Sergej van Middendorp

Sergej van Middendorp has ten years experience as a consultant and project manager on the convergence of business strategy and information technology strategy. In his work he tries to strike a balance between reflection, the application of new thinking in practice and down-to-earth, values-directed project management.

e-office helps improve the work of people in office environments by providing them with a digital workspace that increases information work productivity and releases knowledge work creativity. With 100 professionals fully focused on this issue – and strong alliances with IBM, Microsoft, and a Value Network of consultants – e-office is the expert on the subject in The Netherlands.

Customers include Heineken, KLM, MeesPierson, KPMG, and other large corporations that are experiencing the shift from production to information and knowledge work. In addition e-office serves several hundred SME’s in the professional services industry such as accountants, lawyers, consultants and NGO’s.

Selected projects and honors

Projects include consulting, developing and implementing portal solutions supporting knowledge management strategies for multi-national corporations and NGO’s, including Amstel Beer, UNESCO-IHE, Philips Electronics and Toshiba.

e-office won several awards from their technology partners IBM and Microsoft, for being on the edge of innovation in the application of their technologies in practice. e-office was voted the IT company with the best vision in 2005 by the leading Dutch IT Journal “Automatisering Gids”.

Selected keynotes and articles by Sergej

- Networks, Experience and the Digital Workspace, European Centre for Research in the Experience Economy, February 2006
- An Introduction to Network Mental Models and an Exploration of their Impact on Strategy, Organization and Management, PrimaVera Seminar Series, University of Amsterdam, November 2005
- (Italian/English) Business Ecosystems and Value Networks Analysis, Intellectual Capital Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 1(Italy)
- (Dutch) BPO can only succeed with appropriate electronic workplace support, "VIP, Vakblad voor Documentmanagement", July/August 2005
- (Dutch) Value Networks Analysis, Strategic Planning faces the Music, “Tijdschrift voor Informatie en Management,” March 2005
- (Dutch)Contextual Collaboration and Portals, “Heliview Collaboration Conference,” June 2004
- (Dutch) How to improve productivity, “Computable,” April 2004
- (Dutch)The Value of Portal Technology for Organizations, “Oracle User conference,” October 2003

- Proof of Value weblog on www.proofofvaluenetwork.nl

Additional information

- MBA, Henley Management College (UK), with a specialization in Information Strategy. Dissertation:“A framework and a toolkit for planning e-business strategy in the financial services industry,” awarded an A+
- BBA, Hoge Hotelschool Maastricht with a specialization in the Hotel and Catering Industry
- Certified Knowledge Manager and Certified Value Networks Practitioner

Sergej lives near Utrecht in The Netherlands with his wife Thekla and his two kids Sterre and Stijn. He enjoys jazz, philosophy, running in the woods and reflecting on life during dinner with friends, fine foods and wines.