People
The Sharewire management
People
Sharewire employs people from around the globe. These people are mobile experts in every way. From account management to development and from project management to concept creation, Sharewire offers all the necessary knowledge and skills to help its clients to become the leaders in mobile. The Sharewire team is always eager to demonstrate its professionalism.
Sharewire is always looking for talented people to join our team of professionals.
For opportunities you can have a look at our vacancies.
Management
Ivo Wentholt
Managing Director, Founder
Wentholt (1971) joined the Research & Development Dpt. of Planet Internet in the early Internet days (1994-1997). In 1997 Ivo Wentholt joined the Management of Lost Boys interactive as Director Online Services where he stayed until end 2000. In this period his department grew to 40 people. Ivo founded Sharewire late 2003.
Olivier van Arkel
Commercial Director
Van Arkel (1976) held several sales- and marketingmanagement positions at KPN (1998 - 2007), where he initiated and developed multiple "disruptive propositions" such as KPN One and KPN Public Wi-Fi. In 2007, he joined Dutch: a highly result driven consultancy firm. At Dutch he consulted various early stage companies. Van Arkel joined Sharewire in 2010.
Gertrude Lok
Art Director
Gertrude (1973) graduated from Art Acadamy in 1995, but never stopped educating herself. 6 years at Aestron Design, 7 years at Fabrique and 3 years at BTM have made her an all-round designer, specializing in packaging design, corporate identities, editorial print, websites and security design, giving her a helicopterview on each designproblem. Gertrude joined Sharewire in October 2010.
Manuel Broncano
Technical director
Manuel (1978) started his career in the academic world, quickly moving to the private sector where he found a better use for his CS Master Degree. His experience in IT ranges from software and hardware co-design to highly-scalable architectures, he was also involved in the mobile development industry since the early smartphone revolution. After working for several international companies in both technical and leading roles, he decided moving to Holland in 2008 attracted by the well-established industry. Manuel joined Sharewire in November 2010.
Board of Directors
Mr. Drs. Ton aan de Stegge
President
Mr. Ton aan de Stegge is one of the leading captains of industry in The Netherlands. He started his career at the ICT company Volmac, continuing his career in 1997 as the President and CEO of Ericsson The Netherlands. In 1999 he became the CEO of Telfort, a Dutch mobile operator. Telfort was at that moment owned by O2. In 2003 a group of investors incl. aan de Stegge and his business partner bought out O2 and became the owner of Telfort. The group sold the company successfully for € 1 billion in 2005 to the incumbent, KPN. Aan de Stegge currently acts as an informal investor and sits in the Sharewire board.
Mr. Jan van Duyn
Director
Mr. van Duyn is an informal investor with lots of experience in building up early stage companies. In 2004 he took, together with his partners, the initiative to participate as the seed funder in Sharewire. Van Duyn comes from a very strong entrepreneurial background. In the 80's and 90's he has built more than one ICT company into a successful business and was able to sell these companies to blue chip enterprises like Getronics. He held board seats in companies such as Airspray and Interxion and currently sits in the board of Sharewire.
Mr. Pieter van Bodegraven
Director
Pieter van Bodegraven is Senior Investment Manager at Main Capital. In 2007 Main Capital invested € 1.2 million in Sharewire. Pieter brings in extensive experience in venture capital and private equity. In 2004, Pieter started as analyst at Main Capital Partners. From there he further developed as an experienced Investment Manager involved with the entire investment process such as sourcing deal flow, structuring transactions and managing portfolio companies. Next to Sharewire Pieter holds board seats in IASO Backup Technology, Visionwaves and Actuera. Pieter holds a degree in MSc. Business Administration from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
