41 years old · Antwerp / Spain (Altea)

Father of two children (son 10, daughter 7)

Yves Dutré is a born entrepreneur and an experienced Fractional CIO & Enterprise Architect who helps organizations make complexity manageable and turn technology back into a true business accelerator . He brings direction, speed, and execution power, with a strong focus on setting up governance, and delivering measurable impact.

Yves naturally challenges assumptions, comes up with original ideas , and isn’t afraid to go against the status quo when needed. At the same time, he is an open, empathetic, and genuinely pleasant person who quickly builds trust with both leadership and teams.

He is also very transparent about himself and his personal journey,which makes him approachable and human in difficult change environments. Yves enjoys shaping a clear vision and bringing people along in that story.

With a high cognitive profile Yves combines sharp analytical thinking with a strong drive to turn ideas into progress.

“I feel at home in an environment where things move fast and where there is enough challenge. It can be chaos — as long as we create structure together.”

Where Yves makes the difference

• Challenger mindset — dares to question assumptions, habits, and structures
• Entrepreneurial energy — sees opportunities where others see problems
• Result-driven — knows where he wants to go and what it takes to get there
• Clear and direct communication — challenges decisions and helps teams move forward when decision-making is stuck
• People-oriented and empathetic — teams quickly feel at ease with him
• Vision + direction — brings clarity and acceleration to complex environments

Relevant experience

• MORP (Freelance) – Senior Enterprise Solutions Architect & Partner
• Oh’Green (Hubo Group) – CIO (retail growth & ERP transformation)
• Soudal – Department Head IT Applications (CRM, integrations, automation)
• Schoeller Allibert – IT Integration / Innovation / Customer Engagement (ERP & integration)
• Webit – Digital entrepreneur (built over 10 years & sold)
• Digipolis / City of Antwerp – data governance & data transformation

Sector experience

Manufacturing & chemicals, retail, government, and enterprise IT — Yves has worked in large enterprise environments, but thrives best in fast-moving midmarket organizations: short lines, flat teams, and a clear mandate to deliver impact quickly.

Strengths

• Bridge between business & IT — translates architecture and complexity into decisions that actually work
• Enterprise & solution architecture — strong in integration-heavy landscapes and transformations
• Governance & progress — brings structure, ownership, and momentum to multi-stakeholder programs
• Trusted advisor / challenger — sharp when needed, without political games
• Strategic thinking with execution power — not a PowerPoint consultant, but someone who helps make it real

Technology & domains

Yves is technology-agnostic, but highly skilled in selecting and steering the right building blocks to enable scalability and future readiness, including:

• ERP-transities & core systems
  • including SAP R3, SAP4Hana, IFS, Epicor & Odoo
• CRM platforms
  • including SalesForce, MS Dynamics, PipeDrive, HubSpot, Monday, Zoho, Custom CRM systems
• iPaaS / integration layers
  • Including SnapLogic, PowerApps, Power Automate, Azure Functions, custom development, BizTalk, Informatica, MuleSoft
• Data governance & masterdata (MDM programs)
  • Setting up governance and ownership across organizations
  • Analysis of data sources and “golden records”
  • GDPR compliance, data strategy, and Azure environments (Data Lakes, data quality)
  • Tooling such as Microsoft Purview , and Collibra
  • Big Data, (I)IoT and platforming (custom solutions + Sensolus)
• PIM/DAM, digital front-ends & “agentic” evolutions around core applications
  • Governance, ownership, and workflow architecture
  • Tools such as Contentserv, Plytix, inRiver, Akeneo
  • ERP integrations and end-to-end content flows towards web and digital channels
• E-commerce
  • Including Shopify, Miva, Magento, and custom e-commerce platforms
• Digitale front-ends
  • Custom integration-driven solutions
  • Development in SharePoint environments
• Payment gateways:
  • such as Ingenico and Stripe
• CMS systems
  • including WordPress, Drupal, TYPO3, Webflow, custom CMS development in PHP
• Front-end development
  • including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, Laravel, custom PHP

How clients describe him

Een A smart, likeable, and socially strong sparring partner who brings energy, communicates clearly, quickly sees structure in chaos, and effortlessly switches between leadership, business, and IT.