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He soon became Sales Director Benelux, Global Market Segment Manager Hospitality and Director Residential Flooring before moving to direct competitor Domo where he became Business Unit Director and Member of the Board of Directors.<br \/>\nAt Domo, Rik revitalized the Contract Flooring Division by expanding globally and successfully launching the architectural high-end brand Modulys.<br \/>\nIn 2010 Rik Vera joined Belgian multimedia group Think Media as Strategic Director, developing the first steps in multichannel Strategy and the optimization of big data.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2011, Rik helps companies in Belgium, but moreover in the Netherlands to develop and implement extreme customer centric strategies. His customers are public services, retail, manufacturing, telecom and energy providers, financial companies,&#8230;small family owned up to corporate internationals.<\/p>\n<p>Rik Vera is a most popular speaker, coach and inspirer on topics such as customer centricity, change management, sales and marketing in a digital world.<\/p>\n<p>Rik has been working closely together with Microsoft since 2013, inspiring companies on how to develop a strategy in a digital connected world and coaches Microsoft marketing, sales and management teams in both Belgium and The Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Rik is teacher of customer centric strategy at the highly rated Beeckestijn Business School The Netherlands. He mixes years of business experience with humor and passion, likes to demystify the buzzwords and hypes of the day and to develop custom made solutions that the companies he inspires can deploy with instant results.<\/p>\n<p>Rik likes to share knowledge and to coach the internal coaches in order to make sure that the customer centric strategy sticks.<\/p>\n<p>His interventions are short by definition, intense, powerful and leave a lasting effect. 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