About Daniel Fokker and Orbis Neo

Why my background is relevant right now

A combination that grew over time

I have twenty-five years of experience in areas where AI is changing how organisations work: IT delivery and software development, IT operations and management, enterprise architecture and IT financial management. My work has also covered organisation design and workforce planning. The combination grew because each step in my career led me to an adjacent challenge.

This combination helps leadership teams of mid-market and larger companies right now, because AI affects several domains at once. You need someone who sees how the pieces fit together: how a choice in IT operations ripples through into financial management, how an AI platform in delivery affects HR policy and how architecture decisions made today shape your room to manoeuvre later.

Enterprise architecture is the thread running through my work. The discipline looks across domains by design, so I can help one area adapt while keeping an eye on the whole as your organisation changes.

How I work

Interim and part-time, always with an endpoint

I work as an independent adviser through Orbis Neo. My preferred way of working is interim or part-time: senior support for an agreed period, with a clear endpoint and a handover to an internal owner.

That fits my clients. Leadership teams of mid-market and larger companies want an adviser who understands their situation and structures that hold up after I leave. That is what my work is aimed at.

For specific depth or extra capacity, I work with a network of professionals I bring in when needed.

Full career

1. 2025 – present

   Independent adviser

   Orbis Neo

   Situation

   Independent advisory work through Orbis Neo for leadership teams of mid-market and larger companies, on IT and organisational change with AI.

   Mandate and progress

   Advice on AI strategy, AI policy and governance, and interim IT leadership. I always help clients make the right choices and see them through.

2. Aug 2026 – present

   Head of IT (ad interim)

   Info Support International Group

   Situation

   Interim IT leadership at Info Support during a period of transition.

   Mandate and progress

   Interim group-level IT leadership, including putting the AI policy into practice. The assignment is still in progress.

3. Mar 2026 – Aug 2026

   Lead AI Policy & Governance

   Info Support International Group

   Situation

   Info Support wanted to turn its AI ambition into clear agreements for the whole group.

   Result

   Developed a group-wide framework for AI policy and governance, together with leadership and the relevant functions. Since August 2026, as interim Head of IT at Info Support, I have been putting that framework into practice.

4. Nov 2022 – Jun 2025

   Head of IT Development and Architecture

   Stichting Studielink

   Situation

   A national digital platform needed technical and organisational direction for its core applications and partner landscape.

   Result

   Set the target architecture, principles and roadmap, steered the development of the core application and led the move to agile working. Shaped the architecture of the national lifelong learning platform with Npuls and SURF, and translated it into a roadmap for Studielink and partners such as DUO, IND and major banks.

5. Apr 2019 – Nov 2022

   Enterprise Architect (IT Financial Management focus)

   VodafoneZiggo

   Situation

   Cost and value management was needed for one of the largest IT organisations in the Netherlands.

   Result

   Made IT costs transparent by showing what drives them, so departments could see their IT costs and budgets became clearer. Led a clean-up of the application portfolio, phasing out and consolidating applications with a lifecycle plan for each, and basing decisions on total cost of ownership, value, risk and compliance. Results included a single register of all applications (CMDB), lower operating costs, avoided IT spend and faster delivery of IT changes.

6. May 2017 – Apr 2019

   Integration Program Manager

   VodafoneZiggo

   Situation

   A member of the Strategy Integration team working on the successful integration of Vodafone and Ziggo to create the joint venture VodafoneZiggo.

   Result

   Steered execution of the integration programme roadmap that delivered the expected financial and organisational synergies. Focus on both the B2B and HR integration programmes: B2B marketing and sales, B2B and HR IT roadmap, leadership development, culture, organisation design and workforce planning, location strategy and reward integration.

7. May 2014 – Apr 2017

   Head of IT Demand B2B / Strategic Vendor Manager

   Ziggo B.V.

   Situation

   The B2B segment of Ziggo needed a clear IT demand function and senior management of strategic vendors to align strategy, IT and business needs.

   Result

   Built and ran the B2B IT products and services roadmap for Ziggo Zakelijk, and improved vendor relations, performance and value creation through strategic procurement, RFPs and IT trendwatching. Delivered innovation, improvement and optimisation of B2B IT service delivery.

8. Jan 2001 – Apr 2014

   Head of Customer Service / Service Delivery Manager / Project Manager

   Ordina

   Situation

   Thirteen years at Ordina across three successive roles in IT operations and delivery for a broad portfolio of corporate customers.

   Result

   As Head of Customer Service (2008–2014): management and development of the Customer Service Desk and Service Management units (part of Ordina Beheer / IT Operations), 40+ direct reports. As Service Delivery Manager (2007–2009): end-to-end responsible for delivery of managed IT Services contracts (hardware, applications, maintenance) to several branches and customers. As Project Manager (2001–2006): management of applications, software releases, IT transitions and upgrades for several customer organisations.

9. 1999 – 2004

   Project Manager application development and release management

   UWV

   Situation

   Application development and release management for UWV.

Education and knowledge

• MSc Business Administration, Radboud University (2013–2017)
• BSc Business Informatics, Avans (1999–2002)

Relevant knowledge and certifications: TOGAF, ArchiMate, IT4IT, TBM/IT Financial Management, PRINCE2, SAFe/Agile/Scrum, Lean Six Sigma.

About the name: Orbis Neo

Orbis Neo comes from Latin and literally means ‘new circle’ or ‘new world’. The name fits what I do: helping organisations in the middle of a technological shift make the way they are run workable again. The circle in the logo stands for completeness and coherence: keeping sight of the whole while its parts are in motion.