Co-founder of Crossbeam & Reveal (merger in June 2024), former CEO of Multiposting (exit SAP). Passionate about entrepreneurship, SaaS & enterprise software, sales strategy and product management. 

Simon Bouchez

Herman Knevel

DPW accelerates innovation by connecting startups, tech leaders, major corporations and investors.  Our annual flagship conference, DPW Amsterdam, is the most prominent event in procurement and supply chain for innovation leaders worldwide. Our new event addition is DPW NYC. Since launching DPW, we've grown into a global innovation ecosystem grounded in collaboration and community. Today, we deliver transformational events, programs, consulting, and experiences.

🚀 Boutique consulting accelerating digital transformation, innovation and sustainability since 2020 ♻️ Global clients amongst others are Johnson & Johnson, Roche, Novartis, Coca-Cola, Shell.

Co-Founder & Initiator DPW Labs

The global innovation ecosystem for digital procurement, supply chain and sustainability ♻️

🌍 Global events unlocking innovation with talent, startups, scale-ups and corporates
🫶 Communities, talent programs, learning sessions and the latest news and innovations
🚀 Boutique consulting accelerating digital transformation and innovation 👉 DPW LABS since 2020

Co-CEO

Workcast

The future of work and workplace is here. Each session Herman and Wisse explore and make sense of the latest.

Founder & Podcast Host

nlmtd

Director Strategy & Innovation

NORNORM

VP Global Partnerships

Trailblazing the game changing full circular furniture-as-a-service startup for workplaces. We have built a business to recreate the norms of this industry and encourage people to make one fundamental change in the way they furnish their workspaces: Don’t buy furniture, subscribe to it.

Trailblazer Board Advisor

Minkowski

We give agency to people in organizations so they can make history by changing the future. We facilitate train and enable organizations to transform. Using our applied futures approach we map the possibilities in your future and translate those into action, so you can start building a better business today.  

www.minkowski.org

Future Thinking Associate

Helping industry and customers bridging the gap between real estate and technology. The current crisis could be pivotal moment for technology in the built environment. Ranging from solutions for ensuring healthy and regulated smart buildings to rethinking real estate business models with a customer first approach driven by talent and technology. Services range from pilot programs to full corporate innovation stacks.

Proptech Advisor

ISS A/S

Lead of the Open Innovation Program of the global Corporate Garage of ISS, the autonomous innovation unit of ISS operating outside the organisation backed by group C suite. The open innovation program connects startup + scaleup matchmaking with global customers Barclays, Heineken and LEGO.

Global Open Innovation Lead

ISS Facility Services Nederland

• Initiator of the School of Workplace Innovation 2019, an open collaborative innovation program for innovation and sustainability challenges in close collaboration with partner Accenture for a broader workplace community existing of Booking.com, Enexis Groep, EY and PwC. 3 tracks with 15 innovation pilots.

Leading innovation for customers, matrix teams and ISS, open innovation lead, corporate startup collaborations for leading customers, innovation speaker, #proptech advocate, jury member, building partnerships with the innovation ecosystem. Outsourcing partnership expert.

• The Future of Work, together with Edge Technologies (former OVG Real Estate) and Vodafone we explored the future of how, where and why we work by an amazing line up of speakers and startups at the TNW Conference 2018 and 2019!. 👉 https://thenextweb.com/conference/future-of-work

• Workplace Startup Challenges with scouting partner Accenture Ventures, an open innovation program connecting promising startups and key customers who are committed to change the status quo and to learn from startups by doing. Collaborative defined themes for more sustainable, digital connected and healthy workplaces. 👉 https://innovation-awards.nl/news/wanted-gamechangers-disrupt-workplace/

• Certified Vested Outsourcing partnership with Accenture Netherlands, the first global ISS’ Vested partnership and the first Vested REFM partnership in the Netherlands market  👉  https://www.issworld.com/press/news/2017/09/25/iss-netherlands-and-accenture-in-vested-partnership

