ProRail and NS | “For a moving train, we are truly dependent on each other'
Members in the News! In this interview in ManagementScope. ‘The CIOs of NS and ProRail rely on each other.’ They also work closely together, say Hessel Dikkers (NS) and Arjen Boersma (ProRail). ‘Of course, we could develop IT independently of each other. But one way or another, it all comes together in the end. We know that without data sharing, without cooperation, no train runs. You have to hold on to each other well in this.
If there are two Chief Information Officers in the Netherlands who understand what ‘collaboration within the chain’ means, it is probably the CIOs of NS and ProRail.Hessel Dikkers (NS) and Arjen Boersma (ProRail) have jointly formed the IT brain of ‘railway Netherlands’ for many years. And although they each have their own IT landscape, they are well aware of each other’s landscape. This is necessary because the dependency between the companies and between the CIOs is significant: without one, the other cannot start anything
Read the full interview with Hessel and Arjen here (in Dutch)
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