From The Old Boys to the Cool Kids
CMS software vendor Hippo is one of the fastest growing, most innovative tech companies around these days. 2015 has been a stellar year for the company, with successes such as the entry into the Gartner MQ, the exclusive technology partnership with EMC resulting in 94% revenue growth in the US, the launch of Hippo CMS 10 and an immense growth of our community. In 2015 the Hippo CMS downloads tripled, the global partner network doubled and the company added many new names to their client base, such as FC Bayern München, AAA Life, Wolters Kluwer, Edeka, ATAG, Unit4, Deutsche Telekom and Crédit Agricole.
To surpass these numbers in 2016, Hippo is very pleased to have two new sales leaders on board: Sven Lehmkuhl, VP Sales EMEA and manager of the new Hippo Germany office and Harry van Rossum, senior sales director Benelux and France. Sven, who has been in the IT/Software business for more than 16 years has been working at some of the leading CMS vendors. At RedDot/Open Text he worked for more than 8 years. In the following years he founded Sitecore Germany and successfully scaled this German division to over 15 employees with high growth rates. Harry van Rossum founded Sitecore Netherlands in 2008 and grew the company to 12 people in 4 years time. The Netherlands office achieved results of double digit growth annually, growing the customer base tremendously.
“I am excited to be part of Hippo. I know the Benelux CMS marketplace very well and I can’t wait to approach enterprises in the region with Hippo’s advanced content performance platform and revolutionary vision on the digital customer journey,” Van Rossum says. “The DACH is an important focus market in 2016. Seeing the market moving away from marketing suites and more towards best-of-breed systems that focus on agility and interoperability, paints a very bright future for Hippo,” Lehmkuhl adds.
“We notice that enterprises around the globe become more and more aware of our brand as they recognize how we have innovated the CMS market. By committing stronger to our target regions and by bringing in these entrepreneurial sales leaders we are very confident that we are off to another trailblazing year,” Jeroen Verberg, CEO of Hippo says.