• Partner of the Accenture Innovation Awards 2017 & 2018 👉 https://youtu.be/_kFG76D98_w

Head of Innovation

•	responsible for outsourcing strategy and high performance execution of real estate and workplace services for key customers Accenture and PwC

•	focus on value creation, challenging the status quo and adapting to rapid changing environments 

•	introduced Vested outsourcing in the Netherlands for collaborative developing high performing outsourcing partnerships focused on transformation and innovation

•	strong stakeholder alignment on multiple levels in international environments to make change and execution happen

•	advocate for making social and environmental impact by leveraging corporate outsourcing alignment and connect with startups

•	responsible for building and learning innovation and exploration capabilities 

•	initiator and lead partnerships for customer open innovation programs 

•	early adaptor of Leesman index to really understand on how real estate portfolios and workplace strategies perform to learn from insights and benchmark

•	active in a strong international network of workplace and outsourcing professionals 

•	active in global catalyst community and part of extended team of Corporate Garage

Responsible for multiple key IFS clients at ISS Integrated Facility Services Netherlands. Key areas are client relations, contract development, continues improvement. The account portfolio consists of international listed companies with core business in banking, consultancy, technology and constructions. Lead of multiple FM teams, managed by facility managers responsible for operations and financials. Scope of services includes facility management, all services self performed by ISS, services subcontracted and supply chain management.

Client portfolio: Accenture, CB Richard Ellis, Royal BAM Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Siemens.

Senior Manager Business Operations

Responsible for implementation and operations of a multi services contract (EU tender) for a government organization, part of the justice department, with multiple locations in the NL. The  scope contains multiple facility services executed by various business lines of the company.

Facility Manager

Genzyme Europe BV

Member of the first works council of the Genzyme EU organization with the goal to build a strong relationship with the entrepreneur and to seek maximum commitment of the board of directors, in benefit of both employee and entrepreneur.

Member Works Council

Operational and budget responsible for the facility management of the EMEA head quarters in the NL including project management (real estate projects, FM & IT related projects), corporate audits, tender and contract management.

Supervisor Facility Management

Supervisor Building & Office Space Management

Facility Management Associate

Cristofori Salon

Event & Facility Manager

As the newly appointed CEO of DPW, Herman is thrilled to lead the mission to become the number one superconnector in the procurement and supply chain technology industry, driving more meaningful and impactful connections, conversations, and collaborations.

Herman’s career is built on a foundation of strategy and innovation advisory in Workplace & Real Estate (#proptech) and Global Procurement (#procuretech). He specializes in making early innovation impacts tangible for scale, aligning strategy and innovation, horizon planning, identifying innovation needs, global scouting, developing collaboration models, and executing at scale.

With over 20 years of experience, Herman has honed his skills in running businesses and teams, designing and executing outsourcing partnerships, and working within and with corporates at all levels. He is a strong proponent of ambidextrous organizations, adept at managing existing operations while simultaneously exploring new opportunities.

Herman’s journey is marked by a series of impactful roles and initiatives:

- CEO at DPW: Leading the charge to position DPW as the industry’s premier superconnector.
- Co-CEO at DPW: Driving innovation and growth in digital procurement.
- Innovation Director at nlmtd consultants: Spearheading innovative strategies and solutions.
- VP Global Partnerships at NORNORM: Cultivating and managing global partnerships.
- Co-founder of DPW Labs for Digital Procurement World: Fostering innovation in digital procurement
- Director of the TNW Proptech Innovation Program: Leading proptech innovation initiatives.
- Ideator of the 100-Days Pilot Methodology: Creating frameworks for rapid innovation collaborations
- Vested Deal Architect: Designing strategic partnerships and minimal viable partnerships for corporate-startup collaborations
- Speaker and Thought Leader: Sharing insights on partnerships, corporate and open innovation, and corporate-startup collaborations.

Connect with Herman to explore how he can help drive innovation and growth together.

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