Hans Ydema is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of EMEA at Entrust. He has been working in the IT industry for over 25 years and held various senior management and sales positions in international high-technology companies developing hard- and software.
Ydema joined Entrust in 1999. Before taking on his current role, he was Managing Director of Entrust Central Europe, based in our Munich office. Under his leadership, the company?s presence in the German speaking market grew significantly. Several marquee customers in financial services, telecommunication and pharmaceutical markets as well as industrial companies have successfully deployed the Entrust product portfolio. During his tenure, he supported the EMEA introduction of our two factor authentication solution Entrust IdentityGuard and worked with channel partners to establish a trustworthy relationship.
Prior to joining Entrust, Ydema was Managing Director of NetManage and Vice President of FTP Software, Inc., acquired by NetManage. He held sales and marketing positions at Sperry Univac, Olivetti, Lotus Development and Software Publishing Corporation and was Managing Director Central Europe for Apple's software division.
Ydema studied building construction engineering and business administration in Eindhoven, Netherlands |