Geert CONARD

Current

Manager/CEO at Geert Conard VOF
Voorzitter (Chairman) sp.a Diest at sp.a
Member Support Officer at CIOnet

Non-executive Director at United Partners Services NV
Manager/CEO at IT Consult Services BVBA

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Past

Vice Chairman at Krijtlijn vzw (Chalkline)
Country Manager Ecademy Belgium at Ecademy Ltd.
Sales Manager at Cherub BVBA

Sales Manager Belgium at Norman/SHARK BV
Sales Manager at Compuserv CV
Freelance ICT Journalist at Sparta / Netwerk
Store Manager at InterTan Inc.

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Geert CONARD’s Summary

Owner/Manager of Geert CONARD VOF :

Public Speaker, Writer, Trainer and Consultant on Social Media & Social Networking.
Author of 'A Girlfriend in Every City' (2005) and 'Friends with Benefits' (2009)
Management Consultant

Owner/Manager of IT Consult Services BVBA :

- ICT & Network Solutions for small companies
- ICT Consulting
- Onsite services (Also for partners)
- Hosting and webdesign
- Hardware, software, pheripherals and supplies
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Connect with me on Ecademy
http://www.ecademy.com/account.php?id=50308&xref=50308
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Geert CONARD’s Specialties:

- Social Media & Social Networking
- ICT Hardware and services for small companies

Geert CONARD’s Experience

Manager/CEO

Geert Conard VOF

(Management Consulting industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

Management Company with a variety of activities :
Management consulting, Author, Advisor, Consultant, Proactive Networker, Trainer, Public speaker.
Voorzitter (Chairman) sp.a Diest

sp.a

(Political Organization industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

Sp.a is the socialist party of the flemmish speaking part of Belgium.
In March 2007 I was elected president of our regional chapter in my hometown, Diest. Together with a splendid team we take part in the administration for our town. More information at http://www.s-p-a.be/diest
I'm also a boardmember of sp.a Vlaams Brabant (Regional)
Member Support Officer

CIOnet

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

December 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

CIOnet.com is the first independent, private and invitation-only online business network that empowers CIO’s & ICT Managers to network more efficiently and effectively for business. CIOnet is all about Building Relationships, Sharing Knowledge & Growing a Peer Network in the CIO community
Non-executive Director

United Partners Services NV

(Management Consulting industry)

March 2003 — Present (6 years 10 months)

UP Services is a company that provides administrative consulting and guidance to SME and associations.
A smaller division is the Bamed webshop for "first aid" kits. For more info check the webpage at http://www.upservices.be
Manager/CEO

IT Consult Services BVBA

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 1997 — Present (12 years 10 months)

• ICT Partner for SME companies (Regional) : Consulting, domainregistration, hosting & webdesign, onsite IT Support, hard- & software, computersupplies, ...
• Onsite ICT Support services for partners (National)
Vice Chairman

Krijtlijn vzw (Chalkline)

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2007 — October 2009 (2 years 2 months)

Krijtlijn vzw is a non-profit organisation. We organize workshops and coaching-sessions for people who aren't that lucky in society.
Our target group are people with a handicap and people who live on welfare because of different reasons.

For all activities we make sure to remove all physical and financial thresholds, so everyone from our target group can take part in this experience.

The same activities will be organized in other European countries under the name 'Chalkline'.
We will also start projects in 3th world countries, together with NGO's such as Handicap International.
Country Manager Ecademy Belgium

Ecademy Ltd.

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

July 2004 — September 2009 (5 years 3 months)

Ecademy is the UK's Nr.1 social business network, founded in Febr. 1998 by Thomas and Penny Power. Today Ecademy is present in most countries around the world with regional clubs and meetings.

Hendrik Deckers launched Ecademy Belgium in April 2004. I joined him as vice chairman in July 2004.
At 01/01/2008 I took the lead together with a splendid team.
We organize monthly national networking events and smaller regional clubs in every region.
My contract to lead Ecademy Belgium ended 31/09/2009.
Sales Manager

Cherub BVBA

(Computer & Network Security industry)

July 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Cherub is an import and distribution company for high quality security hard- & software. They also cover a range of professional data security services (data recovery, data-erasure, ...)
Cherub is the exclusive importer and distributor for several well known brands and products such as Norman, GFI, Vaxxin, ISL Light, Lavasoft, Bioslimdisk, ...

I manage the sales division and try to grow and support the resellernetwork.
Cherub was started from the former Belgian division of the antiviruscompany Norman/SHARK BV.
Sales Manager Belgium

Norman/SHARK BV

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

March 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 4 months)

NORMAN is known for its virus control software, firewall software, encryption software and anti-spyware software
IBAS is known for its services in Data Recovery, Data Erasure and Computer Forensics.
I support the dealernetwork in a large part of Belgium (Flemmish Brabant, Antwerp and Limburg) and work together with the other dealer managers to achieve our targets for Belgium.
Sales Manager

Compuserv CV

(Public Company; Computer Networking industry)

September 1993 — February 2005 (11 years 6 months)

Compuserv is an IT vendor for SME customers. We specialize in small network solutions and support.
As part of the team I am responsible for the COMPUSERV shop in Diest. My main occupations are sales, purchases, accounting and service to customers.
Infopage on http://www.compuserv.be
Freelance ICT Journalist

Sparta / Netwerk

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Newspapers industry)

1996 — 2001 (5 years )

I was a freelance ICT Journalist for the monthly magazine 'Netwerk'. During this assignment I also hosted a TV show on national TV, "Xplo", together with Geena Lisa. Maybe you will still remember my column "Geert weet raad".
By the end of 2001 I also started writing for other magazines (e.g. Clickx).
Store Manager

InterTan Inc.

(Public Company; Computer Hardware industry)

November 1991 — September 1993 (1 year 11 months)

Started out als Sales Engineer for consumer electronics and computers. Promoted to Store Manager. Left the company because InterTan decided to close the Western Europe section.

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