WoodWing Management team
Erik Schut
President WoodWing Software
President and co-founder of WoodWing Software. With 15 years of experience in developing state-of-the-art solutions for the publishing industry, his thorough understanding of this industry combined with the latest technology and creativity, result in best-of-class solutions.
Frits van Dee
Technical Support Manager WoodWing Software
Van Dee started as a Technical Support Manager with WoodWing in 2009. From 1997 till 2007 he supported Newspapers with the solutions from Mediasystemen and WoodWing. In the two years before he joined WoodWing, Frits van Dee was active with video post production and video specific storage in the film & broadcast sector.
Gerard van den Akker
Marketing Manager WoodWing Software
Van den Akker joined WoodWing Software in 2007 as Marketing Manager. He has a background in IT and gained broad experience in the field of Marketing & Communication during the 14 years he worked for the Nikon camera brand in the Netherlands.
Hans Janssen
CEO WoodWing Software
Janssen is also one of the founders of WoodWing Software and has stepped into the role of CEO since August 1st, 2007. He has more than 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, both on the technical side and on the business end. Janssen previously worked as the technical director for Mediasystemen, after which he became the Director of IT for the Telegraaf Media Groep.
Jeroen Sonnemans
Managing Director WoodWing Europe
Sonnemans started working for WoodWing as the director of Sales and Marketing in 2000. Six years later he became the Managing Director of WoodWing Europe. As the former director of Extensis (in which function he basically put Extensis on the European map) Sonnemans has extensive experience in the European computer software industry.
Marcel Voskuilen
Corporate Controller WoodWing Software
After obtaining his post-graduate degree in Controlling, Voskuilen gained a broad and extensive international experience in financial and managerial control with companies ranging from Banking and Commodity Trading to Media and IT. He assumed responsibility for the Finance function of the WoodWing Group in late 2007.
Remco Koster
Managing Director WoodWing Asia Pacific
Koster joined WoodWing in 2005 to set up and develop its business in the Asia Pacific region. He is a consummate executive with more than 12 years experience in the publishing software industry. Before joining Woodwing, Koster was involved in setting up the NewspaperDirect re-printing and distribution franchise business in Indonesia.
Shawn Duffy
Managing Director WoodWing United States of America
Duffy stepped into the role of managing director at the start of 2009. Previously he was Vice President of Business Development for WoodWing U.S. He received a degree in journalism from Central Michigan University, and for the past 20 years has worked with publishers around the world. Duffy brings an impressive resume with him to the Managing Director position.
Steve Schaffran
General Manager WoodWing Latin America
Schaffran is General Manager for WoodWing Latin America. As an entrepreneur and consultant, he focussed on image capture and enhancement, asset management, and color control. Fluent in Spanish, Schaffran led teams from Apple and Adobe who introduced professional desktop publishing in Latin America.


