Nemetschek Scia Management Biographies
Top Management
Nemetschek Scia CEO - Jean-Pierre Rammant
Jean-Pierre Rammant was born in Brugge on 21.06.1950 and has the
Belgian nationality. He married in 1974 with Agnes Peeters-Van
hoorenbeeck, an egyptologist and together they have 3 descendants.
He received his degree of Civil Engineer (MSc) at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven after which he studied at Technion (Haifa - Israel). Jean-Pierre Rammant finished his Ph-D doctoral work at the Faculty of Applied Sciences - K.U. Leuven in 1976 on Finite Element Analysis of fiber reinforced concrete structures. In 1977 he was Associate Professor at M.I.T. (Boston, USA). From 1978 till 1981 he was a professor at the Engineering College Group T - Leuven. It is during that same time that he started up the Software & Consultancy company SCIA (Scientific Application Group). Since 1987 he has been the CEO of Nemetschek Scia and its branches. Lately, he also became Vice President of the Group of Engineering Software companies within Nemetschek AG, to which Nemetschek Scia belongs since February 2006.
Jean-Pierre Rammant is the president of the Sint Lukas Art College in Brussels since 2002 and has a great passion for contemporary art. In 2005 he became co-founder of the association Art Without Bars, organizer of art projects in prisons.
Nemetschek Scia CTO - Herman Oogink
Herman
Oogink was born in Nijverdal on 25.12.1958 and he has the Dutch
nationality. He is married to Hetty Braker and together they have
three children.
He graduated in 1980 in Civil Engineering at Hengelo and received a Master’s degree at the Technical University in Delft Civil Engineering in 1985. He attended interesting courses
such as Management for Profit Organizations, Strategic Business
Development, Business Strategy Course and Project Management. Furthermore
he took several short courses to improve his skills and he has
been speaker on several seminars and congresses, both nationally
and internationally.
In 1984 Herman started working at W+B Software where he was charged
with several jobs such as software development, product strategy
and sales.Since the merger of W+B Software with SCIA in 1993, he was Chief Business Officer and as from 1.1.2008 he is Chief Technical Officer. In addition, he is Project Consultancy Manager for projects in the precast industry.
Herman is a member of the Concrete Society, IABSE, CUR and is the secretay of Stumico. He is active in many international IT projects and has business and consultancy experiences in different European countries. He enjoys running, tennis and mountain biking.
Nemetschek Scia CFO & COO - Luc ibens
Luc
ibens was born in Antwerp on 30.05.1963 and is a Belgian national.
In 1990 he married Karen De Boeck, a former air hostess and together
they have two children.
He graduated in 1986 in ‘Business Administration & Science in Information Systems’ at the European University of Antwerp and one year later, he received a Master in Business Administration at the European University in Montreux, Switzerland. In 1995 he
took a Management course at the Krauthammer Institute.
He started working as an accountant at General Contractors J&E
ibens nv and was Financial Manager from 1989 until 1998. The two
following years he worked as a Financial Consultant at Peetermans
nv, a cleaning company. In 2001 he started his career at SCIA.
Since then Luc is the Finance & Administration Manager, also
Quality Manager as from 2002, Chief Financial Officer since 2003
and as from 1.1.2008 also Chief Operating Officer of Nemetschek Scia.
Luc is a member of the Flemish Management Association and enjoys all kinds of music. He likes to play tennis, but working in the garden and cooking also belong to his interests.
