Nextview Consulting
Christian Bakker has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Christian currently works as a Senior Account Executive at Nextview Consulting, where they design better business solutions for ambitious companies throughout Europe. Prior to this, Christian worked as a Senior Account Manager at Infor, where they helped customers find the right solutions for their businesses. Christian also served as a Business Development Manager at KPMG Nederland, advising organizations on maximizing the benefits of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Azure. Christian has experience in business development and implementing ERP and CRM solutions as a Business Development Manager at Dynamic People B.V. and as a Partner Manager at meetroo. Christian has also held roles as an Owner and Commercial Director at TMC Media BV, a Senior Account Manager at Wortell, a Senior Account Manager at Imtech ICT, and a Solution Sales Manager at Atos Origin. Christian started their career as a Sales Manager at BPMi.
Christian Bakker has a diverse education history. In 2004-2007, they attended De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied Sciences, where they studied Commerciele Economie. In 2007, they also attended FrontLineBusinessSchool as a student of Practische bedrijfskunde. Later that year, they participated in the Microsoft Sales Technical Workshop (BPIO) at Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization University (BPIO).
In 2008, Christian attended IBM Academy, where they completed the Enterprise Content Management Solution Selling Fast Break training. In 2012, they pursued a degree in Sales and Marketing with a focus on Content Management at the Microsoft Partner Learning Centre. In 2013, they enrolled in a masterclass on increasing productivity through mobility offered by Hp & Microsoft.
In 2017, Christian participated in Digital Transformation Workshops at KPMG. This was followed by their achievement of obtaining Exam 717: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales certification in February 2018 from Microsoft Learning. Christian further enhanced their skills in Dynamics 365 customer engagement through the University for Sales Professionals program that same year.
Looking ahead, Christian is scheduled to attend Trailhead by Salesforce in 2022 to obtain the Salesforce Partner Bootcamp Certification in FY23, with a focus on building partner bootcamp skills.
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Nextview Consulting
Nextview is the leading dedicated Salesforce Consulting firm in Europe. Nextview supports organizations with digital transformation journeys. It enables clients to successfully adopt Salesforce, the world's No. 1 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform. Nextview is the one-stop-shop for Salesforce expertise, Business Consulting, and Service Design, supporting clients from strategy to execution and is often the chosen alternative over the larger system integrators. Nextview is one of the world's top 50 largest Salesforce consulting partners. On the Salesforce Appexchange, Nextview belongs to the best-ranked consulting partners with over 800 individual certifications and various "Expert Statuses" for Industries and Salesforce Clouds. In recent years Nextview has received multiple recognitions for its industry expertise and Salesforce knowledge: 👉🏼 In 2022, Nextview received the Salesforce Manufacturing Award and was the most nominated partner in 19 Salesforce award categories; 👉🏼 The PAC radar scores Nextview as “Best in Class” in Europe for Salesforce-Related Services in the industries of Financial Services, Manufacturing, and Energy&Utilities and an “Emerging Capability” in Retail. 👉🏼 Salesforce awarded Nextview with the “Industry Expert Status” for Manufacturing and “Specialist” in Consumer Goods, Energy, Financial Services, and Professional Services; 👉🏼 Salesforce awarded Nextview with the “Clouds Expert Status” in Customer 360, Sales and Service Cloud, and 16 “Specialist” qualifications in other Salesforce Clouds. Founded in 2009, the company now has over 200 employees and has been recognized as a “Best Workplace” by Great Place To Work for the past six years in The Netherlands and, since 2022, also in Germany. Nextview is driven by its mission, “Creating a positive impact by being an awesome company that inspires”, is a Certified B-Corporation, and a participant of the UN Global Compact.