Summary
Lars Schmitz is a seasoned general manager and IT strategy leader with more than two decades of experience bridging business and technology to deliver complex IT programs across industries and international projects. As General Manager at Etesian IT Consulting since 2015, he combines hands-on delivery with strategic governance to help clients optimize information systems, development, implementation and management of complex applications. He has led large-scale migrations and greenfield Office 365/SharePoint Online implementations, and has steered multiple project managers and Scrum Masters in steering committee roles for major clients like ABN AMRO, APG, SAPA, and Jumbo. An entrepreneur at heart, he co-founded SportAny as CTO, delivering a mobile app that enables on-demand access to sports and wellness activities without subscriptions. He has also held leadership roles such as Lead Product Owner at ABN AMRO and served on the TopVintage board via Etesian, signaling his ability to align business goals with IT capability and data strategy. Based in Limburg, Netherlands, Lars combines strong communication and collaboration skills with a pragmatic, results-oriented approach and a growing focus on governance and risk management.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
VWO, B-Pakket, VWO, B-Pakket at ADC - Antonius Doctor College
Toezichthouder, Toezichthouder at Universiteit Maastricht
Scheikunde, Scheikunde at RWTH Aachen University
ICT, ICT at Zuyd Hogeschool | Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
English, Dutch, German