Meet the Team

Originally from Harrogate (UK), Alasdair is responsible for the B2B sales activities for Aexus partners in diverse areas of distribution for the DACH region. Beside being passionate about football, Alasdair is also fond of travelling. He loves going on city trips and travelling the world to discover new cultures. Based out of the old but vibrant city of Cologne and when not busy gaining market share for our different partners, Alasdair also enjoys running, cycling and spending time with friends, or more simply but no less importantly, relaxing with good reads, music and movies.

Alena is the Corporate Recruiter at Aexus. She grew up in the northern part of Germany but quickly fell in love with the beauty of The Netherlands and ended up living in Arnhem. Alena is a true world traveler and loves to connect with people. This makes her passionate about the position of recruiting new colleagues for the Aexus team in Europe and the US.

Whilst Alexander was born in the Netherlands, he did spend most of his life in Israel. At the age of 19, he decided to come back alone to pursue a Bachelor`s in International Business in the Netherlands.
During his studies, Alexander lived in Bangkok, Berlin, Tel Aviv and finally went back to his home town of Groningen. He developed a passion for travelling, new cultures, and hiking. In his spare time, a quick get away is his most favorite thing to do!

Alexandra was born in Romania, but ethnically Russian. She has a background in Language studies and Translations. The utmost importance for Alexandra are: strong family values, genuine friendships and real connections.
Alexandra moved to the Netherlands 6 years ago for her study, but she enjoyed Dutch lifestyle and culture so much that she has decided to stay. Cooking, reading fiction, and watching true crime documentaries is what Alexandra likes to do. She is an ‘extrovert’ that loves making people feel comfortable around her. Alexandra loves working as a recruiter because she gets to talk with people of different backgrounds which enriches her view of the world, and placing them in the position they desire. It offers her a great deal of professional satisfaction.

Andrew was born in Amsterdam but moved to the United Kingdom when he was 14 and finished his studies there. Andrew really enjoys football and music. In his free time, Andrew is hosting a football podcast with his friends every Sunday. On top of that, he really enjoys spending quality time with his wife and two kids.

Andy is Sales Manager for the DACH region. Since his girlfriend is from Stuttgart, he is trying to learn the local Swabian dialect. In addition, he falls in love with every dog that crosses his path. Since his youth, Andy has been an avid supporter and fan of Borussia Dortmund and he has more than 30 BVB jerseys at home. Last but not least, Andy loves travelling and aims to travel to every country in the world once in his life.

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Anna is Business Development Manager at Aexus. She is originally from Stockholm, but lives close to Eindhoven now, together with her Dutch partner and their two young kids. She is a passionate horseback rider and spends her days off with her family and friends, reading books. Anna enjoys cooking and does her best to get in some regular sessions at the gym.

Anna is a Swedish speaking Finn from Helsinki, Finland and her background is in the tech-event industry. In her free time she loves spending time with her friends, but she also spends her time doing different kinds of sports, listening to music and reading all types of literature.

Behzad is part of the Sales Development Representatives-team and he lives in Arnhem.

Belend is a Sales Representative at Aexus. Belend is based in the Arnhem office and has been living in Arnhem for 3 years now. He is very passionate about soccer and has played it his whole life. In his free time, Belend enjoys hanging out with his family and friends. Also, going to the cinema or watching Netflix at home.

Birgit is Business Development Manager at Aexus. She is from the South of Germany and moved to Berlin after traveling one time around the world. She’s always open for a good mental challenge, loves Crossfit, yoga, Wellness hotels, great architecture, and inspiring conversations. You can always get her attention when you share a fascinating insight with her.

Boyan is Sales Executive at Aexus. He lives together with his wife in Nijverdal, a small town in the eastern part of the Netherlands. Besides work, he likes playing football at the local football club. When he isn’t busy with football, he loves spending time with his friends and family.

Brendan is a creative copywriter who has played his trade around the world but is now settled in Amsterdam. When he’s not writing or staring into the middle distance wondering what to write, he can be found watching football or playing with his kids.

Brett is originally from Oklahoma City, OK and is a Business Development Representative for the US Region. When he is not planning a global trek, you can find him snowboarding, hiking or fishing in one of the many lakes in the central and mountain US.

Chris is the founder of Aexus. He likes football, running and plays a mean guitar in several rock bands.

Corald manages high level accounts within the team, using his 20 years of experience and IT business network. Besides, he enjoys his music & movies, and can occasionally be found on the rugby pitch (preferably as flanker).

Danny is a Sales Representative, originally from Eindhoven in the south of The Netherlands. His ambition is to travel the world while building his career, especially to countries where Spanish is a native language. Besides work, he loves to play guitar, is passionate about fitness and always seeks new adventures)

Dave is an Account Executive and is a career sales and marketing professional. Based in Houston, Texas, Dave is thrilled to be a part of the growing US team at this exciting time in technological innovation. He enjoys cooking, sports, music, film and reading. And he loves spending time with his wife and dog.

