The PROLIN Executive Team
Jerome Mol
Founder
Jerome Mol, founder of the new PROLIN, is a serial entrepreneur who invests most of his time, energy, passion and money in helping build new companies, in new categories, with passionate teams. Jerome was one of the original founders of the first PROLIN (PROLIN Software, Inc.), which was sold to Hewlett-Packard in 1997. Companies founded by Jerome include Tornado-Insider, GP Ventures (GorillaPark), GPXS Services and Colibri Mobile. Jerome is leading the new PROLIN in revitalizing IT Service Management with fresh technology approaches that bring the elegance and fun back to ITSM.
Jan Maarten van Dongen
Chief Technology Officer
Jan Maarten van Dongen, PROLIN’s CTO, is the ITSM, ITIL, and technology evangelist for PROLIN, with responsibility for defining its high-level functional and technical product roadmaps. Jan Maarten’s previous executive roles include Chief Field Technologist (CTO) at BMC Software, and several key roles at Hewlett-Packard, including: CTO of HP Software, CTO of HP OpenView, and Chief Architect of HP.
Patrick Heymans
Chief Software Architect
Patrick Heymans, PROLIN’s Chief Software Architect, is responsible for the design, architecture, and development methodology for all PROLIN software products. Through Patrick’s leadership, PROLIN uses Test-Drive Development (TDD), a modern software design technique for producing high-quality software. Patrick’s background includes Software Architect, UI Architect, Senior Engineering, and Research roles at M7 Software, Hewlett-Packard, Moonshake Technologies and the original PROLIN.
Frances Mann-Craik
Chief Communications Officer
Frances Mann-Craik leads PROLIN’s global communications programs. Frances has a passion for leading-edge technology and helping B2B technology companies grow. She brings prior experience as a SVP at two of Jerome Mol’s companies – Tornado-Insider and GorillaPark. She also has extensive consulting and in-house experience, from start-ups to Fortune 100’s, in the US, Europe, and Asia, including: CDNetworks, TriStrata Security, Oracle, Convergent Technologies/Unisys, and Hewlett-Packard.
Bob Prince
Chief Financial Officer
Bob Prince, Chief Financial Officer for PROLIN, leads the team’s financial and legal programs. An international business executive with a strong financial and commercial orientation, Bob brings experience in building and managing the financial operations of high-tech/high-growth companies in Europe. Bob has worked in consulting and in-house roles at both small and large companies, including: PulseCath, Milestone Marketing, @venturesolutions, BWise, Unisys, Oracle, Lanier (Harris 3M), and Ernst & Young.
Tom Schoute
Chief Operations Officer
Tom Schoute, Chief Operations Officer for PROLIN, is responsible for PROLIN’s operations and development activities. Tom leverages his background as a software developer to excel as the intermediary between software development and commercial and consulting teams. Tom brings to PROLIN both a development and executive management background from technology firms including: M7 Software, Tornado-Insider, Hewlett-Packard and the original PROLIN Software, Inc.
Paul Karavitis
Head of Current Product Engineering
Paul Karavitis leads the Product Engineering team in the development of new features and functions for Smart Client 7. Paul is an experienced .NET developer with expertise in data driven Internet and Intranet websites. Paul brings experience from the banking, telecommunications, and health care industries.
Gerton Westerop
Head of US Field Operations
Gerton Westerop leads PROLIN’s US Field Operations with responsibility for sales and professional services. Wes provides PROLIN with deep experience from technical management and consulting roles, including several years of service at Hewlett-Packard as IT Service Management Senior Solution Architect and Senior Knowledge Manager. Prior to HP, Wes was a Senior ITSM consultant at the original PROLIN Software, Inc. and an ITIL implementation consultant at Pink Elephant.
The rapidly growing PROLIN team is looking for top talent. Interested? Send an email to jobs@prolin.com