About

Bridging strategy and operations through clarity, connection, and accountability

Why

What

How

Who

I believe organizations rarely lack strategy or effort. They lose value in the gaps between functions, systems, and decisions. Progress comes from making those gaps visible and governable, so ambition becomes a way of working.

I lead transformation where complexity hides what matters. I expose constraints, structure decisions, and build the execution control that turns strategy into predictable progress. The outcome: faster decisions, clear ownership, and improvement that lasts.

Having led global PMOs, engineering organizations, enterprise transformation, and major capital programs, I combine strategic perspective with operational credibility, while staying close enough to execution to remove barriers when needed.

25+ years connecting R&D, Marketing, Operations, and Engineering.

Engineering → Projects & CAPEX → Operations → Portfolio & NPD → Business Improvement → Digital Transformation → Process Intelligence → Interim transformation

I have worked from inside each of these perspectives. That is why I can connect what others see separately.

Martijn Ottens standing against a wall during a workshop

Roles and disciplines

Industries

Connected Expertise

I have operated inside organizations in many capacities. This allows me to understand the pressures, priorities, and trade-offs at every level.

Pragmatic, energetic, and human-centered: I balance process rigor with adoption and keep momentum through clarity, humor, and cultural sensitivity.

Martimize creates impact across industries where processes are complex, value is high, and alignment is critical.

Martimize operates at the intersection of people, processes, and technology and scales impact through trusted & certified partnerships in:

– Digital Transformation
– Foot Print strategy & execution
– Project & Portfolio management
– Engineering and Maintenance
– Food & Ingredients
– Agro Tech & Crop Science
– Processing Equipment & Systems
– FMCG
– Process Mining
– Communications
– Executive Coaching
– Strategy

EXPERIENCE
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