Roland Kool
Global HR Operations Manager
Hoogkarspel, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRoland Kool is a Global HR Operations Manager with 12 years of experience combining IT, process improvement, and HR to deliver better employee experiences across international organizations. At Enza Zaden he leads HR Services, Systems & Analytics and is driving the company-wide Workday HCM implementation, blending technical delivery with people-centered change management. His background spans business process analysis, data and application administration, and early IT service desk builds, giving him rare fluency in both technical systems and operational HR needs. Roland is energized by developing people and processes, and he brings curiosity and analytical rigor to transform legacy workflows into scalable digital solutions. He holds a Master of Management Sciences and a BBA in Business Information Management, reflecting a deliberate shift from hands-on IT to strategic HR operations. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic leadership that balances implementation detail with a clear focus on employee outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MSc), Master managementwetenschappen, 8, Master of Science (MSc), Master managementwetenschappen, 8 at Open UniversiteitBachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bedrijfskundige Informatica, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bedrijfskundige Informatica at Hogeschool van AmsterdamHavo - C&M, Havo - C&M at Sint Nicolaas Lyceum
English, French
Github Skills (148)
api-management10
google-cloud-platform10
coredns10
terraform10
gcp10
security10
argocd10
consul10
infrastructure10
contour10
cloud-platform10
google-cloud10
declarative10
istio10
microservices10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
rolandkool/istio
Nov 2019 - Oct 2020
Connect, secure, control, and observe services.
Contributions:16 pushes, 11 branches in 10 months
golangsecuresecuritykubernetesobserve
rolandkool/api
Nov 2019 - Mar 2021
API definitions for the Istio project
Contributions:7 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 3 months
istioapikubernetesdefinitions
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