Our Team
André Grift
Chief Executive Officer and President NOAD
NOAD has transformed itself from a technology vendor to a sales and marketing driven entity and has been recognized by Deloitte as one of the ten most rapidly growing IT firms in the Netherlands for the period 2000-2004 and 2005 (winner Rising Star / Technology Fast 50 and ranked 42 in the 2005 EMEA Technology Fast 500).
Professional History
André has a combined background in managing IT projects, as IT Project Manager for the Amsterdam Police Department and as System Engineer at ABN AMRO Bank as well as managing organizational projects at a mid-size IT consulting company restructuring and refocusing the company to a profitable entity.
Grift serves on the Board of Directors of the Netherlands American Community Trust. The Netherlands American Community Trust believes that for the business community to thrive so must the communities in which companies dobusiness.
Education
André holds a bachelor degree in Computer Science from the Amsterdam HES School of Economics and followed (Information) Management courses at the University of Amsterdam and Nijenrode Business University.
Jeroen Gerritsen
Director Product Development & Support
Jeroen Gerritsen serves as Director of Product Development. He co-founded NOAD in February 2000, and was involved in the functional design of NOAD EQM. In his position he is focused on R&D and therefore in touch with the customer Business Intelligence needs. Besides new functionality he and his team are responsible for the daily customer support services.
Professional History
Jeroen has a broad range of experiences with the Business Objects platform. Prior to the co-founding of NOAD he was working as senior consultant for several leading Business Object users, including Business Objects Netherlands. Other positions he has held were Manager R&D at K2 Groep, introducing the Business Objects platform in the Netherlands and he built for Turnkiek, as Oracle BI consultant, a center of excellence around the Business Objects BI platform.
Silvia Sander
Treasurer and Secretary
Silvia Sander served as controller overseeing back-office, finance, HR, insurance and legal operations since she joined the company 2003 until she was named Treasurer and Secretary in 2004 including NOAD Americas, Inc.
Professional History
Silvia has an extensive financial background. Prior to NOAD she was working for Business Objects Netherlands serving as the newly formed entity's controller and responsible for budgeting, revenue recognition and legal policies and procedures. Other positions she has held were Administration Manager at Sybase Europe, responsible for sales administration, revenue recognition and budget maintenance for the northern European region and for Sybase Netherlands she was responsible for the entire administration for the Netherlands division.
Education
Silvia holds a Bachelor degree of Economics from the HES school of Economics in Enschede, and certificates for the Bachelor degree of Business Administration.