Education
Later in 1998 he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in and Organizational Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam with a thesis entitled "Quality and customer oriented behavior: towards a coherent approach for improvement.".
Later in 1998 he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in and Organizational Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam with a thesis entitled "Quality and customer oriented behavior: towards a coherent approach for improvement.".
Hoogervorst received his Master of Arts in Electrical Engineering at the Delft University of Technology in 1977. After his graduation in Delft he started his 27 years long career at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as Manager at the Aircraft Systems Group. From 1983 to 1987 he was manager of the Avionics and Accessories Overhaul Department.
In 1988 he was promoted to Vice President Aircraft Maintenance.
In 1992 he became Vice President Flight Crew Training, and from 1998 to 2004 Vice President Corporate Information Strategy. Since 2005 he is management consultant at Sogeti, and since 2011 Professor Enterprise Governance and Enterprise Engineering at the University of Antwerp and at the Antwerp Management School.
He is also lecturer at the Delft TopTech, School of Executive Education at the Delft University of Technology.