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
- COOCadenza / 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
- Founder and builderVlotr
- My own SaaS product for Belgian volunteer boards, from idea to paying users
- Designed, built and rolled out single-handedly
- Program ManagerPlugin2Drive 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
- Freelance IT consultantJarkoMes BV
- Leadership and structure across IT program management, delivery and operations
- Available for assignments requiring stronger coordination, clearer execution and hands-on leadership
- Product BuilderParkd
- Senior Program ManagerAzumuta
- 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
- Program Manager4411 — 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
- Offering Manager4411 — 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
- Engineering Manager4411 — 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
- Senior Infrastructure EngineerShowpad
- Worked within the SRE team to build developer platforms and tooling and support 24/7 production stability
- Infrastructure / DevOps EngineerBe-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
- Systems AdministratorStone Internet Services
- Software Support EngineerEsko
- Technical Support EngineerHostbasket