the guys that made senz°
Gerwin Hoogendoorn
Gerwin is the entrepreneurial mad scientist, our CEO and creative brain of the senz° family. We trust him to be our idea generator, which worked well for the umbrellas, but it's no surprise that his invention of 'a smoke alarm with a snooze button' never made it to the market... 'Cannot' is not part of Gerwin's dictionary and he prides himself for not being bothered by any foreknowledge in his creative process. He honestly believes that he can teach anything in 5 minutes and after 31 years of talking, he recently started exploring the art of listening. Gerwin is in training to win the egg eating world cup and he tends to come closer each Easter. Last but not least, Gerwin is the unofficial stuntman at senz°, which basically means we force him to try his own ideas first!
Gerard Kool
Gerard has a creative background and is responsible for our finance (!). He hopelessly tries to create some sort of structure in the chaos that Gerwin and Philip manage to produce on a daily basis. He's also the commander-in-chief of our legal troops. Gerard seems to be a very decent guy, but appearances can be deceptive, in particular during the carnival season! The one thing that few people know about Gerard is that he's actually a big adrenaline junkie. He's a proud father, a role that he tends to bring to the senz° working floor unsolicited. Gerard loves grammar and even has a secret affair with several punctuation marks. He´s a master at pretending he knows everything, a skill that will undoubtedly take him very far in Hollywood, should this umbrella thing never work out...
Philip Hess
Philip is responsible for all marketing activities at senz°, but most of the time he's abroad 'to boost the senz° brand´, while we all think he's taking a vacation... Philip always tends to lose his keys and wallet, but found a nice way of coping with this by blaming Manon, our office manager, for hiding his stuff. Philip doesn't know anything about cars and still describes them by their color. His phone is an extension of his body and his preferred way of using it is in horizontal position in the garden of senz°. Philip has a contagious laugh and is currently writing a book to share his accumulated wisdom, titled '100 ways to miss your flight'.
