CXO INSIGHT

What has your career looked like so far and how has the business grown since you joined ?

I ’ ve been with Siemens Digital Industries Software for over 20 years , starting my career back in 2001 as an intern with the NX R & D team , our flagship 3D CAD solution . Over the years , I ’ ve transitioned through various key departments , including Global Sales & Services and our Technology Office , leading to my role as Senior Vice President for our Industrial IoT and Embedded Software business and , subsequently the platform for Siemens Xcelerator . Earlier this year , I was excited to be named as the Chief Executive Officer at Mendix , a leading enterprise low-code platform and part of the Siemens software portfolio .

The founding principle of Mendix , to bridge the gap between business and IT , is still relevant . When the people making the software and the people using the software collaborate , they are

Raymond Kok , Chief Executive Officer , Mendix able to make something better together than they could have done alone . Mendix , as a platform , supports this way of working and provides a way for organisations to build better software faster . This is a key concept in a digital landscape where change is now a known constant .

I was an early adopter when it comes to low-code and Mendix in particular . I was one of the first people to visit the Mendix office in 2016 and those early meetings eventually led to the Siemens acquisition of Mendix . Seeing Mendix evolve as a company and low-code evolve as a technology has been interesting . I ’ m looking forward to driving the Mendix vision and business even further as CEO .

What is the company ’ s vision and goal ?

Organisations are able to build and deploy business-critical software with Mendix . And that business-critical software is inclusive of entire core systems to deeply embedded legacy software to department-level point solutions .

Our broader goal is to ensure that all applications built on Mendix are future-proof . Our platform is engineered to change , evolve and adapt . We ’ re always keeping an eye on developing technologies , and we incorporate them into the platform – either directly or through our growing ecosystem . This means that our customers will always be able to access and leverage the potential of cutting-edge tech . One powerful example is the ease of access we provide to Generative AI capabilities through our partnership with AWS . Through Mendix-built connectors to the Amazon AI services like Bedrock – customers have easy access to an impressive variety of LLMs .

“ Having a high level of autonomy empowers people to think bigger and bolder .”

Mendix is a leading enterprise low-code platform and part of the Siemens software portfolio . There are 1,400 + employees at Mendix , which helps organisations build and deploy business-critical software . The founding principle of Mendix , to bridge the gap between business and IT , is still relevant . Raymond Kok , Chief Executive Officer at Mendix , talks about how the company has evolved , the clients it serves and the company ’ s vision .

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