Summary
Ramón De Vries is a Strategic IT Change Leader with 25+ years at ABN AMRO who bridges deep software delivery expertise and senior program leadership to translate strategy into measurable business value. He has led international, multi-vendor portfolios to adopt Agile and DevOps at scale, standardizing CI/CD practices and portfolio governance to improve consistency across complex core-banking landscapes like Temenos. Known for building trust across stakeholders—including C-level, CISOs and global vendors—he combines hands-on product ownership with coaching and capability building to empower distributed teams. His background spans vendor control, release management and management consulting, and he has a track record of delivering cost savings and operational predictability while navigating strict banking compliance. An unexpected thread through his career is a foundation in chemistry and early entrepreneurial trading experience, which contributes to his pragmatic, analytical approach to problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Change Management Summercourse, Change Management Summercourse at AOG School of Management
Chemistry, Chemistry at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)
IPMA C
Dutch, English, German