Hans Bracke

I’m a Senior Mobile Strategy Management Consultant in IBM’s global Mobile Center of Competence. The Mobile CoC enables IBM’s Global Business Service lines to embracing mobility for our clients. Current engagements range from short term Business Value Analysis, Strategic Alignment and Mobile Maturity Assessments to definition of Mobile Enabling Platforms and Mobile Application Factory Frameworks, providing the right environments for our customers in terms of technology, infrastructure, processes and structure to provide mobile services in an agile manner, be it with discipline, efficiently and cost-effectively.
With >15 years experience in mobile (and Machine-2-Machine) I have a deep understanding of the market, capabilities, direction and value for the customer.

Before joining IBM, I was Senior Product Manager at Verizon for Enterprise Managed Mobility Services from strategy definition to launch and execution, including collaborations with Vodafone and SAP/Sybase.
Furthermore, I managed Verizon’s Managed Credential Services to support and launch Mobile and Machine-to-Machine solutions in support of this new and fast growing market, including initiation of solution integration to provide end-to-end secure mobile enablement services.

Prior to Verizon I was R&D Programme Manager of a mobile and fixed-to-mobile conversion portfolio including LTE (4G), WiMax, Femto-Cell, IMS and related mobile solutions.

Specialties: Enterprise Mobile Strategy, Mobile Application LifeCycle Management, Device Security (mobile and machine-to-machine), Platform and Software as a Service (API and solution based Cloud), Mobility Market and Technologies, Product Management, Technical Project/Program Management, Strategic Partnerships