Mr. Brouwer was elected Vice President Technology in July 2000 after serving as Assistant Vice President for Technology from September 1998 until June 2000. Formerly Mr. Brouwer was Chief Technical Officer and Special Projects Division Manager at SPI Technologies Inc. a leading competitor of the Company from 1996 through 1998. And from 1993 up to 1996 he served as IT Manager and member of the Management Team of Elsevier Science responsible for the implementation of Software Development LAN WAN and Data Centers.
Mr. Brouwer holds a Bachelors Degree in Information Technology from the Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden a leading university in the Netherlands (1993). |