Utrecht – NL, September 14, 2020. WCC, a leading provider of advanced solutions for ID/Security government agencies, Public Employment Services and Staffing Agencies, and Enterprises, has announced the appointment of Sales VPs in EMEA, Americas, and APAC, thus growing its sales leadership team and global outreach.

“Our three appointed sales leaders have been selected for this role based on their passion and understanding of the business, success as sales leaders, and history in leadership roles” said Jan Jensen, CEO of WCC.

“At WCC, we look forward to leveraging their deep knowledge of regional sales strategy and solution development to deliver revenue growth, while strengthening relationships with our in region customers by closely supporting them,” added Mr. Jensen. “ I am confident they will add significant value to our sales structure and highly respected management team”, concluded Mr Jensen.

Maarten Paddenburg will drive WCC’s Go-To-Market strategy while accelerating revenue growth in EMEA. As international business leader of ICT B2B solutions, he’s turned relatively unknown technology leaders into market share leaders in the enterprise segment thus generating top-level revenue and profitability. Prior to joining WCC, he held senior sales management and sales roles at Hitachi Vantara, PeopleSoft and Compaq. Maarten is a believer in a high touch go-to-market approach with a specialized partner ecosystem.

Karen Huggins will lead WCC AMERICAS, overseeing the company’s ongoing expansion. She brings a proven record in successfully maximizing revenue, market share and growth within diverse industries, and in building high-performance teams while transforming organizations. Prior to WCC, Karen served as AMERICAS Regional Sales Manager at Zed Worldwide, where she was instrumental in boosting LATAM sales. Karen’s drive brought her to hold roles in various AMERICAS’ countries including Argentina and the United States where she opened new markets and formulated strategic plans to sell AI, Big Data platforms, and SaaS OTT/TV platform solutions.

Kong Ban YIP, APAC sales VP, has more than 28 years of Public and Private Sector experience. He’s led regional Public Sector businesses for several Multinational companies, managed the global Public Sector Consulting business for one of largest Telcos in APAC, and served as Regional Head of Public Sector for a top mobile device conglomerate. He has held successful roles on several large-scale ICT and digital Government projects including World Bank and ADB in various APAC countries, and collaborated with Ministries and National ICT Authorities to help implement their digital Government vision.