Backbase Management
Jouk Pleiter
Co-Founder and CEO
Jouk Pleiter has over 10 years leadership experience in the web content management and web application development industries, and has founded a series of successful software companies (e.g. Twinspark, Tridion). As co-founder and chief executive officer of Backbase, Jouk is responsible for achieving Backbase’s mission to be the leading UI Management software company, globally.
Gerbert Kaandorp
Co-Founder and CTO
Gerbert Kaandorp is a pioneer in the field of rich and highly interactive user interfaces and co-founder of Backbase. In his role as chief technology officer, Gerbert formulates the Backbase vision of creating the most technically-advanced UI framework based on standards. He defines the architecture of the Backbase product suite and oversees its development. Gerbert has extensive experience working with Human Computer Interaction (HCI), web/user interfaces, artificial intelligence (AI) and communication protocols.
Michel Gerin
VP Marketing
Michel Gerin, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, has over 15 years experience in
marketing, product marketing, product management, and business development in the
software industry. At Backbase he is responsible for worldwide marketing, sales-lead
generation, public relations and Web site. Prior to joining Backbase, Michel was Vice
President of Marketing for Zend Technologies where he successfully positioned the company
as the PHP Company. Prior to Zend, he held senior management positions at Rational Software
(Catapulse), and Borland.
Michel was a member of the Java Developer's Journal Editorial Advisory Board for
years, and regularly published articles for the Journal's Industry Expert section.
He holds a BS in Computer Science and an MBA from Cal State University, San Francisco.
Charlie Janes
VP and GM, Americas
Charlie is responsible for sales and customer success in the Americas. He has over 17 years experience in building high-performance field teams in solution-oriented software companies. Prior to Backbase, Charlie was market vice president of strategic accounts for Hyperion Solutions where he created high growth regions focused on financial services and federal government customers, as well as account teams focused on creating business performance management solutions for leading companies in life science, healthcare, retail, computer, and automotive sectors. Prior to that, he was vice president, Americas at MKS software where his team delivered sales growth in excess of 50% in the competitive application lifecycle management market. Earlier in his career, he held field leadership and sales positions at Rational Software. He has a BS in Business Administration for Bowling Green State University and an MBA from University of Colorado.
