Van Ooteghem Consulting & Services

Management Consultancy


Activities - Assignments


General management and/or human resources advise
Strategy and business development consultancy
Guiding of start-ups
Surveys and feasibility studies of e.g. acquisition targets, consolidations, cooperation agreements
Advising and coaching of (re)organizations, change management
Program and project management
Coaching and coordination of marketing activities and events
Representation in national and international organizations
Interim management

Contact info


VOCS bvba

José VAN OOTEGHEM Tel. + 32 9 211 01 12
GSM + 32 475 230116
Abrikozenstraat 16 Fax + 32 9 211 01 11
BE - 9820 Merelbeke E-mail vocs@skynet.be
Belgium VAT BE 0867 473 671

Managing Director


José Van Ooteghem studied at the Ghent university where he obtained a Master Degree in Electronic Engineering in 1976.

In 1978 he joined Belgacom (formerly called RTT) where he started as engineer in the switching department. In 1991 he became respectively Director-Chief Engineer and Deputy General Manager of the District of Ghent (1991), General Manager of the district of Antwerp (1994), Division Manager of the Operator Services Division (Brussels-1996) and Program Director on different corporate strategic projects, such as, the Number Portability Project (1999-2000) and the development and implementation of Real Estate Strategies (2001-2004).

From Oct. 1st 2004, he left Belgacom and established his own consultancy company (VOCS bvba). As management consultant, he wants to use his experience in various functions to the benefit of other companies and organizations, in Belgium as well as abroad - in the ICT sector, but also in other industry-branches.

Since 1989, José Van Ooteghem is also active in the European organization FITCE (Federation of Telecom Engineers in the European Union - Forum for ICT professionals). In 1999 he re-established the Belgian branch of which he is the president. In 2001-2003 he was also the European FITCE president (www.fitce.be / www.fitce.org). He is also board-member of several other professional and social-cultural associations.