Founder

Bart Blok is a strategist and IT leader with more than 15 years of experience transforming complex organizational challenges into clear, actionable solutions. His career encompasses senior roles in IT service delivery, infrastructure consulting, and security, all focused on helping organizations operate with clarity, alignment, and excellence.

For the past seven years, he has led IT Service Delivery at CMS Netherlands, where he established a foundation of operational maturity by standardizing processes, driving automation, insourcing critical capabilities, and elevating service quality across the entire IT landscape. He manages multidisciplinary teams—from 1st line support to security—and guides suppliers and partners to deliver predictable, high-quality outcomes.

Prior to this, he spent nearly eight years at Capgemini as a senior infrastructure consultant, bridging business strategy and technical execution in roles such as architect, project manager, and technical adviser. He thrives at the intersection of technology, process, and people, helping stakeholders align around shared priorities and move in the same direction.

His leadership style is grounded in responsibility, decisiveness, and a strong analytical mindset. He is known for creating structure, building support among stakeholders, and making complex environments manageable. He stands firmly in his shoes—confident, pragmatic, and focused on results.

Bart has strengthened his expertise through executive programs at the Rotterdam School of Management and holds extensive certifications in architecture, security, ITIL, project management, and organizational change.

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Today, with Straops, he brings all of this together: strategic maturity, operational excellence, and the ability to turn vision into execution.