WoodWing Management team

Erik Schut

President WoodWing Software

President and co-founder of WoodWing Software. With 15 years of experience in developing state-of-the-art solutions for the publishing industry, his thorough understanding of this industry combined with the latest technology and creativity, result in best-of-class solutions.

Technical Support Manager Frits van Dee

Frits van Dee

Technical Support Manager WoodWing Software

Van Dee started as a Technical Support Manager with WoodWing in 2009. From 1997 till 2007 he supported Newspapers with the solutions from Mediasystemen and WoodWing. In the two years before he joined WoodWing, Frits van Dee was active with video post production and video specific storage in the film & broadcast sector.

Marketing Manager Gerard van den Akker

Gerard van den Akker

Marketing Manager WoodWing Software

 

Van den Akker joined WoodWing Software in 2007 as Marketing Manager. He has a background in IT and gained broad experience in the field of Marketing & Communication during the 14 years he worked for the Nikon camera brand in the Netherlands.

Hans Janssen

CEO WoodWing Software

Janssen is also one of the founders of WoodWing Software and has stepped into the role of CEO since August 1st, 2007. He has more than 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, both on the technical side and on the business end. Janssen previously worked as the technical director for Mediasystemen, after which he became the Director of IT for the Telegraaf Media Groep.

Jeroen Sonnemans

Managing Director WoodWing Europe

Sonnemans started working for WoodWing as the director of Sales and Marketing in 2000. Six years later he became the Managing Director of WoodWing Europe. As the former director of Extensis (in which function he basically put Extensis on the European map) Sonnemans has  extensive experience in the European computer software industry.

Corporate Controller Marcel Voskuilen

Marcel Voskuilen

Corporate Controller WoodWing Software

After obtaining his post-graduate degree in Controlling, Voskuilen gained a broad and extensive international experience in financial and managerial control with companies ranging from Banking and Commodity Trading to Media and IT. He assumed responsibility for the Finance function of the WoodWing Group in late 2007.

Remco Koster

Managing Director WoodWing Asia Pacific

Koster joined WoodWing in 2005 to set up and develop its business in the Asia Pacific region. He is a consummate executive with more than 12 years experience in the publishing software industry. Before joining Woodwing, Koster was involved in setting up the NewspaperDirect re-printing and distribution franchise business in Indonesia.

Shawn Duffy

Managing Director WoodWing United States of America

Duffy stepped into the role of managing director at the start of 2009. Previously he was Vice President of Business Development for WoodWing U.S. He received a degree in journalism from Central Michigan University, and for the past 20 years has worked with publishers around the world. Duffy brings an impressive resume with him to the Managing Director position.

Steve Schaffran

General Manager WoodWing Latin America

Schaffran is General Manager for WoodWing Latin America. As an entrepreneur and consultant, he focussed on image capture and enhancement, asset management, and color control. Fluent in Spanish, Schaffran led teams from Apple and Adobe who introduced professional desktop publishing in Latin America.

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