# Gérald Bonsang – KIS&S

> 26 years building Belgian accounting and business software. Accountants talk VAT, developers talk code. I speak both.

I turn business needs and legal requirements into product, then make sure the tool gets adopted. The human interface between accountants and the technical and product teams.

*Consultant · KIS&S, Keep It Simple and Smart · Liège, Verviers and Wallonia*

## Career

- **2023–2026**: Development Manager, Leading several development teams in Belgium and Asia within an international business software vendor (@international group)
- **2018–2022**: Executive committee, product director, Head of products, R&D and Support; transition after the acquisition by an international group (@Belgian vendor)
- **2014–2017**: Deputy development director, Orchestrating the product range and the accountant–SME collaboration platform (@Belgian vendor)
- **2011–2014**: Product Manager, On-premise and SaaS products, including the move to the web (@Belgian vendor)
- **2003–2010**: Head of training, support and quality (@Belgian vendor)
- **2000–2002**: Support and technical sales (@Belgian vendor)

## Selected work

- **accountant-sme-platform/**: The collaborative platform between accounting firms and SMEs. Project lead from kickoff meeting to more than 40,000 client files in production.
- **on-premise-accounting/**: A product I joined in 2000 with not a single client, now a Belgian reference in on-premise accounting. Every role covered, up to MS SQL compatibility.
- **on-prem-to-saas/**: The move from installed software to a SaaS solution, from roadmap to reseller training.
- **digital-suite/**: Collaboration platform for the accountant and their clients, BI and OCR: the shift to hybrid cloud, from R&D to support.
- **cloud-erp/**: Complete redesign of the report designer of an international cloud ERP: lean and clean, WYSIWYG, without breaking the rest of the application or its 500,000 users.
- **rd-methods/**: Scrum and agility with a human, pragmatic approach. Roadmaps, test cases, ticketing, documentation and quality control before every release.

## What I bring

- **Turn legal requirements into features.** Peppol, InterVat…: Belgian obligations turned into clear scopes that developers can build on with confidence.
- **Carry the voice of users.** An accounting degree and 26 years alongside accounting firms and SMEs. I listen to every request, and I know how to say no when a feature does not serve the product.
- **Steer the product and the team.** Roadmap, priorities, acceptance and quality, with local or remote teams.
- **Get the tool adopted.** Training, user support and change management, including after an acquisition.

## At a glance

- **Education**: Licence in management and finance (FUCaM Mons, 1997–2000) ; Graduate degree in accounting (HELMo Sainte-Marie, 1994–1997)
- **Languages**: French (native), English (professional), Dutch (basic)
- **Area**: Based in Soiron, covering all of Wallonia

## Let's talk about your project

Available from January 2027. A first 30-minute call, with no commitment, to see whether and how I can help.

- Email: gerald@kisands.be
- Phone: +32 473 98 01 60
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerald-bonsang/
- Web: https://kisands.be/en/about/