Safecoms.com

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’.

Jared Dandridge, Co-Founder and COO, United-States

‘This company is more organized and has a deeper knowledge and commitment than any company I’ve ever been involved with. We are very strict ourselves, because with computers you have to be exactly right or you’re wrong’.

Jared has over 18 years of experience in the Information and Communication Technology industry. Jared began his career in the US Air Force, Electronic Security Command. Since then his career has taken him throughout the US and Asia, developing skills in Information Systems Management, Project Management and Business Development. Before joining SafeComs, he was Senior Manager of Business Development at Wireless Routing Centre Ltd (Thailand) and prior to this held Project Management roles in Upaid Asia Ltd (Thailand) and Marubeni Energy Service Corporation (The Philippines). He has proven expertise in evaluating, developing, and implementing technical and procedural projects for organizations, departments and workgroups. He holds an Associate of Arts Degree, is fully certified on Microsoft and SonicWall security products, and brings a high level of professional expertise to SafeComs.

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.'

Yannick earned his qualifications in Computer science in France, with an emphasis on Network Security. He spent several years gaining valuable experience in Systems Administration, Network Security and Software Development in Europe and Thailand, as an employee of large corporations PMU (France) and AMADEUS. He is certified on many different Firewalls, Operating Systems and Antivirus software packages. His training, technical expertise and fluency in Thai language allow him to efficiently lead and train SafeComs engineering department.

Vincent Pourre, Sales & Marketing Manager, France

‘We provide critical business solutions to support day-to-day operations and company objectives. When one our partners have a specific request, we study their business model to design a tailor-made solution that solves their problem and increases productivity.'

Vincent Pourre previously had postings in Europe, Africa and the United States and brings a background in international sales and marketing to the company. Vincent spent 3 years as a sales executive for CAP SYNERGIE, one of the leading French companies in the field of IT security and provider of network security solutions to publicly listed companies throughout France as well as French government and ministries. Vincent has invaluable experience that he is only too happy to share with his clients at SafeComs.


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.

Rick McGill, Delivery Service Director, United States

“It is exciting to work in an environment where there is a high focus on developing solutions for customers that are based on inexpensive Open Source solutions which can help the customers save money and be more productive.”

Rick has over 23 years experience and holds a Masters Degree from the University of Texas – Austin in Information Technology. He specializes and is certified in Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) which is a set of concepts and techniques for managing IT operations. Previously Rick was the Client Delivery Executive (CDE) for Electronic Data Systems (EDS) at General Motors (GM) - Asia Pacific (AP). He managed the SAP Data Center for the region which all GM manufacturing plants use for their automotive production lines.