ZyLAB Executive Team
Pieter Varkevisser - Chief Executive Officer and President
Pieter Varkevisser, Chief Executive Officer and President of ZyLAB, joined the company in November 2009. In this role, Mr. Varkevisser is responsible for helping the company to capitalize on market opportunities, develop strategic partnerships and position the company for sustained growth.
Prior to joining ZyLAB, Mr. Varkevisser was an industry expert with Waterland Private Equity Investments and also acted as the interim CEO of Fa-med, one of its portfolio companies. From April 2004 until October 2008 he was CEO of SDL Tridion. During his tenure at SDL Tridion, the company experienced 17 consecutive quarters of solid profitability and high growth. Before becoming CEO at SDL Tridion, Mr. Varkevisser was CEO of DataDistilleries and worked for almost two decades in management positions within product development at several companies
Johannes C. Scholtes - Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer
Dr. Johannes C. Scholtes is Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of ZyLAB. Scholtes, who was ZyLAB’s President and CEO from 1989 to 2009, has been involved in deploying in-house e-discovery software to organizations such as the UN War Crimes Tribunals, the FBI-Enron investigations, the White House, and thousands of other users worldwide.
Before joining ZyLAB in 1989, Scholtes was a lieutenant in the intelligence department of the Royal Dutch Navy. Scholtes holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Delft University of Technology and a Ph.D. in Computational Linguistics from the University of Amsterdam. As of 2008, he holds the Extraordinary Chair in Text Mining from the Department of Knowledge Engineering at the University of Maastricht. In January 2010, Scholtes joined the board of directors of the Association of Information and Image Management (AIIM), the worldwide leading authority for standards and education in Enterprise Information Management.
Lennert J. Hoogvliet - Vice President of Professional Services
Lennert Hoogvliet is the Vice President of Professional Services for ZyLAB. As VP Professional Services, Hoogvliet heads up the Amsterdam-based Professional Services and Support Center which serves clients worldwide. Mr. Hoogvliet and his team of specialists build on ZyLAB’s commitment to provide high quality professional services and support to its customers and partners. During his career at ZyLAB, Mr. Hoogvliet has held a variety of positions in software development, technical installations and support, project management and sales. Mr. Hoogvliet received a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree from the Haarlem Business School and joined ZyLAB in 1992 after having served in the Dutch Army.
Richard van der Duin - Financial Director
Richard van der Duin joined ZyLAB in 2002 and is responsible for all financial, human resources, and legal activities. Before joining ZyLAB, Mr. Van der Duin held several financial related positions in other industries. Mr. Van der Duin holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Groningen (R.U.G.).