| The Team |
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Bernard Collin, Founder and CEO, Belgium ‘Nobody in town is doing what we do, which is providing secure business solutions to small and medium companies in Thailand at a fair price, with a very low initial investment and no requirement for full time in-house IT staff. We are inventing solutions and creating tools that don’t presently exist’.Bernard Collin, 54 is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SafeComs Co Ltd. SafeComs was established in 1999 in Australia to address the growing need for security for companies in the SME and Enterprise market. In 2003 Bernard launched the Asian branch of SafeComs located in Bangkok. Prior to SafeComs, Bernard was CEO of the European Office for Pacer Software of Boston Massachusetts for 10 years. He has also served as European Marketing Manager, PC Division for Digital Equipment, based in Geneva and was Regional Sales Manager for Apple Computer Europe based in Paris. Bernard holds a degree in Nuclear Electronics from the Institute of Nuclear Sciences in Brussels. He also holds certifications on Watchguard & SonicWALL firewalls and McAfee Ethernet analyzer.
Yannick Thevenot, Co-Founder and CTO, France ‘Everyone comes to me with his or her technical issues. If there’s a problem that they cannot solve, they bring it to me, so I’m used to people calling at any time and I’m always happy to help.'
Antony Chapman, General Manager. ‘Antony has twenty years of experience in increasingly responsible roles managing Sales and Marketing at several companies in Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand. In his most recent position, Antony developed the sales of SonicWall through the channel that he put together in the region, as well as growing the operation from zero staff to 25+ persons in less than three years.'
Yumi Collin, Human Resources & Finance Manager, Japan "I feel so privileged to have my department analysed by our team of developers to create the software that will help our customers record, analyse and report on finance and company progress to their Board. Being the model that our Engineers study to prepare our customers' solutions is a huge responsibility but with it comes great satisfaction when we come up with a beautifully polished tool!" Yumi developed her high level of business skills at large corporations Marubeni (Japanese Trading Co.) and Mars before establishing the Japanese branch of Verisign Inc., overseeing all operations. Yumi also worked for Uniden manufacturing in Australia where she was responsible for budgeting and reporting to the Japanese Headquarters. She went on to manage the HR and Internal Control Budgeting department of AMEX. Yumi holds a Degree in English and a qualification in Computer Studies.
"Safecoms allows me to improve my skills by leading interesting projects in a multi-cultural team!" Philippe, graduated with High Distinction from Haute Ecole Rennequin Sualem, started his career at CHU Liege, one of the biggest hospitals in Belgium, where he was an important actor in the implementation of an electronic medical record system. As an experienced system analyst, he has designed various customized software applications. His technical expertise allows him to efficiently lead and train SafeComs software development (RAILS) department.
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