Martin Kloos

Social Media and Webstrategy Consultant. Martin gained relevant experience in web strategy, online community, social media and open innovation projects. Martin is known from his writing (in Dutch) on www.martinkloos.nl, www.frankwatching.com, www.socialmediablog.nl and www.thenextweb.org.

Martin was born on 12 January 1982. He studied bachelor Information Technology & Information management at The Hague and Business Information Systems at the University of Amsterdam. Central themes are ICT in service organizations, information management and knowledge management. Currently he holds a Masters Degree (with honors) in science.

Martin worked as a part time consultant for Exact Software, which is the leading company of financial administration software in the Netherlands.

Martin wrote his Masters thesis on the effects of the application of Web 2.0 concepts on knowledge management, learning and meaning making in groups of people. The theory of knowledge management, learning and meaning is derived from Etienne Wenger, the founder of Communities of Practice and famous for his social learning theory.

After graduation, Martin started working as a consultant for the Technology Advisory practice of Deloitte Consulting. Within Deloitte, he focuses on his passions: Internet, Enterprise 2.0 and social media. He has worked on several projects regarding enterprise 2.0, open innovation and online community building.

Martin frequently writes on his weblog: http://www.martinkloos.nl. He also writes for dutch weblogs The Next Web (http://www.thenextweb.org) and Frankwatching (http://www.frankwatching.com). Internally, Martin is involved in a Business Technology Advisory magazine where he writes about social media in general. He also involved in organizing Deloitte's sponsorship of the conference "van Web 2.0 naar Enterprise 2.0" and the development of a new interactive podium for Deloitte.

http://www.martinkloos.nl/about/

Martin Kloos’s Specialties:

Some themes discussed:
e-business, e-Synergy, services, multichanneling, network, service strategy, Communities of Practice, learning, social theory of learning, web 2.0, folksonomy, long tail, social bookmarking, software as service, information management, knowledge management, open innovation, enterprise 2.0

Martin Kloos’s Experience

Senior Consultant Webstrategy

Deloitte Consulting

(Partnership; Human Resources industry)

October 2009 — Present (4 months)
Web developer
- (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2002 — Present (8 years 1 month)

I have worked on several web development projects the last few years. I did some personal webdesign -development as well as for friends and relatives. I'm webmaster of the local swim and waterpoloclub.
Web 2.0 Strategy Consultant

Deloitte Consulting

(Partnership; Human Resources industry)

2006 — September 2009 (3 years )

My main focus areas are Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0, web strategy and Online Community Building. In this role I worked on several online community and open innovation projects (both internal as well as external). To mention:
- currently working on (potentially) the largest online community for Dutch organizations and entrepreneurs
- large internal innovation and community platform
- a governmental innovation platform where multiple municipalities participate
Technical advisor

ICTU

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

2006 — December 2007 (1 year )

Technical adviser for project that helps government agencies in publicizing legislation on the Internet.
Business Analyst

Deloitte

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2006 — July 2007 (10 months)

I currently work as a business analyst at Deloitte Consulting. I work in the Portals cluster. In this job I worked on several projects:

Technical advisor legislations on the Internet for Stichting ICTU. I advice municipalities in publicing legislations on the Internet. Main focus areas are advisory skills, information modelling using UML, XML Schema, and BPEL. Also got acquinted with webservices (WSDL)

Junior Advisor datadictionary for a large ministry. I worked on a large datadictionary to define a form for a new legislation that comibined 30 Dutch legislations. Worked with UML, XML Schema, and WSDL
e-Synergy consultant

Exact Software Netherlands - Lokal-Tronics B.V.

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2003 — September 2006 (3 years 1 month)

I worked as an e-Synergy consultant in which I participated in several implementations. I worked on analysing aditional needs, translate this to viable solutions in the software and implement these solutions. I also trained new users and gave feedback.
Analist

NTI Netherlands

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)

January 2004 — June 2004 (6 months)

I did a research project of six moments where I investigated the current status of the ICT department in light of ISO-9001. I analysed the current situation, described shortcomings and formulated recommendations for improvement.

Martin Kloos’s Education

Nyenrode Business Universiteit

Masterclass Internet Marketing Strategy 2008 — 2008
University of Amsterdam

Msc , September 2004 — June 2006

I wrote some notes in my personal summary
Haagse Hogeschool/TH Rijswijk

Bachelor , Information Studies , 2000 — 2004
High school