Optimization starts with reduction.
Leadership through clarity, connection, and simplicity.
About Damien
"In a world that keeps getting louder and more complex, I believe leadership is not about adding more. It is about creating clarity, strengthening connections, and simplifying processes."
As a Strategic Integrator, I specialize in helping high-growth organizations transition from accidental growth to methodical excellence, working with companies ranging from gaming agencies to energy-tech scale-ups. I operate at the intersection of commercial ambition and operational reality, ensuring that big ideas are translated into seamless, profitable, and sustainable execution.
Clarity
Data-driven insights through RAG-reporting and scorecards that cut through noise.
Connection
Harmonizing Sales, Ops, and Finance to work as one coherent machine.
Simplicity
Removing the friction that prevents experts from doing their best work.
I do not believe in "slides for the sake of slides." Real change happens in behavior and rhythm. By implementing proven frameworks like EOS and MEDDIC, I create a heartbeat of accountability within teams, whether managing 200+ global events or spearheading market entries in complex sectors like AI and Energy.
With roots in the fast-paced world of esports and a deep-seated interest in AI-driven automation, I bring a unique blend of technological savviness and Belgian common sense to every project. I am not just here to manage the status quo. I am here to build the infrastructure for what comes next.
Piltover Holding · Portfolio
Management Consulting · since 2014
Embedded commercial leadership for technology-driven SMEs, combining AI and automation strategy, startup mentorship, and board-level advisory for scale-ups across Europe.
Software & AI Development · Oct 2025
Building a GTM and sales automation methodology for the EU market together with an Indian-based AI and software development team, covering brand strategy and agency partnership programs.
Gaming Platform Startup · France · Jul 2025
Guiding a French gaming platform startup on GTM, B2B narrative building, and connecting to local French networks for early commercial traction.
Fashion Retail
Co-founded and built a fashion store from the ground up: brand identity, marketing plan, store interior, and full business plan. Shares fully divested in 2025.
Regional Director · Benelux, FR & E. Europe
Revenue growth through a brand-to-market strategy and a distribution-to-retail pivot across three regions.
Sector One · Statrics · Digital Sports Agency
Full P&L ownership of an international business with over 10 FTE, spanning gaming, esports analytics, and digital sports agency services.
SteelSeries · Unlocked · Scott Automation · Metanous · Pimalion
Senior sales and marketing leadership across agencies, gaming hardware, and custom software, multiplying turnover and building repeatable demand engines.
The Logic
EOS · Level 10 · RAG Dashboards
From accidental to methodical growth. I embed accountability structures, rhythm-based meeting cadences, and data-driven OKR alignment that make scale-ups run like precision instruments.
MEDDIC · MEDDPICC · Pipeline Governance
Process-driven conversion across €5K to €1M deal sizes, coaching AEs and BDRs, designing sales playbooks, and transforming pipeline chaos into predictable revenue engines.
Automation · GTM Systems · AI Integration
From noise to clarity, leveraging AI and automation as genuine force multipliers. Translating technical capability into commercial strategy that CxOs can act on immediately.
Experience
EMEA Lead Active
NovaCode Studio
Building a GTM and sales automation methodology for the EU market with an Indian-based AI and software development team, including brand strategy and agency partnership programs.
Non-Executive Advisor Active
ZypZap · France
Guiding a French gaming platform startup on GTM, B2B narrative building, and connecting to local French networks for early commercial traction.
Founder & Management Consultant Active
BrandsXL · Piltover Holding NV
Embedded commercial leadership for tech-driven SMEs, with a focus on AI and automation advisory, 4 hours per week of startup mentorship, and board-level strategy. Director at UNIZO Kortrijk and President of UNIZO Marke.
Regional Sales Director
Glorious LLC (USA) · Benelux, France & Eastern Europe
Led indirect commercial teams across three regions, growing through a brand-to-market strategy and a localized distribution-to-retail pivot.
Co-Owner Sold
Lumière · Fashion Retail
Co-founded a fashion boutique from the ground up: brand creation, marketing plan, store interior design, and full business plan development. Shares fully divested in 2025.
Software Sales Manager Europe
Scott Automation NV
Doubled software revenue from €800K to €1.6M in 6 months through KPI frameworks, pipeline restructuring, and direct sales coaching.
Managing Director
Digital Sports Group · Sector One · Statrics · DSA
Full P&L ownership of an international business with over 10 FTE, covering strategy, technology, sales, operations, and branding across three brands.
Sales & Marketing Manager
SteelSeries · Unlocked · Metanous · Pimalion
A series of senior commercial leadership roles in gaming hardware, agencies, and custom software, multiplying turnover, leading channel teams, and building demand generation engines.
The Toolkit
Operating Systems
Sales Methodology
AI & Agentic Automation
Go-to-Market
Finance & Strategy
Team Leadership
Contact
Open to advisory mandates, project-based engagements, and full-time management roles. If you need a strategic partner who bridges vision and execution, let's talk.
Book time with Damien
30-min Introduction
A no-obligation discovery call. Get to know each other, explore the challenge, and see if there's a fit.
Free · CalendlyDirect Business Advice
On-demand expert sessions for strategic, commercial, or operational questions. Focused, actionable, and billed by the minute.
Rates apply · Tinrate