Independent Solution Architecture · Est. 2006 ENNL
— The practice

Translating complexity into systems that last.

Collaborit designs and delivers solution architecture. Twenty-five years embedded with banks, insurers, government bodies and multinationals. Technical enough to hold our own with engineers, organisationally aware enough to spot where information flows collide and which processes genuinely need automating.

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Years
25+
Across IT & architecture
Engagements
9
Long-term, embedded, senior
Largest rollout
18×
sites · 5 countries · 500+ users
Geography
3×
Europe · North America · Africa
WHEN TO CALL

Collaborit steps in when the bottleneck isn't the schedule, but the architecture.

Usually recognisable in one of two situations, always with the same pattern below the surface: scope creeps, ownership blurs, and decisions get deferred until delivery buckles under the weight.

Trigger 01

A complex ERP or platform programme that has run aground.

Months in, scope creeping, vendor and business pulling in opposite directions, no one at the table who can hold the whole system in their head. We step in, untangle the picture, design a target you can build towards, and stay until it works.

Stalled steering committee Vendor / business misalignment No architect in charge
Trigger 02

Post-merger or legacy estate that has to become one.

Two organisations, two stacks, two ways of working versus a board that wants a single platform, customer view and data model. We map the domains and information flows, design the integration layer, and phase the migration so daily operations keep running.

Duplicate systems Conflicting data definitions Migration risk
EXPERTISE

Senior architecture for systems that have to keep working and keep evolving.

A.

Solution architecture

Target architectures, integration designs and roadmaps that survive contact with reality, regulators and the quarterly steering committee.

B.

Process & information design

Mapping work processes and information flows, then translating them into automated, standardised solutions that boost throughput and lower error rates.

C.

Platform delivery

Digital experience platforms that adapt to the business, not the other way around. Composable, integration-first, supportive where enterprise packages prescribe.

D.

Insurance & claims

End-to-end online, automated policy and claims handling. Standardisation, self-service perfected, and a significant reduction in operational cost.

E.

Trust, identity & PKI

Architected qualified e-signatures, certified extracts and the foundations of what later became eHerkenning.

F.

Pragmatic technology choice

Years of practice have made it clear which technology belongs where. Innovation is welcome as long as it respects the fundamentals of automation.

HOW WE WORK

Collaborating from the end goal.

Not treating symptoms, but addressing the root. Engagements typically run six months to two years, alongside your team.

— 01

Listen first

We start from what the organisation actually needs, not from what the technology happens to enable. Technology is a tool, not a goal.

— 02

Architect the trade-offs

Every choice is a trade-off. We make the options explicit, document the reasoning, and design for scrutiny and pressure.

— 03

Stay accountable

We don't disappear after the design. We stay close to delivery, adjust as reality bites, and hand over something teams can own.

— 04

Independent

No vendor kickbacks, no preferred partners. Your interests are the only ones we represent at the table.

What we deliberately don't do
  • No pure code or hands-on building; that's for engineers
  • No ivory-tower PowerPoint strategy without follow-through
  • No vendor or package sales; we're not on anyone's commission
  • No project management or scrum mastery; we steer architecture, not stand-ups
Collaborit has run several long-running CRM engagements with us. Solid work, on time, the right communication and, when needed, the right escalation. Driven, technically strong, and a partner that reaches the goals it sets out to reach, on its own steam.
— Client representative · long-running CRM engagement
SELECTED PROJECTS

A glimpse of where our work has landed.

Nine engagements across two and a half decades, in very different environments. No fly-in, fly-out consulting: we stay until the solution is actually in place, not until the advice is finished.

Avero Achmea
Leeuwarden · Insurance2000
First Online Policy system, a pioneering web application for brokers and intermediaries.
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Centraal Beheer
Apeldoorn · Insurance2007–2010
Multi-domain policy systems combined into a single customer-service portal; a true 360° customer view.
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Chamber of Commerce NL
Woerden · Public sector2002–2006
PKI for digitally certified company extracts, qualified e-signatures and DigiD voor Bedrijven (later eHerkenning).
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InShared
Leusden · Online insurance2012–2016
Interactive online claims dialogue with fully automated material-claims handling. Winner of the 2018 Shopping Award.
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Kadaster
Apeldoorn · Public sector2010–2012
Consolidated and migrated legacy data centres to the cloud. Interim change management across project and release.
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Marginpar
Aalsmeer · Floriculture · 5 countries2019–2024
A complete digital experience platform designed and rolled out across 18 sites, 500+ users and 5 countries. One architecture, five applications.
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Nedlloyd Districenters
Rotterdam · Logistics1998
Warehouse Management System deployed at locations worldwide.
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Onlia
Toronto · Insurance JV2016–2018
The proven InShared policy & claims model adapted for a joint venture between Achmea and a Canadian insurer.
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Sterpolis
Arnhem · Insurance (Interpolis Achmea)1999
A shared middle-tier business-logic layer connecting a legacy AS-400 and a Microsoft client-server front-end.
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INDUSTRIES & PLACES

Across regulated, complex and surprisingly people-driven industries.

Banking & Finance Insurance Public Sector Logistics Floriculture Automotive
Where the work has taken us
Amsterdam·Addis Ababa·Apeldoorn·Dar es Salaam·Leeuwarden·Harare·Rotterdam·Nairobi·Woerden·Toronto
CONTACT

A senior pair of eyes on your complex problem.

Let's collaborate

Most engagements start with a single conversation.

Whether it's a target architecture, a stalled programme, or a discreet second opinion before a steering committee, please get in touch. We take on a small number of engagements at a time, deliberately.