Victor Allis - CEO

Victor Allis and Arjen Heeres jointly run Quintiq and have divided portofolios between them. Victor Allis' focus is on all non-European Business Units, the Global Development Center, R&D, Project Delivery, Product Development and Finance. Arjen Heeres' focus is on the European Business Units, Marketing, Sales and Alliances, and Human Resources Management.



Dr. L.V. (Victor) Allis
CEO

Education:
1990 - 1993 Ph.D. research into search techniques within Artificial Intelligence,  University of Maastricht, graduated 1994
1983 - 1988 Joint undergraduate study in Mathematics and Computer Science,  graduated (cum laude) M.Sc. in Computer Science, VU University Amsterdam

Experience:
1998 – present Co-founder and CEO of Quintiq, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
1995 - 1998 Senior Consultant and Manager Industry Sector, Bolesian B.V.
1993 - 1995 Assistant Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the VU University Amsterdam
1989 Programmer/Analyst/Project manager at Advanced Management Systems Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand
1987 – 1998 Freelance teacher, course developer and mentor for various AMBI courses for NOVI

Information Technology knowledge and experience:
Courses/seminars taught

  • 8 different AMBI modules and various specialized courses
  • Various seminars on the subjects of knowledge systems and search technologies

 

Publications
Author of more than 30 scientific publications, including 2 books, predominantly in (international) scientific periodicals and the proceedings of scientific conferences in the field of artificial intelligence. The majority concerns research into search technologies.

Awards:

  • Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, 2008
  • Silver medal winner at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Paris 1983 as representative of the Netherlands (14th of 186 participants from 31 countries)
  • Six fold gold medal winner at 4 computer Olympiads for competitions between game-playing programs
  • Runner-up at European Programming Championship 1987, European Programming Champion 1990, Runner-up at World Programming Championship 1991 and Six fold Dutch Programming Champion in the period 1997-2004 (each time in a team of 3 people)