Management Team | Make Technologies

Bill Bergen

President & Chief Executive Officer

Bill took the helm of Make Technologies in August 2006 to lead the company into new areas of revenue, geographic and industry growth. With more than 30 years experience, Bill has an accomplished career in the IT Industry, including serving as President of Oracle Corporation of Canada. Prior to Oracle, Bill worked for IBM Canada as a Branch Manager in British Columbia. Bill was born and raised in Saskatchewan, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan.

Wendy van Donkelaar

Chief Financial Officer

Wendy brings over 20 years technology industry experience to Make Technologies after serving as Vice-President, Finance and Operations with Apparent Networks and Director, Professional Services for Crystal Decisions in Vancouver prior to its acquisition by Business Objects. While at Crystal, Wendy led the North America Professional Services Group, serving many Fortune 500 clients such as Aetna, Citibank, Bank of America and Pepsi. During this time Crystal grew from a 110-person start-up selling developer tools to the fastest growing enterprise software company in the world with more than 1,600 employees and USD $300 million in revenue.

Charles Layton

Vice President Client Services

Charles is an IT Executive and Senior Consultant with a broad base of professional experience in building and managing consulting practices, leading projects, and advising senior management on information management strategies. During his 29 years in the IT industry, Charles has managed consulting practices for global organizations including Oracle Corporation and Ernst & Young. He has wide experience providing clients with information systems planning and analysis, program and project management and process facilitation.

Mik Lernout

Vice President Product Development

Mik has over 10 years of experience in the enterprise information space. He applies technology, methodology and team work to solve the most costly, and complex, problem facing enterprise IT right now: legacy modernization. With Make Technologies since 2005, he has built out one of the best product development teams, manages a worldwide education program and gets to roll out the most effective legacy modernization solution in the market. His talent lies in transforming technical and process innovations into elegant and practical business solutions. Prior to Make Technologies he worked in Brussels, Belgium with both Digital Age Design (now LBi Belgium) and Home Shopping Europe on enterprise content management and e-commerce projects.

Rich Cronheim

Vice President Sales

Rich is a Senior Marketing, Business development and Sales professional with 20 years experience in product positioning, marketing, sales, sales program development, and partner relationship management primarily in the enterprise software market place. Formerly from IBM and co-founder at Relativity, Rich has worked in the Enterprise Modernization space for the past 12 years where he has developed solutions for some of the top Fortune 500 companies.

Peter Lowenstein

Client Services

Peter is a Senior Business Leader with a history of success managing IT organizations, software development projects and project management offices (PMOs). He is responsible for Make Technologies’ project portfolio and delivery of selected professional services. He has defined the company’s project management estimating and tracking models and continues to evolve its project management practices, which has resulted in a remarkable success record. His 30 plus years of experience include consulting with Ernst & Young Consulting where Peter was an essential member of the management team’s Center for Business Transformation.

Ross Peters

Client Services

Ross brings IT and business acumen developed throughout his 25 years of experience in progressive environments where a profound understanding of customer service is essential. During his 12 year tenure at Insurance Cooperation of British Columbia (ICBC), Ross held various leadership positions in Claims, Internal Audit and the Information Services Division. An established CMC, Ross has successfully completed numerous consulting engagements, providing services in strategic planning, development and implementation of financial controls, risk management, and project management. He is a member of Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CAMC), completed his undergraduate degree at Simon Fraser University and holds an MBA from Royal Roads University.