Stephane Smets

📶 AI-driven Project Management & PMO initiatives

■ Active contribution to the practical structuring and integration of AI within Project, Program, Portfolio, and PMO environments, focusing on real-world delivery and organizational adoption.

■ Development of a structured body of publications forming a professional AI P roject Management reference playbook, supporting the practical application of AI in delivery contexts.

■ Contribution to the evolution of AI-related project management practices, delivery approaches, and operational knowledge frameworks supporting AI adoption.

■ Collaboration with project management, data, and AI professionals to explore reliable approaches for integrating AI use cases within delivery environments.

■ Continuous upskilling in Analytical and Generative AI, with a focus on practical implementation in Project and PMO contexts.

📶 Data-Insights Project Delivery

Hands-on consulting mission for EUROCLEAR

■ Mission:

-End-to-end delivery of a data and analytics initiative, forming a foundation for advanced analytics and AI-enabled capabilities within the HR domain.

■ Objective:

-Design and implement a scalable HR Business Intelligence and advanced analytics solution to improve reporting capabilities, operational efficiency, and data accessibility.

-This solution is designed to enhance operational efficiency, enable data-driven decision-making, reduce manual reporting efforts, increase automation, and provide real-time insights to support the evolving needs of the HR division and regulatory compliance.

■ Context:

-Fragmented and manual HR reporting processes

-Multiple data sources with limited integration and consistency.

-Operational inefficiencies and delays in report production.

-Increasing demand for reliable, timely, and actionable insights.

■ My responsibilities:

► Epic Owner + Hands-on Project Management focused on Proximus Commercial offers optimization:

■ Projects:

- Mobile Standalone offer Full Revamp 2021-2022 (Bundle of 5 market alignments Projects)

- Mobile global Portfolio offer Evolution 2023

- Joint Offer – New trade-in journey – Exchange/Recycling devices proposal

- Joint Offer – Device renewal before the expiration of the contract without penalty

- Micropayement Fraud Counteraction – 090x ► Contributions to Company Agile Transformation - Expert level

■ Achievements:

- Successful launch of all Mobile Full Revamp Epics - On time, Scope, Budget and Quality

- Successful delivery of new trade-in IT Solution with Expert Teams

One year investment in:

■ Integration of "advanced" Lean-Agile topics - including, — Disciplined-Agile / advanced — SAFe 5 / evolutionary — Reference Agile Transformation approaches / advanced — Lean Enterprise / knowledge update

■ Deepening PM vertical backgrounds - focused on: — Digital Transformation - DX implementation models — DevOps - high-level — Change Management - high-level - including ADKAR ■ Disciplined-Agile Keynote Speaker, Lecturer, Author