Head of Digital Strategy & Development focusing on digital strategy, AI platforms, enterprise architecture and technology governance.

My role combines strategy, architecture and engineering:
I shape digital and AI strategy, design enterprise platforms and governance structures, and stay hands-on with technology through prototyping and open-source contributions.

• IAPP – AIGP (AI Governance Professional)
• ITIL 5 – Bridge Course

My current work centres around building sustainable digital and AI capabilities within organisations.

• Designing and operating a central organisational AI platform
• Establishing AI governance frameworks, including risk assessment, lifecycle management and compliance controls
• Defining enterprise architecture principles for secure and scalable IT
• Supporting digital transformation and technology modernisation

I lead a cross-functional team responsible for:

• Requirements engineering and demand management
• GIS systems, ETL pipelines and business intelligence
• Enterprise architecture practice and EAM (LeanIX)
• Solution architecture and technology evaluation
• Security, quality and compliance across the IT portfolio

My work typically operates across three layers:

Strategy
Shaping digital and AI strategy and aligning technology initiatives with organisational goals.

Architecture
Designing enterprise platforms, governance models and system landscapes.

Engineering
Building prototypes, exploring technologies and contributing to open-source projects to stay close to real operational constraints.

• vLLM deployment of small to medium open-source LLMs
• Custom model training & LoRA/adapter fine-tuning
• RAG systems and LLM integration patterns
• Python-based automation and integration
• Docker/Kubernetes-based AI services

• Digital Strategy & Roadmap
• Enterprise Architecture with LeanIX
• ITIL 4 practices
• AI governance & risk assessment
• ISO/IEC 42001 (AI Management Systems)

• Python
• PowerShell & Bash
• Java (historical)

I occasionally contribute to projects in the AI and data governance ecosystem, for example around PII detection, LLM guardrails and secure AI platform patterns.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael--van-den-berg/
• GitHub: https://github.com/MvdB

“Digital transformation requires clarity, governance and purposeful innovation.”