Paul Schuyt will lead the growth of Levi9 during the course of the next few years. Currently there are around 300 employees, the goal is to increase this number to 1,000. Levi9 is an IT Services company with development centres in East European countries, in particular Serbia, the Ukraine, Turkey and Romania. Levi9 concentrates on various customers in the Netherlands and Germany.

Paul Schuyt: “Levi9 started in 2005 with just 14 people, now there are already 300 professionals! In the coming years, Levi9 will continue to grow substantially. Levi9 is profitable and has an impressive list of customers including companies such as Boskalis, Athlon Car Lease, De Telegraaf, the Politieacademie and the Kadaster. In other words, a fantastic challenge for me!”

Founders Menno de Jong and Bernhard van Oranje: “With the addition of Paul as CEO, we have exactly the right person to continue the growth made in recent years and to take the company into the next phase. We will leave the daily running of the company to him, but will remain involved as members of the management team.”

Paul Schuyt: “The success of Levi9 lies in the fact that we can offer outsourcing close to the Netherlands, instead of offshore outsourcing; we call this nearsourcing. Most of our people work in East Europe, not in India or China. In addition to the fact that we have lower salary costs and people who are well motivated, having the outsourcing so close to home has even greater benefits for our clients: the travel time is less and the travel costs are accordingly lower, there are no jetlags, the culture differences are minimal, and in general the English spoken is much better. 10% of our people work in the Netherlands. Levi9 is the new style IT service organisation, the model for the future. With my 25 years experience in the IT service industry, I can say with certainty that Levi9 has everything necessary for success.”