What’s it like to grow with a company that never stands still? 🚀 Jan-Willem Sipman, Sales Director and Sustainability Lead at Nomios Netherlands shares his journey, from a 50-person startup to a thriving international team of 950+ across eight countries.
With a passion for innovation and real impact, Jan-Willem and his teams deliver tailored networking and cybersecurity solutions to some of the most vital infrastructures in Europe. From hands-on demo kits to kickstarting next-gen projects, it’s all about making a difference.
Thinking about your next career move? Jan-Willem’s advice: come with energy, curiosity, and ambition. There’s plenty of room to grow. 🌱
I'm here with Jan-Willem from Nomios. The��
conference Summit is coming to an end. How are���� you feeling? Awesome, it's the perfect day.
What is your role at Nomios? I'm sales director for���� Nomios Netherlands and I'm also the sustainability��
lead for Nomios Netherlands. So what are your main���� responsibilities? So I take care of the five��
commercial teams, the pre-sales team and the CST team.���� Five teams that are structurally involved��
in basically helping our customers progress in���� terms of cybersecurity and networking. Are some of��
those customers here today? Are you in contact with���� them? Yeah, for us this is like homecoming, right.
I mean all these people we all know each��other. It's a very small scene so to speak.��
I'm buzzing. Can you go into a bit more detail? How are you helping your customers? Why do they��
want to work with you? So what we do at Nomios���� is we are really an expert system integrator.
Which means we carry a lot of expertise across���� all sorts of brands. For specialistic companies,��
that really need to get the most out of their���� networking and cybersecurity questionnaires.
And we help them address these issues.���� We really dive into these problems with them and��
are really able to make these tailored solutions���� for them. Best of breed solutions for them.��
And focus specifically on, let's say mission critical���� and vital infrastructure. Is this where the��drive kit,
it it drive kit? Demo kit! Sorry.���� Is this where the demo kits come into��play?
Well to a certain extent. I mean as you guys���� probably seen today there's a lot of buzz about AI.
But at Nomios we always like to say, the proof of���� the pudding is in the eating with these things. ��
What is a demo kit then? Yeah so what we���� do is, we try to find ways for customers to have,��
let's say, a low boundary way to really get that���� hands-on experience. Specifically with��
the networking equipment. And to make that really���� easy we have all sorts instruments for��
customers. Now of course we can give you discounts���� on a trial side so to speak. But the most easy��
is our demo kit, which basically contains a few���� access points and a switches. And we're going��
to implement those free of charge. Just get me���� your most difficult Wi-Fi site. We real fit it and��
you get to try it. What do you love most about your��job? For me it's all about meeting people,��
and starting projects, and really kickstarting���� innovation with companies. I get to meet companies��
at a certain time of need and really�� get to think with them to start progressing in��
their innovation. And that's really what I enjoy��most. How long have you been working at Nomios?��
For 11 years already. And what do you think���� about the company and organizational culture?
Is it a fun environment to be in? Yeah, listen���� for me Nomios has been like home for the past 11��
years. And I kind of grew up with the company. I started at back then at Infradata, which then��
had about 50 employees and we're now situated in���� eight countries, 20 offices, 650 people.��
I mean we've grown so much and I've been������ part of the journey, which is absolutely lovely.��
What would you say to future Nomios employees���� or people who would like to work for Nomios.
What tips and guidance would you give them?���� So listen, we are a company, we're fast growing, we're��
high energy, there's a lot of potential.���� We do the coolest projects. Basically once you��
start just find your way, but there's rooms and���� possibilities everywhere. Awesome, thank you so much��
for your time today Jan. You're welcome.
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