Willem Verhoof

Willem Verhoof has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries and roles. Willem is currently working as a Regional Sales Manager EMEA at Stardog, a knowledge graph platform for enterprises. In this role, they focus on unifying data sources and databases to drive business decisions for Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to their current role, Verhoof worked at Informatica as a Senior Territory Account Manager and Territory Account Manager. Willem was responsible for data integration and believed in the value of mastering data to enable organizations to ask and answer more interesting questions.

Verhoof also has experience as the Chairman of Stichting Vorstelijck, the biggest and longest-running New Year's Eve party in Tilburg. Additionally, they were the Owner of SteptoMarket, a business they managed from 2009 to 2014.

In the early stages of their career, Verhoof founded and invested in FestivalLife.com, a successful festival website in the Benelux region. Willem also worked as a Country Manager Benelux at Exinda Networks, promoting the company's growth in the EMEA market.

Verhoof's prior roles include Business Development Manager at DPMS2 (EEMS2), Regional Director EMEA at WinMagic, Channel Manager Benelux at McAfee, and Channel Manager BeNeLux at SafeBoot.

Overall, Verhoof's work experience demonstrates their expertise in sales, business development, and data integration, with a focus on driving growth in the EMEA region for various companies across different industries.

Willem Verhoof completed a Bachelor's degree in International Business / Management from Inholland University of Applied Sciences from 1993 to 1996. In 2012, they pursued further education and obtained a Master Business Practitioner NLP degree from the Instituut voor PsycheEconomie, specializing in Neuro Linguistic Programming. Additionally, they completed a Business Practitioner NLP program at the Institute of Psyche Economics (IvPE) during 2011-2012. In the same year, they also completed a Masterclass in Essentie van Leiderschap from Remco Claassen. Recently, from 2018 to 2020, they attended Sandler, although no specific degree or field of study is mentioned.