Pim is the CEO and co-founder of the Dutch IT company Schuberg Philis and has been one of Amarna’s pioneering informal investors for over 10 years. He was managing director in the Netherlands of SiteSmith Inc., a US-based Internet infrastructure management services company. In 2000 SiteSmith Inc. was acquired by Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. (MFN) in a transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion, following which he became Senior Vice President of MFN’s European Region. In a management buyout by Pim and two partners in 2003 the Benelux subsidiary of MFN Inc. became Schuberg Philis. Before this, Pim held several senior executive positions at the Dutch IT companies Pink Elephant and PinkRoccade (now part of KPN).
Pim holds a master’s degree in Computer Engineering and Economics from the Hogeschool IJsselland, Netherlands.