Koos-Jan Schouten

Current

Board Member at Tulip Foundation
Chairman at BDBC - Bulgarian-Dutch Business Club
Owner at WEBFACTORY.BG

President at ASFA, Association for Special fares Agents

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Past

Head of recruitment at Skillbrokers International
CEO at Ticketman North America
VP Sales & Marketing USA at Air London

Sales Manager at Magic Bus

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Education

Berlage Scholengemeenschap

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Koos-Jan Schouten’s Summary

After some 25 years in the Travel Industry, I turned my focus towards the Internet in 1995.
First, I was involved in the recruitment of ITC staff for the financial markets in the City of London, Frankfurt and Milan.
In 1998 I visited Bulgaria for the first time and within a few weeks Webfactory was founded.
I am currently involved in growing Webfactory by appointing Regional Partners in key locations across Europe.

Koos-Jan Schouten’s Specialties:

We make websites for most industries, but we are specialists in Telecom, Real Estate, Travel and Hospitality and Public Information websites.

Koos-Jan Schouten’s Experience

Board Member

Tulip Foundation

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

May 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

MISSION
To encourage social responsibility in Bulgarian society.

GOAL
Enhance co-operation among civil society, the corporate sector, national and local authorities to improve the quality of life and developmental opportunities for the people of Bulgaria.

OBJECTIVES

* Raise funds for social investment from individual donors, the business sector and public and private sources
* Provide financial and technical support to civil society organisations addressing social needs of the community at a national level
* Contribute to the effectiveness, sustainability and diversity of social programmes in Bulgaria by making targeted grants
* Serve as a professional vehicle and provide expert advice, consultancy, assessment, monitoring and evaluation of projects and programmes
* Promote transparency, accountability and professionalism to comply with the highest ethical standards
* Work in partnership with other civil organisations at national or local level for greater social responsibility and sustainability of the civil sector in Bulgaria.
Chairman

BDBC - Bulgarian-Dutch Business Club

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

May 2003 — Present (6 years 7 months)

The BDBC aims to provide a networking platform for the Netherlands' business community in Bulgaria. WWW.BG-NL.COM
Owner

WEBFACTORY.BG

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

October 1998 — Present (11 years 2 months)

Web design and development is a very personal business.

At Webfactory we understand the challenge of combining your needs and desires with our experience and expertise.

Consultancy for us means asking all the right questions and understanding the answers before we start creating your web presence.

In the last 9 years we have produced hundreds of websites using a variety of design tools and skills, but always with Admintool® our robust Linux based Content Management System.

The employment of young multi-lingual students and give them an opportunity to grow in a dynamic environment such as ours, turned out to be a successful strategy for our company.

As a result our employees are among the most flexible and capable specialists available to the IT industry in Bulgaria.

Such is our specialisation that we now have totally dedicated teams to Telecom, Travel and Real Estate. The teams include Account Manager, Designer and Developers with in-debt know-how of these industries.
President

ASFA, Association for Special fares Agents

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

May 1985 — Present (24 years 7 months)
Head of recruitment

Skillbrokers International

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Human Resources industry)

September 1995 — October 1998 (3 years 2 months)
CEO

Ticketman North America

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

August 1989 — August 1995 (6 years 1 month)
VP Sales & Marketing USA

Air London

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

October 1982 — August 1989 (6 years 11 months)
Sales Manager

Magic Bus

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

1975 — 1978 (3 years )