, service quality, and delivery performance. Experienced in building executive client relationships, delivering growth and profits, turning around complex programs, scaling global delivery and cross-border teams, use of AI while delivering measurable results.

Skills

  • Digital Transformation

  • Business Growth

  • P&L Ownership

  • Technology Consulting

  • Client Partner

  • Cio, It Leader

  • Insurance & Financial Services

  • M&A Integration

  • Global Delivery

  • Vendor Management

  • Agile

  • Data & Analytics

  • Compliance

  • Risk & Controls

  • Executive Stakeholders

  • Itil

  • Cmmi

  • Six Sigma

  • Lean

  • Pmi Program & Project Management

  • Portfolio Management

  • Scrum

  • Agile Software Development

  • Cloud Computing

  • Sql

  • Nosql

  • Design Thinking

  • Program Assurance

  • Risk Management

  • Togaf

  • Cobit

  • Change Management

Languages

Spanish
Native
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
Italian
Intermediate
Dutch
Elementary
...and 1 more

Education

Oct 1985 - Jul 1988

Catholic University of Louvain (KUL)

MBA, IT Management & Intl Business · IT Management · Belgium

MBA program now in Vlerick School. Major in Management Informatics and International Business

Catholic University of Peru

B.Sc. coursework completed · Economics · Peru

Completed the courses of the B.S. in Economics

Certifications & licenses

Agile Project Management for Digital Projects

Politecnico di Milano

Ethical Influence Practitioner

Cialdini Institute

AI for Everyone

DeepLearning.AI

Generative AI for Everyone

DeepLearning.AI

AI Strategy and Governance

Wharton Online

AI for Business

Wharton Online

Agile Software Development

CMMI

COBIT

Change Management

Cloud Computing

Design Thinking

Lean

NoSQL

PMI Program & Project Management

Portfolio Management

Program Assurance

Risk Management

SQL

Scrum

Six Sigma

TOGAF

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 15
Experience in Banking and Finance 25.5 y
Avg length 2 y 5 m
Longest experience 5 y 11 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 5 (Spain, Belgium, France, Poland, Germany)
Primary country Spain

Expertise

Recent roles Expert in Management related AI output work reviews, Program Director, Partner Iberia
Main industries Banking and Finance, Insurance, Information Technology
Main business areas Information Technology, Strategy, Project Management

Qualifications

Certifications earned 23
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Carlos is based in Madrid, Spain and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

Carlos speaks the following languages: Spanish (Native), English (Advanced), French (Advanced), Italian (Intermediate), Dutch (Elementary), Portuguese (Elementary).

Carlos has at least 30 years of experience. During this time, Carlos has worked in at least 15 different roles and for 14 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years. Note that Carlos may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Carlos would be well-suited for roles such as: Expert in Management related AI output work reviews, Program Director, Partner Iberia.

Carlos's most recent position is Expert in Management related AI output work reviews at Several AI Labs,.

In recent years, Carlos has worked for Several AI Labs,, Undisclosed US Software Company, Cambridge Management Consulting, several companies, and Hexaware Technologies.

Carlos is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Insurance, and Information Technology. Carlos also has some experience in Tourism, Utilities, and Aerospace and Defense.

Carlos is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Strategy, and Sales. Carlos also has some experience in Project Management, Business Intelligence, and Operations.

Carlos has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Insurance.

Carlos has recently worked in business areas like Strategy, Information Technology, and Product Development.

Carlos attended Catholic University of Louvain (KUL) for IT Management.

Carlos has 23 certificates. Among them, these include: Agile Project Management for Digital Projects, Ethical Influence Practitioner, and AI for Everyone.

Carlos is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.

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