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Chris Parker

Chief Experience Officer

Chris Parker
Almere, Netherlands

Experience

Jul 2023 - Jun 2025
2 years
Cairo, Egypt

Chief Experience Officer

Tactful

  • Achieved product market fit for GenAI conversational platform and shaped commercial strategy in hospitality and financial services.
  • Built a scalable partner ecosystem across EMEA and US and established extensible platform architecture.
  • Stabilised product delivery post carve-out and aligned teams around clear priorities and operating rhythm.
Jul 2021 - Jun 2023
2 years
Brussels, Belgium

Chief Platform & Innovation Officer

Dstny

  • Integrated five SaaS acquisitions and unified product, platform, and engineering under one growth plan.
  • Delivered 25 percent annual revenue uplift through modular architecture, disciplined portfolio focus, and customer value alignment.
  • Strengthened cross functional leadership and created clarity across globally distributed teams.
Jan 2019 - Jun 2020
1 year 6 months
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Chief Technology Officer

Powerpeers Energie

  • Modernised legacy energy stack into a cloud native, multi tenant SaaS platform enabling international expansion.
  • Delivered full Azure migration and microservices architecture within twelve months on budget.
  • Introduced an agile operating model improving delivery speed and cross functional execution.
May 2017 - Dec 2018
1 year 8 months
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Director of Product Strategy & Delivery

Pretty Good Knowledge

  • Led product development and client delivery for enterprise AI platform in financial services and government.
  • Delivered compliant AI and analytics solutions that improved decision quality in high stakes environments.
Sep 2015 - Feb 2017
1 year 6 months
Netherlands

Head of Change & Innovation (CIO)

ABN AMRO Lease

  • Modernised digital capability, introduced agile delivery, and improved service satisfaction by 21 percent.
  • Strengthened operating model and technology foundations to support Western European growth.
Sep 2012 - Sep 2014
2 years 1 month
Eindhoven, Netherlands

M&A Transformation Manager

DLL

  • Directed post acquisition integration across four countries, aligning systems, teams, and governance.
  • Delivered on time and on budget program while maintaining operational continuity and future scalability.
Aug 2012 - Present
13 years 6 months
Almere, Netherlands

Founder | Advisor | Author | Keynote Speaker | Podcast Host | Coach

Ebullient Growth Agency

  • I founded Ebullient to support my work as a product and digital executive, developing frameworks, operating models, and leadership disciplines applied in CPO and CDO roles.
  • The platform keeps my perspective sharp and ensures organisations benefit from current, tested methods grounded in real executive challenges.
  • Through Ebullient, I contribute selective advisory support, write, speak, and host two podcasts focused on product, digital, and AI leadership, expanding my access to senior leaders, board perspectives, and emerging practices across scale-up and enterprise environments.
Jan 2008 - Jul 2011
3 years 7 months
Almere, Netherlands

Chief Information Officer

LeasePlan

  • Directed 120 million euro transformation portfolio delivering 15 million euro savings and 19 percent productivity uplift.
  • Established enterprise investment and global analytics functions, and launched first international fleet mobility app.
Jan 2007 - Dec 2007
1 year
Almere, Netherlands

Director Strategy & Ventures

LeasePlan

  • Defined corporate growth strategy and launched Romania as fastest profitable greenfield operation.
  • Standardised commercial and operational startup playbook for new market entry.
Jul 2005 - Dec 2006
1 year 6 months
Melbourne, Australia

Transformation Programme Director

LeasePlan

  • Governed 60 million AUD transformation across multiple markets delivering SAP integrated digital customer lifecycle.
May 2004 - Jun 2005
1 year 2 months
Ireland

Managing Director

LeasePlan

  • Reduced global IT costs by 18 percent while improving performance across 30 country shared services.
Sep 2001 - Dec 2004
3 years 4 months
Almere, Netherlands

Shared Service Project Director

ABN AMRO Lease Holding

  • Built pan European IT shared services with 13 million euro investment and EFQM/ITIL aligned operating model.
Jan 1998 - Jul 2000
2 years 7 months
London, Canada

Senior ERP Consultant

SolutionBank (Baan Business Systems)

  • Delivered ERP-enabled business transformation projects in semiconductor manufacturing across supply chain, operations, and finance.
Jun 1996 - Dec 1997
1 year 7 months
United States

Business Account Manager

GTE Network Services

  • Managed mid-market telecom accounts and developed integrated voice and data solutions for business clients.

Summary

I step into organisations when product direction needs clarity, digital capability needs to scale, or leadership alignment becomes the barrier to growth. My focus is to strengthen product strategy, modernise platforms, and build the executive cohesion required to deliver at pace.

I have delivered product market fit for GenAI platforms, unified multi country SaaS portfolios, and modernised legacy environments into cloud native architectures. My work at Tactful, Dstny, Powerpeers, ABN AMRO Lease, and LeasePlan shows a consistent pattern.

Create clarity fast. Stabilise delivery. Build systems and teams that continue to perform without constant executive intervention.

I work best where product, technology, and people need to move forward together. My approach blends structured operating models with accountable leadership practices. Executives gain alignment, teams gain focus, and organisations gain momentum.

Through Ebullient I also support leaders and teams as they navigate complexity. The coaching and facilitation work strengthens the same capabilities needed for successful product and digital execution. It gives organisations a more confident and connected leadership team during demanding periods of change.

I am open to Chief Product Officer and Chief Digital Officer roles as well as selective advisory and executive alignment engagements.

Skills

  • Strategy
  • Start-ups
  • Business Transformation

Languages

English
Native
Dutch
Elementary

Education

Oct 1999 - Jun 2001

Nyenrode University

MBA, International Business · International Business · Breukelen, Netherlands

Oct 1994 - Jun 1996

Utah State University

BA, Accountancy · Accountancy · Logan, United States

Oct 1991 - Jun 1993

Orange Coast College

Costa Mesa, United States

Certifications & licenses

Ambassador Certification

Certified SAFe Agilist (Scaled Agile Framework)

Film Production Certification

Growth Hacking Master Class

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