Errol van Engelen

Errol S. van Engelen is a Rotterdam-based digital transformation strategist, author, and consultant whose career spans more than three decades at the intersection of technology and business. Van Engelen draws on extensive experience in IT, business development, and innovation strategy to translate complex trends such as artificial intelligence adoption, blockchain integration, and new business models into clear, actionable roadmaps.

Van Engelen began his career as a software developer and pursued studies in marketing management and business administration while working full time. He later moved into commercial roles in business development and sales. Before founding his own firm, he worked as an interim manager and management consultant in business development and outsourcing, served as a corporate sales manager at Energis (now Vodafone), and held a business development and sales manager position at Parity. He started his career as an IT consultant at BSO, now Atos, where he participated in IT projects in the Netherlands and internationally.

Van Engelen is the owner and director of Bizzmaxx, a marketing service provider specializing in improving the sales funnel and offering services such as digital marketing, marketing technology, and marketing and sales alignment. He has worked independently since 2001, focusing on transformation planning, digitization, and emerging technologies, and serving primary markets including finance, retail, telecom, utilities, and government.

Van Engelen also serves as a digital innovation expert and writer for the ICT magazine Computable, contributing blogs, columns, and opinions on topics including digital transformation, content marketing, social media, big data, Internet of Things, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

As an author, van Engelen has published several works that guide business leaders through the complexities of digital change. His first book was the Kindle edition "12 Smart Practices to Improve Marketing and Sales." He later published the management book "New World Technologies: 2020 and Beyond," followed by "Emerging Technologies: Blockchain of Intelligent Things to Boost Revenues." Central to his consulting work is the Digital Transformation Planning method, which he developed by integrating two existing methodologies to advise business and IT alignment teams for a faster route from strategy to operation.

Van Engelen is also an online course creator, with areas of specialization that include artificial intelligence and ChatGPT, business model transformation, and business development. He has conducted research on AI and maintains a broad network of AI and technology professionals and managers in the United States, providing access to innovative AI insights. As a speaker, he delivers talks on topics such as digital transformation, content marketing, social media, big data and business intelligence, and Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing, as well as on emerging technologies with significant business impact, including artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, blockchain and Internet of Things, drones and robotics, and 3D printing. His ability to make complex technological concepts accessible and actionable has established him as a sought-after voice for conferences, webinars, podcasts, and workshops across Europe and beyond.