David McMillian is Manager of the US Sales team. Originally from Houston, Texas, David likes to travel, watch his sports teams: Astros, Texans, & Rockets! He also enjoys cooking & playing golf. Additionally, David is passionate about coaching and helping other colleagues in the business world.

Ena, who is originally from Croatia, lives in the Netherlands with her Dutch partner. As she was aiming for an international career, she finished an international communication master’s in Sweden and Singapore, learning Swedish in the process. Ena loves working on inspiring multicultural projects, especially in the Nordics. When Ena is not working, she loves backpacking to distant places she has not seen before. One day, she hopes to travel the world in a Jeep. Ena gets easily distracted by animals that require petting. She also adopted a very sad shelter dog, who is living the life now.

Eric is Managing Director at Aexus. Besides his dedication to his work, he enjoys playing racket sports like badminton and tennis.

Felix is the business development manager for the DACH region. He is born and raised in Frankfurt am Main in Germany and he relocated to sunny Fuengirola (Málaga – Spain) 2 years ago. This is also where his passion for IT sales started. In his spare time, Felix loves cooking and doing sports. Especially pádel is close his heart at the moment. Felix is dreaming about discovering a new home from the Costa del Sol and is can’t to start traveling after the pandemic.

Floris is Sales Executive at Aexus. He has lived in Asia for an extensive period of time and is therefore keen to discover trends in this area. Besides travelling, he also enjoys sports and personal development.

Frank lives together with his wife, two kids and their dog in Bunnik, near Utrecht. Besides his work he loves trail running, cycling, playing the cello and guitar, fine dining and a good glass of wine!

Frederik likes to hike and run in the beautiful area of Nijmegen. He finished the International Four Day Marches of Nijmegen six times. In his spare time he enjoys reading as well.

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Germano has Italo-Venezuelan roots and was born and raised in Italy. He has spent more than half of his life abroad: living, studying and working in Finland, Germany and the Netherlands, where he is currently settling down with his Dutch wife and two young daughters. Germano has always been fascinated by different cultures. In his spare time he loves spending time with his family and friends and travelling to new destinations.

Hessan brings with him over a decade of experience in selling complex technology solutions into the DACH market. His particular sweet spot is helping innovative vendors grow, having successfully scaled a number of them across the German-speaking region and beyond. When he is not busy closing deals, Hessan likes to spend quality time with his wife and his baby-daughter who keeps him up most nights!

Originally from the Finnish coastal city of Vaasa, Hugo is living in Helsinki these days. Most of my free time, he spends with his two kids and a happy Australian terrier, Regina. Hugo likes to attend the theater, art exhibitions, concerts and sports events. He plays racket sports and follows the European football leagues, Formula 1 and basketball. Fun fact: Hugo used to be an actor, before jumping into International Business after his studies.

Inge is Business Development Manager at Aexus. She lives in Nijmegen, loves to travel, watch series or hangout with her friends. Inge completed the International Four Day Marches of Nijmegen four times.

Jeroen Schreuders was born and raised in Arnhem. In his free time, he loves to watch soccer. Especially the club from his hometown: Vitesse. Besides that, he loves to follow competitions: sometimes, he watches 5 or 6 matches on one day. Furthermore, he likes to spend time with his friends, go to festivals, and of course he enjoys spending time with his girlfriend.

Jochem is a Sales Developement Representative at Aexus based in Arnhem. After graduating his commercial study he found out he had passion for high-tech and software solutions. During the weekends Jochem loves to play soccer and spent time with his family and friends. Furthermore Jochem likes to learn more about different cultures and see different places in the world.

Joel is a Sales Representative at Aexus and he is located in our Arnhem office. Joel grew up in the Arnhem area but he has lived in the States, UK and Germany in the last five years. He has a master’s degree in International Business and has been passionate about sales since a young age when he started selling on the Dutch online marketplace Marktplaats. In his free time, Joel enjoys being active and he can be found in the gym, pool, outside running/hiking, or on his mountain bike. However, he is always game to grab a drink, go to the cinema or cook/bake with his friends.

John is an Account Executive at Aexus looking forward to expanding European innovation and technology to the United States. He lives in the Greater Houston Area and has lived in every major city in the state of Texas. He has a passion for creative innovation, and likes to watch sports. When he is not working, he enjoys water sports, camping, fishing, reading, and helping his dog live his best life.

Originally from the Finnish Lapland, Jonne is currently located in our Amsterdam office. He spends his free time on making art, fighting gravity at the gym and travelling with friends. A fan of constant learning, Jonne likes to stay up to date on the developments of different fields, and regularly attends university courses remotely. Like a true Finn, he also enjoys the sauna and ice swimming.

