Owner and founder of ITQ
I am Francisco José Perez van der Oord, owner and founder of ITQ. With a passion for entrepreneurship, leadership, IT and project management, my focus lies mainly with bringing together Business and IT — also known as Business Alignment or Business/IT Fusion. I believe ITQ’s success stems from passion and ambition combined with the right circumstances. It is not about chasing profits, but about doing what you love and being excellent at it. When you focus on quality, passion and collaboration, success will follow naturally.
A different kind of IT company
In 1996, I started my IT career at the age of 18 as a Field Service Engineer at a small company called Colan. I learned the technical side of the business thanks to my friend and mentor Paul Geerlings. After he left the company, I followed a year later and we each worked for different consultancy firms. Eventually, we asked ourselves a fundamental question: “Isn’t there a better, more inspiring way to do things?” This led to the founding of ITQ in 2001. From day one, we set out to build a different kind of consultancy — one built around a shared passion for technology, with a focus on high quality and deep expertise.
