Esmeralda Levens

Senior Manager Solution Development

With us since 2020

Esmeralda is a global citizen who grew up in Suriname, pursued her higher education in Mathematics and Computer Science in the USA, was subsequently employed in the Netherlands, and since 2001 has been a resident of Curaçao. The common thread in her career has been the increase of business process efficiency mediated by technology and software, both third-party and built from scratch. She has done this leading small and large teams, in a wide range of industries varying from the airline industry, online betting, telecommunications, emergency & disaster management, and the financial industry. Besides being an IT-professional, she was also a regular guest lecturer at the University of Curaçao in IT-related courses, mathematics, and statistics. In January 2020, Esmeralda joined BearingPoint Caribbean as Senior Manager Solution Development.

Education

Research Graduate Assistant in Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) in MS/PhD program at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
MSc. Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
BSc. Computer Science (minor in Electrical Engineering), Louisiana State University, USA
BSc. Mathematics, Louisiana State University, USA

Languages

English, Dutch, Papiamentu, Spanish, Sranang Tongo

Expertise

Esmeralda has 18+ years of experience in Software Development, Business Analysis, Business and Application Architecture, Project and Portfolio Management, and Business Intelligence. Her forte is guiding teams towards becoming high performance teams, transforming from waterfall to agile approach, and translating strategic to tactical objectives.

Additional

Yoga, Creative Writing, Choir, Volunteer for Plein Air Curaçao Art Festival, National Tur Ta Konta Arithmetic Quiz, and Curaçaosche Kunstkring.