Human Inference appoints Winfried van Holland as CEO

01.04.2011

HI 25th birthdayHuman Inference's Board of Directors today announced that it has appointed Winfried van Holland as Chief Executive Officer of the company, effective April 1st, succeeding Sabine Palinckx.

Having joined Human Inference in 2007, Winfried van Holland brings 20 years of knowledge from various large software firms, in which he has worked in various positions, ranging from VP of Marketing and Product Management to his last position as CTO for Human Inference. "Combining his passion for customer satisfaction with a PhD in computing sciences, he is the perfect fit for leading Human Inference into the next stage. Human Inference is now ready for the future, deploying technology that is cloud-ready and also supports the heavy demands on performance, reliability and quality of the results that our customers value Human Inference for. It was a logical step to appoint Winfried CEO, looking at the opportunities that lie ahead for Human Inference", said Loek van den Boog, Chairman of the Board.

In the last period Human Inference has incorporated new technologies in its offerings, making them available On Demand and ready for true international deployments. In addition, a successful partner community was built, providing Human inference the ability to support larger groups of customers in several more geographies. "Under the leadership of Sabine Palinckx, Human Inference has made considerable progress. The board wants to thank her for this and wishes her every success in the future", stated Loek van den Boog.

Asked about his plans for Human Inference, Winfried van Holland stated: "Human Inference will continue to grow its partner network, deliver additional new data quality functions to its customers and support companies large and small in their quest for high quality data."

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