Jos is co-owner of Aexus. He is the proud father of two daughters and enjoys playing volleyball.

Karim is a valued member of our sales team, stationed at the Amsterdam office. In his free time, Karim enjoys spending time with his family, friends and his wife. He is a regular at the local cinema and has a passion for traveling and experiencing new cultures and places.

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Kevin is a Business Development Manager at Aexus’ Eindhoven office. He is living in Tilburg. In his spare time he likes to play football and to go mountain biking through the forests. He also likes hanging out with friends, snowboarding and going on holidays.

Kevin is Business Development Manager at Aexus. He is originally from Belgium, and lives in Valencia now. He was always passionate about sales. Started with a side job as door-to-door sales and worked up to international sales in various areas. He is always eager to learn and discover new things. In his free time he likes to go on a hike in the Spanish mountains.

Kristen is originally from The Netherlands and has a very diverse commercial background. She has been living abroad for the past few years, for her work and studies, in different countries such as Spain and Italy. In her free time she is very sportive and almost always ends her day with an active activity. She loves to bring her analog camera to capture the beautiful sides of the south of Spain, where she is currently based.

Leoni has a background in sales. She loves to work with people, help companies to introduce their new technology and connect interesting and innovative companies with each other.

Maaike is Managing Director at Aexus. Besides her work, Maaike enjoys cooking, movies and is the proud mother of a daughter and two sons.

Marieke is responsible for HR. She likes visiting concerts and catching up with friends over dinner.

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Markus is from Germany’s exciting capital. He has more than 5 years of sales and business development experience in the eCommerce industry. Markus is a tech-enthusiast and obsessed with automation and IT workflows. In his spare time, Markus likes doing mixed martial arts and tries himself as chef – his Thai curry is notorious.

Born and raised in Rotterdam and after a quick tour around the world landed in Arnhem. Can you tell you everything about Irish Pubs and Brazilian Barbecues.

Maurits is Director SDR as a Service and is responsible for managing the SDR label. Maurits is a very proud father of his newborn son and loves to BBQ all year round with friends and family.

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Michael is a business development manager at Aexus. Michael lives in Cologne with his wife and two children.
In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball and watching NBA as well as meeting friends and watching good movies from any genre.

Mika Hiltula is from Sigtuna, a city in the northern part of Stockholm County. He and his kids live an active life, and he is obviously having a blast with his two teenage girls. In his spare time, he enjoys playing the bass in a band.

Nick is a valued member of our sales team. In his free time he enjoys watching all sports, from rugby to ice skating – and everything in between. Nick likes to spend his spare time on running, going to the gym and mountain biking. When he isn’t busy with sports, he loves spending time with friends and family.

Nicole is our onboarding coach. In her spare time she loves spending time with her family, going on adventures with friends and going to the beach.

Niels is the Business Development Manager at Aexus. Living near the sea he loves to surf whenever there are waves and wind. Niels enjoys spending time with his family, he likes to go camping, and prepare a good steak on his kamado. With experience in succesfull generating new business within various companies, he feels very at home at Aexus!

Nienke can honestly say that winter is not her season. She loves the long, warm and light days of summer. She is always in for new adventures, good foreign food, wine and long conversations on cozy summer nights. It is important for her to be in a state of constant development. To stay balanced, she enjoys yoga, fitness, cycling and discovering new places and cultures.

Nils is sales manager within SDR as a Service, leading a team of international sales experts. Nils has been successfully managing a portfolio of innovative partners at Aexus since 2019. Before starting at Aexus he has helped several technological scale-ups grow their business commercially within the Benelux region. In his free time, he loves to play tennis, squash, padel or to go to the cinema.

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Ogan has a quite multicultural background and identifies as a world citizen. Being originally from Turkey and having lived in Turkey, Jordan, Germany, Netherlands and currently in Spain, he speaks Turkish, English, German and Arabic fluently. Ogan is an architect and graduated from German-Jordanian University. During the course of his studies, he got the opportunity to finish an exchange semester and an internship year in Germany where he was able to master his German language. Ogan has always been passionate about languages, he identifies with sales as he loves using his languages on a daily basis to communicate with customers from the DACH territory. Over the past 2 years in Costa Del Sol, Southern Spain, he got experience working in IT sales both as a salesperson and a sales manager.

Ogan is also passionate about music: during his free time, he plays guitar and writes songs.

Patrick is living in the beautiful city of Haarlem. In his time off he loves to explore the ever changing variety of the local restaurants and bars, as well as the city of Amsterdam and the nearby beaches of Bloemendaal, together with his family or friends. He very much likes to both play and watch football and all sorts of other sports.

