Jan Baan

Founder

Putten, Gelderland, Netherlands48 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in enterprise IT modernization and innovative technologies.
Founder of multiple successful technology companies.
Fluent in English and German, enhancing multinational communication.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Enterprise Software expert with a strong focus on IT modernization.

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Skills

Core Skills

Enterprise SoftwareCloud Computing

Other Skills

Enterprise IT modernizationbig dataIoTartificial intelligenceGoogle CloudSalesforcemachine learningERPSaaSVenture CapitalManagement ConsultingBaanEntrepreneurshipLeadershipAgile Methodologies

About

At Rappit, we specialize in enterprise IT modernization, leveraging my expertise to transform organizations with cutting-edge technologies like big data, IoT, and artificial intelligence. Our focus is on enabling companies in manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, and healthcare to excel by adopting innovative business models and revenue streams. Our team at Rappit harnesses the power of platforms like Google Cloud and Salesforce to deliver professional services and managed solutions, ensuring our customers not only grow but lead in the competitive landscape of Industry 4.0. With fluency in English and German, we effectively communicate and strategize across diverse multinational client bases, driving their digital leadership and success.

Experience

48 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

19 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

36 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Rappit

Founder & Chairman

Jan 2009 – Present · 17 yrs 5 mos · Putten, The Netherlands

Rappit is an independent IT-service provider. We believe that companies can outperform their peers by modernizing their enterprise IT solutions. We are experts in developing enterprise IT modernization-solutions combined with professional services & managed services that we offer on the Google Cloud Platform, Salesforce Platform and open Java-technologies.
Rappit serves a customer base consisting of multinationals and medium sized organizations in the manufacturing, distribution, supply chain and healthcare industries. We leverage innovative technologies such as big data, IoT, machine learning and artificial intelligence. By doing so, organizations can adopt new business models and revenue streams in order to increase their growth.

Enterprise IT modernizationbig dataIoTartificial intelligenceGoogle CloudSalesforce+2

Educator

Founder & Chairman

Jan 2006 – Jan 2019 · 13 yrs · Putten, The Netherlands

Educator offers a flagship product which is positioned as a generic student information system and learning platform in one for higher and middle-level educational institutes and the enterprise segment. Founded in 2005, Educator has a relative small but agile team, consisting of 20 people, with a focus on product quality and customer service.
For more information: http://www.educator.eu/

Netprotector

Founder & Chairman

Jan 2004 – Jan 2019 · 15 yrs

The NetProtector solution provides a comprehensive Internet Filtering capability. It provides static- & real-time filtering and relentlessly blocks the objectionable content on the web for home users and enterprises to protect themselves and their relatives/employees from content on the Internet that is offensive or not relevant to their task. NetProtector offers its services to 150,000 users via several partner channels.

Cordys is now opentext

Founder & Chairman

Jan 2001 – Jan 2013 · 12 yrs

Jan founded Cordys in 2001. The forward-thinking nature of Cordys technology is strongly reflective of Jan’s cumulative experience in software innovation and creation.
Jan’s mission with Cordys was to solve the IT implementation and change issues faced by today’s extended Enterprise by enabling an organization to be more responsive to changing business conditions.
The Cordys software enables organizations to dramatically increase the speed of change, fundamentally altering the way they innovate their business operations. The unique combination of BPMS and Cloud technology in the Cordys platform complements existing enterprise software but adds agility to business operations.
In 2013, OpenText acquired Cordys which became the the centerpiece for OpenText’s long term Cloud and Enterprise Information Management (EIM) strategy.

Vanenburg group

Founder & Chairman

Jan 1990 – Present · 36 yrs 5 mos · Putten, The Netherlands

Vanenburg Group is the holding and investment company, overseeing the business activities of software company Vanenburg and hospitality company Kasteel De Vanenburg.
Vanenburg Group has a 30+ years history of investments in the information technology sector. Besides Baan Company (acquired by Invensys-SSA), Vanenburg Group was the largest private investor in WebEx (IPO to Nasdaq in 2000; acquired by Cisco in 2007) and TopTier (acquired by SAP in 2001) and the main shareholder in Cordys, who was acquired by OpenText in 2013.

Baan

Founder, Chairman & CEO

Jan 1978 – Jan 1998 · 20 yrs

Jan founded The Baan Company in 1978, soon after attending Business College. With the development of his first software package in 1979, Jan commenced what was to become a pioneering career in the ERP industry.
Under Jan’s stewardship, The Baan Company grew from a $35 million company in the early 1990s to $680 million in 1998.
Baan became the number 2 ERP player in the software industry.