Summary
Philip Rademakers is a seasoned technical senior manager specializing in legacy modernization, enterprise architecture and AI, with over three decades of hands-on and leadership experience across automotive, consumer electronics and logistics. Currently leading legacy modernization at Toyota Motor Europe, he combines practical software development roots (embedded digital TV stacks, J2EE) with strategic cloud, IAM and data/AI programs that span multi-site, multi-cultural and offshore delivery. He has repeatedly translated business strategy into architecture and executable roadmaps, owning portfolios, budgets and transformation initiatives while coaching and growing cross-functional teams. Philip’s early research and patents in AI give him a rare blend of conceptual rigor and pragmatic engineering, and he applies lean and Toyota Way principles to drive continuous improvement in IT. An eager lifelong learner, he is comfortable moving between low-level embedded systems and high-level cloud-native architectures, making him effective at bridging legacy constraints with modern technology.
10 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Post University Programme Project Management (PMI), Post University Programme Project Management (PMI) at EHSAL
Sony Programme for Developing Potential, Sony Programme for Developing Potential at IMD
Secundair onderwijs Mathematics, Secundair onderwijs Mathematics at Koninklijk Atheneum Brasschaat
English Business Communication and Conversation Skills, English Business Communication and Conversation Skills at Brussels Chambre of Commerce
Master in Computer Science (licentiaat informatica) Artificial Intelligence Software Design Object Orientation, Master in Computer Science (licentiaat informatica) Artificial Intelligence Software Design Object Orientation at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dutch, English, French