Hippo's leadership team consists of seven inspirational people that keep the company going and growing.
Jeroen Verberg -
CEO
Jeroen grew up on top of the natural gas bubble in the far north of Holland. During his general Economics studies at the University of Amsterdam, Jeroen founded Hippo together with Tjeerd and Arjé. After completing his Masters, he went straight from his university desk to a desk at Hippo where he took on the role of Head of Sales and Business Development. With the growth of Hippo, Jeroen's role has continued to expand and today he serves as the CEO at Hippo. Jeroen and his wife Manou have three kids, Steven, Florine and Sebastiaan live on the outskirts of Amsterdam. In his spare time, Jeroen loves to play golf and most recently had his first hole in one at the local golf course.
Tjeerd Brenninkmeijer -
CMO
Tjeerd is one of the founders of Hippo. Before founding Hippo, Tjeerd worked as a successful consultant for companies such as KPMG, ProjectX and Fource Consulting. He founded Hippo in 1999 to help organizations & governments benefit from open source Content Management and Portal technologies. Nowadays Tjeerd handles all Marketing activities within Hippo. Travelling between the Hippo offices & conferences around the globe, you can always find Tjeerd carrying around his kite-surfing gear to try & find new undiscovered spots with lots of wind. Every Friday morning he is working from home while taking care of his three sons Olivier, Jasper and Jurriaan.
Arjé Cahn -
CTO 
Arjé is the technical brain behind Hippo CMS. He is an avid member of the Apache Software Foundation. Arjé was named by CMSWire as one of the top 5 CMS Executives to Watch in Content Management. At an early age, Arjé would work with his dad, then owner of a special FX company for the media industry, and managed to entertain himself for days on end sitting behind the computer. Recently, Arjé and his wife Kirsten became parents of two lovely daughters named Nora and Linde. You can occasionally see him pushing a stroller through Artis, the Amsterdam Zoo, which is located around the corner from his home.
Stefan Schinkel - SVP Global Business
Development 
Stefan is responsible for all Business Development towards new and existing clients & partners. Before joining Hippo, he worked at Accenture in the Outsourcing practice, Verizon Business and TNT. He holds a master degree in electrical engineering (with honours) from Delft University of Technology. He lives together with his wife Saskia, son Luuk and cat Jan in downtown Amsterdam. He spends his freetime with his family and loves to watch movies and cooking.
Stephan Westen - VP Product
Services
As VP Product Services, Stephan is responsible for all the core software development at Hippo. Prior to Hippo, he worked as senior Development Manager at Informatica, the marketleader for data integration solutions. He was responsible for the BI product suite. Before Informatica, he worked at Prismant and Davilex in various roles. He holds a master degree in Computer Science from the University of Twente. In his free time, he is pretty busy with is three sons and running the ICT for his wife's office.
Linda Neijenhuis - VP Support
Services
Linda is responsible for support services in Hippo. Before she started working at Hippo she worked for Elsevier Science and IKEA as a HR Manager. Linda studied Law in Nijmegen and did her thesis on the enterprise act. She lives in Amsterdam with her husband Paul and sons Mats & Flip. She likes to spent her freetime outdoors, previously on horse, lately with husband and kids in the Vondelpark.
Robbert Driessen - VP Finance &
Operations
Robbert started at Hippo in the role of Operations Manager. When the opportunity came to work more with his beloved numbers, he progressed to the role of VP Finance & Operations. During his Study Economics at the University of Amsterdam, Robbert spent a lot of time in the Ice hockey rink, but also outside the rink as Chairman of the Rules board, the organization responsible for Student ice hockey in the Netherlands. Before Hippo, Robbert worked in 4 continents as a Project Manager for HPP Worldwide and as Operations Manager for the NV Zeedijk. Nowadays Robbert lives near Amsterdam with his girlfriend Sasja and their son Bas and daughter Anne.