Chief Executive Officer

Rob Dorpmans ( May 1st 1957 ) joined PEPC in October 2002. After graduating in Business Administration in 1980 (Nijenrode, Business School, The Netherlands) Mr. Dorpmans held various sales positions at Burroughs Computers/Unisys Computers. In 1987 Mr. Dorpmans became Marketing & Sales Director of the Media Information Group offering products and services to the publishing and printing industry. Subsequently, Mr. Dorpmans became responsible for the financial market at Stratus Computers.

In 1994 Mr. Dorpmans was hired by Banyan Systems to build the Benelux sales organization. Being promoted to the position of country manager for North West Europe, Mr. Dorpmans was responsible for overall activities in the Benelux, the UK, France and Spain. The last two years Mr. Dorpmans taught Management & organization and Strategic Marketing Management at two educational institutes in The Netherlands.

PEPC, acronym for Publishers Electronic Printing Concept, was founded in December 1999 by a group of five young successful Dutch businessmen. They devised a plan to sell newspapers from a self-contained printing kiosk. This machine would download and print the latest editions of newspapers from around the world.

After intensive research from international marketing specialists and technical assistance from IBM, PEPC, financed by private investors, developed several prototype machines. Publishers sent test files to a control center in Amsterdam. Once received, PEPC transmitted these files to the prototype machines via satellite. The experiment worked!

The next step was to set up a virtual private network system to collect operational and financial data from each machine.

The initial group of five, assisted by subcontractors, developers and system-management employees further developed the hardware, software and infrastructure satellite network. By the end of 2000, PEPC moved its headquarter and Control Center from Amsterdam to The Hague.

By mid 2001, PEPC completed the development and field-testing of all PEPC machines, now known as PRESSPOiNT™. The company grew to 40 employees, and renamed itself PEPC Worldwide.

Chief Executive Officer

Raoul Maphar is one of the founding members of PEPC Worldwide.
As from late 1999 Mr. Maphar has focused full time on the development of the business concept and later the foundation of PEPC Worldwide.

Prior to the foundation of PEPC Worldwide Mr. Maphar worked as a Marketing and Communication Consultant for Winkelman & van Hessen in the Netherlands. At Winkelman & van Hessen he focused on developing marketing, product positioning, business plans and growth strategies for startup technology companies.

Raoul Maphar is a graduate at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with a law degree and a specialization in Business Law.

Mr. Maphar has a strong understanding of Internet technologies, electronic commerce and marketing and communication strategies.

Chief Financial Officer

Niels Reijers (41) is a legal and fiscal lawyer. He obtained his master in Civil law in 1988 at the University of Utrecht. In 1989 Niels obtained his master in Fiscal Law at the University of Amsterdam. After graduation he worked as a tax lawyer at KPMG Meijburg & Co Amsterdam for 10 years. In 1999 Niels left KPMG and became partner of a specialist private equity advisor, where he was responsible for developing the venture capital department. At this firm Niels also acted as in-house legal and fiscal advisor regarding structured finance transactions. Niels has an extensive network in, and knowledge of, the venture capital “world”.

During 2001 he was appointed as CFO for PEPC Worldwide NV.

PEPC Worldwide, a holding company headquartered in the Netherlands, owns 100% of: PEPC International, PEPC Systems Hong Kong, PEPC Systems Netherlands and PEPC Systems America.

PEPC International

PEPC International has a “central nervous system” called PEPC’s Control Center and is operationally divided into three distinct segments:

PEPC International provides a Global Private Virtual Network. Via this network content distribution and a worldwide central financial clearing service, taking care off all payment transactions, are handled. To facilitate and preserve the newspaper network, PEPC International has assigned two content-directors who build and maintain relationships with publishers.

PEPC Systems

PEPC Systems is operationally divided into three geographic regions: EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Americas (North, Central and South America) and Australasia (Australia and Asia). A Sales Manager oversees each region and is responsible for all on-going PRESSPOINT™* activity. The Sales Manager’s main focus is to establish an Official PEPC Dealer Network. The selected Official PEPC Dealers are responsible for the location, development and maintenance of high traffic venues in their designated area.

Managing Director – PEPC Systems

Steve Mannen (42) was directly involved in the development of the company PEPC from the very beginning in 1998. In addition to his electronics training background, he brings to PEPC an extensive experience and knowledge in the field of business and project management, industrial production and international business.

From 1977 until 1985 Mr. Mannen was active as music producer and managing director of the European division of an American independent record company. In 1985 he founded his own company: International Business Consultants (IBC). As CEO of IBC he was directly involved in the development of various technology based export management, industrial production, (inter)national partner search and joint-venture projects.

From 1990 until 2001, Mr. Mannen, was determined to exclusively focus on projects that could contribute to the rehabilitation of the deplorable economic and social climate of the Republic of Suriname, his country of birth. His efforts resulted in the development of a master economic recovery plan published in 1992 as “A New View On A Favorable Economy For Suriname”, which describes a specific business structure for international joint ventures focusing on infrastructural projects, the exploitation of natural resources like oil, gold, timber and bamboo.

As of May 2001, Mr. Mannen has been fully devoted to the product development and operations of the PEPC group of companies.

PEPC Worldwide aims to set the global standard for digitally distributed aggregated content from influential newspapers around the world. Through proprietary software and a Private Multicast Satellite Network, PEPC has created a worldwide distribution “highway” for electronic data. Capable of transferring hundreds of files to any corner of the world, PEPC positions itself as the global distributor of content in any print or digital format.

PEPC utilizes the latest technology and a worldwide system of self-contained on-demand printing kiosks called PRESSPOiNTS*. These PRESSPOiNTS* provide global travelers, international corporate executives and expatriates with the latest editions of their newspapers. Located at upscale venues such as hotels, cruise lines, and international airports, PRESSPOiNTS* will bring a ‘touch of home’.
Serviced by a network of Official PEPC Dealers, PRESSPOiNTS* will be continually monitored thus assuring their optimum working condition. Besides the installment of the PRESSPOiNTS*, Official PEPC Dealers offer a wide array of services varying from delivering the PRESSPOiNT™* paper and toner to PEPC receiving equipment.

Presently, PEPC Worldwide partners with publishers and upscale locations in order to service the international traveler. In the near future, PEPC aims to expand its relationships to include embassies, universities and international corporations. PEPC’s Global Private Multicast Network offers any company, organization or institution the possibility to transfer information and content in various formats to any and all points around the world quickly, safely and economically.