Management Team
Steven Schuurman, Chief Executive Officer
As CEO Steven provides leadership to the Orange11 management team and is responsible for growth, strategy and overlooking the effective execution of all business operations. Steven leads major business development activities, and is often requested as a sparring partner by both existing and potential customers.
Before taking on the CEO position at Orange11, Steven co-founded the internationally renowned Open Source software vendor SpringSource, one of the most successful open source companies in history. SpringSource, the world's leading Enterprise Java middleware company, was acquired by VMware (VMW) in 2009. At SpringSource, Steven served as SVP, Worldwide Service Delivery, heading up SpringSource's worldwide Services business.
Prior to co-founding SpringSource, Steven held various executive positions with Dutch Software Consulting firm, Sogyo.
Jonathan Bouma, Chief Financial Officer
Jonathan joined in 2011 as CFO and as member of the management team. Jonathan is responsible for all human resource related activities as well as the financial & legal operations within Orange11. Hereby he is also entrusted with the task of creating an economically healthy and robust organization. He is actively involved in drafting and executing the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) strategy and functioning as a sounding board to the CEO.
Before joining Orange11 Jonathan worked as an interim-CFO, guiding international organizations though financing processes, Mergers & Acquisitions and organizational developments as an independent consultant. In the past he has held various CFO and other financial management positions at a number of well-known companies including Monsterboard Worldwide and Casema / Ziggo. Jonathan started his career as an accountant at PriceWaterhouse Coopers.
Peter Meijer, Chief Operating Officer
As COO Peter is responsible for all operational and commercial activities. Previously, Peter was a Regional Director responsible for Service Delivery at the internationally renowned open source vendor SpringSource.
Within SpringSource, he made an active contribution to rapid expansion of the services business within the EMEA region. Peter was also instrumental in drafting and executing SpringSource’s European partner channel strategy during this time.
Peter has worked in the Enterprise Java software industry from the start of his career. Prior to SpringSource, he held various technical and management positions at Dutch Software Consulting firm, Sogyo.
Bram Smeets, Chief Technical Officer
As CTO and as member of the management team Bram is responsible for Orange11’s ability to translate clients’ business challenges into pioneering technical strategies and solutions. Bram is client-oriented and actively involved in helping customers reach appropriate future-proof, technical decisions.
Bram has been with Orange11 since the beginning in 2002, initially as a software developer & architect and was late appointed CTO. Prior to this Bram was a Senior Consultant at SpringSource during which time he provided training and consultancy services and was a regular speaker at international conferences.
In addition, Bram has been a committer for a number of large well-known open source projects such as Spring framework and Direct Web Remoting (DWR) and authored two books on Spring and Google Web Toolkit (GWT). Prior to joining Orange11, he worked at SmartHaven, a high-profile software start-up where he worked on a platform for intelligent agent technology.
Jeroen Speekenbrink, Director Delivery Ops
Jeroen recently joined us as Director Delivery. Jeroen manages the entire delivery organization within Orange11 and is a key strategic level contact for our customers. Jeroen has a wealth of project delivery and commercial experience and his expertise are not only in the operations aspects of the business but also in the key domains Orange11 operates in.
Prior to joining Orange11 Jeroen worked at Inter Access, where he worked in several senior executive functions whereby in his last position he was Divisional Director Applications Solutions. Prior to his time at Inter Access he has always worked in the software industry and held positions at both Perot Systems, Contrado & Syllogic.
Sejal Korenromp, Marketing Manager
Sejal joined us in 2011 and from 2012 she has also been part of the Management Team. Since joining Sejal has helped define the core values of Orange11 which were tailored to fit a new organization that emerged as a result of several different acquisitions. Thereafter, she has been responsible for the process to translate these values in the new visual identity of Orange11, including the design & development of the new website. Sejal is now responsible for all brand, marketing & communications activities at Orange11.
Prior to joining Orange11 Sejal worked in the international business to business agency world (Gyro, Total Identity & Centigrade). In her customer-facing role she managed clients such as TNT, Sony, Fortis & Nissan in projects such as product launches, channel communications activities and all aspects of marketing communications.