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Alain Simons

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Product Owner Data Analytics at Portbase
📍 Rotterdam and The Hague, Netherlands

Alain Simons is a results-oriented Product Owner for Data Analytics at Portbase, where he leads the data analytics team. He specializes in data, BI, and AI, recently overseeing the migration to a new Databricks analytics platform. People who have worked with him describe him as reliable, robust, and an excellent people manager.

Outside of his professional role, Alain is the founder and chairman of Stichting Katalysator. This foundation is dedicated to promoting the growth of sustainable local entrepreneurs and projects in developing countries, including Mali, Ghana, and Colombia, focusing on empowering disadvantaged communities.

He founded his own non-profit organization to support sustainable entrepreneurship in developing nations.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Product Owner Data Analytics
Location
Rotterdam and The Hague, Netherlands
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Modern Data Platforms
He recently led the successful migration of Portbase's data warehouse to a new Databricks data lakehouse on the AWS cloud, completing the project in six months.
Data-Driven Logistics
His work focuses on using data analytics and AI to add value to the Dutch ports, aiming to build a genuinely "smart" port based on data insights.
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Career

Work history

1-2022
Product Owner Data Analytics
Portbase
7-2020 - 12-2021
Product Manager Data & BI
Portbase
6-2017 - 6-2020
Business Manager en Product Owner BI & Data Science
Portbase
9-2010
Voorzitter en oprichter
Stichting Katalysator
5-2012 - 5-2017
IT Manager Functioneel Applicatiebeheer
Medux (Medipoint, Harting-Bank, Vitalis, Emcart en Ligtvoet)
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Education
9-2023 - 9-2023
Data Management Fundamentals (DMBOK)
DAMA
2021 - 2021
Business coaching Data Platform en Proposities
Faebric
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