Leadership Team

About > Leadership Team

Management

Gert Simons – Co-founder and Managing CEO

Gert Simons is one of the founders of HVR Software and the leading force behind the company. In 1985 he co-founded PSB together with Kees van Nimwegen. PSB specializes in the analysis, design, building and maintenance of high-quality information systems. In 2001 he co-founded Osiris, a market leader for student tracking and education management aimed at university students. Gert holds a masters degree in economics at the VU University in Amsterdam where he studied with co-founder Kees van Nimwegen.



Kees van Nimwegen – Co-founder
Kees van Nimwegen is an authority in IT project management and software architecture. He has been responsible for Finance and Operations since he co-founded PSB with Gert Simons in 1985. He organized the development of HVR as the highly successful middleware solution for synchronizing databases. Furthermore Mr. van Nimwegen developed OSIRIS and many other large software projects for Dutch Ministries and governmental institutions. He has a master degree in economics at the VU University in Amsterdam.



Steve Sheil – Chief Technology Officer
Steve Sheil manages the Product Engineering department and functions as lead designer of HVR's "network stream" architecture. He has extensive knowledge and experience with Operating Systems, Networking and DBMS internals. Before moving to HVR Software bv, Steve worked as Database Consultant and Manager of Technical Support at Ingres Corporation. Steve has an honors degree in Mathematics from the University of Bath in England.



Niels Bouwman – Sales Manager
Niels Bouwman has a wide expertise in diverse business information systems and internet marketing. His career has revolved around establishing means for managing, monitoring and transfering the flow of information within or in between companies. Before joining HVR Software in September 2008, Niels has worked at VU university as an ICT & Education consultant. In 1996, he co-founded Scanyours.com, a renowned E-commerce consultancy firm in the Netherlands. As a member of the leadership team of HVR, Niels is responsible for acquisition and customer relationship management. He has a master degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Information & Knowledge Management from the VU university in Amsterdam.