By working with open-minded individuals iXora has a flexible and dynamic team that comes to great solutions. ‘We’re not limited by knowledge and nothing is impossible’ is our guiding principle.
Vincent Beek began his commercial career in 2001 as the International Sales and Marketing Manager for an innovative Dutch company in the Film, Broadcast, Sports, and Live Entertainment industry. Over ten years, he built a large global network and led several key projects.
After this role, he worked as a sales contractor, applying his expertise in industries such as Marine, Offshore, Military, Aerospace, and Government markets. During this time, he further developed his sales skills and built strong, lasting partnerships worldwide.
Since August 2022, Vincent has focused entirely on iXora. He is passionate about bringing their innovative solutions to the market and supporting global sustainability goals.
Job Witteman can be seen as one of the fathers of the Internet; he founded the Amsterdam Internet Exchange in 1997, one of the foundations of the Internet as we still know it today. The Ams-IX is to date one of the three largest Internet exchanges in the world, located globally and relaying more than a Terabit per second. Job was CEO at the Ams-IX until end of 2017.
Job knows data centers, telecom/internet and hosting providers like the back of his hand and is internationally familiar with the political ways surrounding the Internet. At iXora he is one of the minds behind the 19″-compatiblity of the product to make sure all existing data centers are compatible with the iXora immersive cooling solutions.
Khaled’s career began at the Korean Trade Organization, where he worked as an International Trade Consultant. He excelled in building partnerships between Korean and Dutch companies, collaborating closely with various teams to set up numerous successful deals.
After that, Khaled joined Dell Technologies. As a Senior Technical Account Manager, he significantly contributed to the success of the Infrastructure Solution Group. He played a key role in enhancing technical solutions and boosting sales. Leading the sales team, he helped them meet their targets and guided other account managers in working together effectively. His efforts were crucial in ensuring that technical solutions perfectly met the needs of customers.
His expertise in combining technical knowledge with sales strategies makes Khaled a valuable addition to our team, as we move forward to cool the planet with immersion cooling solutions.
Erwin Bleeker leads the compute development used in our liquid-cooled cassettes. In addition, Erwin is involved in realizing field tests on site.
Erwin brings decades of experience in the data center market. Prior to joining iXora, Erwin worked for Vincent Houwert’s hosting company True for 18 years. Since 2018 he worked as a Senior Solution Consultant for Managed and Cloud Service Providers at Dell Technologies. At Dell Technologies he was very successful due to the unique combination of technical communication and commercial skills.
Micha brings a lot of knowledge and experience. Like others at iXora, he has roots in the audio industry but has been working as an Electrical Engineer for many years. At iXora, Micha will primarily focus on the design, engineering and testing of electronics used inside iXora’s cooling technology.
Thijmen Tukker is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Biosystems Engineering at Wageningen University alongside his work at iXora. His expertise in technical design, robotics, data analysis, and modelling, combined with a passion for innovative techniques, makes him a valuable addition to our team.
Thijmen’s experience includes notable achievements, such as his team’s second-place finish in the Field Robot Event. His analytical skills, goal-oriented approach, and innovative ideas will make a significant contribution to the development of our production technologies.
Odette is a versatile office manager with expertise in finance, administration, commercial support, and marketing. At iXora, she also oversees human resources. A key player holding it all together.
In September 2023 we lost our dear friend, inspiration and founder Vincent Houwert. Vincent was full of brilliant ideas and the combination of being ultra-nerdy and yet sociable led to the emergence of several wonderful companies around his unique and quirky personality.
iXora is one of these companies and it hurts a lot to have had to say goodbye to him.
Boudewijn Jansen started his career as a consultant at RebelGroup. He worked as financial advisor in the infrastructure sector. He worked there for more than 12 years. Hereafter he worked as financial / commercial manager at Boskalis. In this role developed projects related to equity investments and participations. In his private life he supported start-ups in raising funding and preparing business cases.
Siemon is a well known name in the Dutch DataCenter industry, known for his vision and insights in developments in the industry, but maybe most important, concerned about the environment, and that is precisely why we are so happy to see him join our efforts in making the digital word a better place. Our solutions match his ambitions and by having him on the advisory board we assure ourselves of sound advise based on his know-how, experience and integrity.
About Siemon van den Berg
Siemon van den Berg pioneered datacenter cooling ever since he founded The Datacenter Group in 2007. 15 years later his business merged into NorthC Datacenters, market leader in regional datacenters across The Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, where he is member of the supervisory board. Siemon also invests in impactful ventures through his investment fund Impact Equity.