Paul is a Dutch native and has been living in Cologne for the past 1,5 years. In his free time, he likes to play fieldhockey, tennis, padel and squash. He also enjoys going to festivals with friends from time to time. When he has more time on his hands, he enjoys to go skiing and to explore different countries, and their cultures, around the world.

Robin Debont is Sales Executive at Aexus. When he was younger, he moved to San Vincente, a small town near Alicante. Partly growing up in Spain helped him realise he loves discovering new places, meeting new people and experiencing new cultures. Besides travelling he also loves good food and drinks in general, especially when he is accompanied by good friends. Robin is a little addicted to sports: he loves clearing his mind whilst performing different sports such as boxing, mountain biking, football and fitness. Lastly, he considers himself to be a true networker by nature – both socially and professionally.

Roel is Sales Director at Aexus. He is the proud father of 3 sons and has a passion for football. Roel loves to travel the world off the beaten track to meet new people and explore new cultures.

Rutger is a valued member of our sales team, stationed at our Arnhem office. He is also regularly traveling throughout Germany, where he has lived for almost 4 years.  In his free time, he is crazy about football, likes to go boxing, to play tennis or to go running: sports are a big part of his life. He likes to go on at least one backpack trip through a country on another continent per year. You can find Rutger often with friends and family, hanging around Nijmegen & Wijchen.

Meet Ruud Vermeulen. He is a professional with a passion for new technology. Ruud has extensive experience in helping technology startups and – scaleups in all stages of commercialisation of their solution: from market research, business planning and venture funding to market introduction, marketing and sales.

Samir is a tech and travel enthousiast. Adopting and in some cases building his own tools. Finding out the endless possibilities of Raspberry Pi (a 30 Euro computer). Furthermore, I ignited a spark for hiking after having lived in Switzerland and Ireland. Huge fan of mountains, cliffs and rough weather.

Shawn has a multicultural background: his father is French, his mother is German, but Shawn is the only American in his family. He grew up partly in the US, France, Spain and Germany, and has also lived in London. As a result, he has a passion for languages, speaking German, French, English and Spanish fluently. Shawn loves travelling to distant destinations and discovering other cultures. He is a big fan of Thai and Mexican street food. His other hobbies are playing the guitar, watching movies, reading sci-fi books, playing tennis and poker with friends.

Suayb lives in Apeldoorn with his wife. He has always had a passion for sales. When he is not working, going fishing, reading books, drinking coffee and playing the saz, an eastern snare instrument, are some of the activities that make him happy.

Talin is a Business Development Manager at Aexus. In her spare time, Talin likes to go to the movies and watch exciting series. Singing and dancing is also a big passion of hers. Together with her loved ones she likes to travel the world and explore new cultures and backgrounds.

Teemu is a Finnish Business Development Manager living and working in sunny Spain. When he is not finding new business opportunities across Europe for our partners, he is following the financial world, playing sports such as padel, or is just taking it easy with the family in the garden (preferably while the grill is heating up.)

Tim is a very enthusiastic and driven person, who loves traveling and driving his motorbike. As he once completed cookery school, he still likes to cook at home. He always tries to do a lot of sports but often gives up again. Perhaps he gets there someday…

Tom is a curious sales professional focused on driving innovation with technological solutions, especially if those are good for people and planet. In his spare time, Tom loves adventures, sports, health, self development and most important: spending time with his girlfriend, family, friends and other inspiring people.

Tom is a sales representative in the SDR team in the Amsterdam office. Tom enjoys the diversity of his job and being in contact with interesting clients. Tom has a passion for sales and he really enjoys the challenge of transforming a prospect into a client and building up a relationship.

Ton travelled quite a bit over the years, and lived and worked in the Middle East for some time. He is young at heart and loves the outdoors. He adores a healthy lifestyle and is a big fan of concerts and theatre. Ton enjoys spending time with his family. Sports like fitness, swimming and cycling keep him fit. From day one, he felt truly at home within the Aexus family!

Vit is in charge of business development for Aexus in Central Europe. He likes independent traveling and relaxes with good reads and music. He enjoys skiing down the slopes and snowboarding in powder snow.

Originally from the city that declares itself to be home to the best marzipan in the world, Lübeck in the north of Germany, Yvonne is responsible for the B2B sales activities for Aexus partners in diverse areas of distribution for the DACH region.

Apart from being passionate about photography & film, Yvonne is also fond of social & cultural anthropology, as well as philosophy. She loves going on long trips to remote countries and traveling the world in general, taking photographs of landscapes especially. She has lived in Andalucia for many years, as well as New Orleans and New York. Based out of the start-up hub of Berlin, Yvonne also enjoys exploring the city, as well as all sorts of sports, cooking, and spending time with friends. Most importantly, relaxing with good podcasts, music and Mediterranean food.