Menno van den Burg

Menno has an extensive background in both science and business: a PhD in Applied Physics from the RijksUniverstiteit Groningen and an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management. However, Menno discovered that his primary interest lies in the actual business application of knowledge. Menno enjoys “ solving the puzzle”, i.e. to use both theoretical knowledge and practical common sense to solve complex business problems. Therefor, in 1994 Menno switches from academics to KPN Telecom. During almost 18 years at KPN, Menno worked mostly as an enterprise architect and as business manager. During this period Menno was the architect for Business Internet Telephony; a very complex IT chain with over 70 individual IT systems involved. After KPN Menno switches to the financial industry, being the enterprise architect at TKP Pension. In 2018 Menno started as an independent contractor in the role of IT Architect. His main driver was the belief that an IT architect should be independent of both the customer and the contractor, just like in traditional construction. As an independent architect Menno has worked at a number of medium to large insurance companies, like Unive, Onderlinge ’s Gravenhage and VLC, in roles such as Innovation manager, Product Owner and IT Architect. Recently Menno started DSRPT with 2 former colleagues, with the objective to introduce real innovation & customer focus in the Dutch insurance industry.