Curriculum vitae

Jarko Mesuere

Fractional COO · Program lead · Agentic Developer

I bring structure to complex environments, align teams and stakeholders, and improve how delivery happens — without unnecessary bureaucracy. My background runs from infrastructure and engineering leadership through program management to COO. What I add to that: I build. The automations and AI agents that take the work over, I write myself.

Experience

  • COO
    Cadenza / Acrely
    • Carries the full operation: commercial, onboarding, finance and engineering delivery
    • Built seven operating dashboards that exposed phantom deals, a leak in the billing process, unchased re-billable receivables and a drop in product engagement
    • Reassigned post-sale ownership and anchored it in a fixed operating cadence with board reporting
    2025 – presentBelgium
  • Founder and builder
    Vlotr
    • My own SaaS product for Belgian volunteer boards, from idea to paying users
    • Designed, built and rolled out single-handedly
    2026 – presentBelgium
  • Program Manager
    Plugin2Drive NV
    • Led strategic initiatives across product, delivery and stakeholder domains
    • Drove initiative setup, definition, roadmap governance, implementation follow-up and risk management
    • Coordinated teams, partners and internal stakeholders to keep execution aligned with business goals
    Oct 2025 – Apr 2026Hasselt
  • Freelance IT consultant
    JarkoMes BV
    • Leadership and structure across IT program management, delivery and operations
    • Available for assignments requiring stronger coordination, clearer execution and hands-on leadership
    Oct 2025 – presentAalst
  • Product Builder
    Parkd
    Sep 2025 – Oct 2025Ghent
  • Senior Program Manager
    Azumuta
    • Senior program management in a scale-up, supporting alignment across delivery, priorities and execution
    • Brought structure and leadership to complex initiatives with many stakeholders and fast-moving teams
    Jul 2024 – Apr 2025Ghent
  • Program Manager
    4411 — Parking and Mobility / Be-Mobile NV
    • Took a leadership role across strategic initiatives and offerings, covering startup, definition, roadmap follow-up, implementation and cross-team execution
    • Managed financial and technical risks while coordinating customers, partners and internal stakeholders
    Mar 2022 – Jun 2024Melle
  • Offering Manager
    4411 — Parking and Mobility / Be-Mobile NV
    • Held overall responsibility for the 4411 offering across product direction, objectives, business development, sales and stakeholder management
    • Exceeded 2021 targets within the first nine months and expanded the product offering by 15%
    • Presented multiple business cases with a combined market value above €20 million
    Mar 2021 – Mar 2022Melle
  • Engineering Manager
    4411 — Parking and Mobility / Be-Mobile NV
    • Built a new internal engineering organisation to take over development from consultants and a nearshore team, while maintaining delivery continuity
    • Introduced a full Agile / Scrum way of working that was later adopted more broadly across the company
    • Led 15 to 20 technical profiles across backend, frontend, mobile, DevOps, QA, design, analysis and architecture
    • Combined engineering management, project management, release management and product ownership in one role
    • Supported the transition to remote and hybrid work during Covid while maintaining close team support and continuity
    • Accelerated the roadmap, internalised development successfully, and helped multiple team members grow into senior and engineering leadership roles
    Sep 2018 – Mar 2021Melle
  • Senior Infrastructure Engineer
    Showpad
    • Worked within the SRE team to build developer platforms and tooling and support 24/7 production stability
    Jan 2018 – Aug 2018Ghent
  • Infrastructure / DevOps Engineer
    Be-Mobile NV
    • Managed infrastructure and tooling for a Belgian freight toll collection platform, including Kubernetes clusters, databases and delivery pipelines
    • Helped deliver the platform on time and later supported maintenance and modernisation of legacy platforms toward containerised architecture
    Nov 2015 – Dec 2017Melle
  • Systems Administrator
    Stone Internet Services
    Jun 2013 – Nov 2015Ghent
  • Software Support Engineer
    Esko
    Jun 2011 – Jun 2013Ghent
  • Technical Support Engineer
    Hostbasket
    Mar 2009 – Jun 2011