W.H.

NIEMANS RI
Mainzer Strasse 251 D-53179 Bonn Rosener Manz 9-D NL-3026 TH Rotterdam Tel +49 228 850 99 33 Mob +31 6811 54320 +49 179 541 78 71 Fax +49 228 850 99 32 e-mail niemans@pbsolo.nl Born 20 juli 1950 at Mierlo (NL) Nationality Netherlands

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Mr. Niemans is a ICT professional with a long track record and a international focus. His career started at Philips, Eindhoven, after studying Electronics. His career can be divided in three parts: education as a DBA at Philips and involvement with national sized projects (1970-1979), product developer in the area of logistics and warehousing (1980-2001), project director of innovative solutions using ICT (1998-2008). His experience is drawn by working within top-100 companies and government, though independently. Mr. Niemans is seeking international involvement in innovative projects. Whilst living and working in two important EU cities, Bonn and Rotterdam, he shows built-in flexibility for a base location.

EDUCATION
WR-A HBS-B WETENSCHAPPELIJK REKENAAR , 1972 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN EINDHOVEN, 1967

MEMBERSHIPS
Nederlandse Vereniging van Registerinformatici Dutch Society of Registered Informatics Professionals HIMSS Healthcare Information Management Systems Society Volunteer at International-National Task Force Group IHE nl Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, Dutch Society ACM American Association for Computing Machinery VLM Vereniging voor Logistiek Management (Dutch) Society for Logistics Management VRI

PROPERTIES
creative thinker, affinity with technology analytic, focus on targets conceptual architect comfortable in international and multi-disciplinary work environment

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Dutch: mother tongue English: fluent German: speaking fluent, writing reasonable French: moderate

PROFILE

Hands-on knowledge of e-Health technologies and standards in use. Recent experience with and good knowledge of IHE processes. A good understanding of the context and requirements of interoperability projects.

Handling the complexities of the intercultural aspects of radiologists and cardiologists. Comfortable in the communication with user groups, steering board, industry networks. Extensive experience with the architecture, development and implementation of medium large scale information systems. Experienced advisor of technological possibilities to speed up business processes, Expert in the design and deployment of web technology. Closely monitoring and assessing the main changes in the IT world, from large mainframe systems to mini (70s), the microcomputer and the introduction of the PC (80s), the rise of networks and "client-server" (80s), the Internet (90s), object orientation and concept orientated paradigms like HL7 and IHE.

HISTORY
2006-PRESENT TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT E-HEALTH , ROTTERDAM (SELF EMPLOYED) Technical consultancy for a first prototype of Oracle HTB in a regional setting. Design of the overall architecture for a RHIO for the next three years. The architecture is using IHE profiles , HL7 and edifact messaging, and interfaces with domotica based on SODA. The architecture is using a XML native repository that can be extended with Records Management functionalities. Involvement in the first actual deployment in the Netherlands of IHE-XDS(-I).. Introduction of Tolven Health as a PHR and CHR system. The system supports CCR. Special focus on the 4 As: authentication, authorization, access, audit.

2004-2006

DIRECTOR "SOLUTIONS ONLY" ICT CONSULTANCY , ARNHEM , ROTTERDAM , BONN A framework and design-pattern which consumes software applications solely written in XML, whether specifying parameters to a prototyped module, whether a self contained module using distributed web services. Development is homed on Eclipse. Various projects based on web hosting and virtual collaboration. Medium scale projects using robotics in hoarse environments, turnkey delivery.

1994-1996 PHILIPS COMMUNICATIONS & PROCESSING SERVICES , HILVERSUM Advisor for the product Locamatic, including definition of new subjects within Philips companies.

1979-1994 PRODUCT DEVELOPER WAREHOUSING LOGISTICS , VARIOUS LOCATIONS Design, development and implementation of an innovative software project for warehousing (logistics). Negotiated and executed > 60 projects in the Netherlands for medium to large scale warehouses. Co-ordinated several similar projects with international scope and intercultural aspects in Danmark, England, Austria, France and Germany. 1974-1979 COMPUTER ASSOCIATES , ROTTERDAM Involvement in the design, development and roll out of IT systems in the field of welfare and social care: Design of the storage architecture using database adapters Implementation of adapters for UDS (Siemens) and co-ordination of the implementation for IMS (IBM) and Pholas (Philips) Supervision of a Proof of Concept for IMS and UDS

1970.1974

PHILIPS DATA SYSTEMS , EINDHOVEN Involvement in the development of the first computerized national citizen register, nowadays known as the GBA.

PUBLICATIONS
tinyWMS: a WMS in Cobol as web server under embedded Linux, 2002 Hosting Services on the Web. PbSolo, 1996. Warehouse management for warehousing staff. Courseware NAP, 1991. Warehousing support. Courseware NAP,1988. Automating location systems. PBNA,1987. Optimizing storage capacity in warehouses. MMC, 1983 The microcomputer has grown up. AG, 1982. A database IO-Handler for applications under IMS, UDS and Pholas. GRC/CVA, 1978.

Experiences with Pholas DB and COTAM DC in a Cobol environment. CA/CBS, 1976

SEMINARS
The Distribution Centre in a changing market. IIR, 1995. The warehouse related to its environment of supply and demand. Siemens, 1987. Atomic Goods Movement. NAP, 1984. Pseudo Data Bases. GRC/CvA, 1979. Systems approach and problem analysis. CA, 1978. Data Structures revisited. CA/GRC, 1976.