Hi! We’re The Orange Force.

Our IT Services and Consulting company (NL and US) specializes in developing enterprise software for the largest brands and manufacturers worldwide. We are passionate about helping our customers work smarter and faster with cutting-edge technology such as the Mendix low-code platform, Big Data, AI, IoT, and RFID.

Even though we bring 185+ years of experience to the table, we see technology as a means to an end, not a goal in itself. And we’re huge fans of Star Wars and D&D and proud of it.
This is our story.

Our Story

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

No wait, the year was 2023 and the location was ‘s-Hertogenbosch, a beautiful, historical city in the South of the Netherlands.

Wieke Bouten and Jeffrey Kwee, two experienced Mendix tech entrepreneurs who worked together for 12+ years at companies like Capgemini, Timeseries, and Mendix/Siemens, set out on a mission to help companies tackle their Digital Transformation challenges.

They had a long history of creating smart apps with Mendix, Big Data, AI, IoT, and RFID, and were quickly joined by their former colleagues, Mendix Experts Paul Ketelaars (one of the world’s first Mendix MVPs) and Tom Sweegers.

The TOF team put their technical skills and expertise to work to help customers Collaborate, Innovate, and Accelerate. In the year that followed, they successfully helped customers worldwide optimize and automate their business processes, which resulted in an explosive growth of the team.

The TOF Management Team was joined by Matthew Segur (MD TOF US) and experienced business and tech leaders Michel Schilt, Dirk Blaauw and Stephan Numan.

Like an orange phoenix rising from the ashes, The Orange Force was born!

About our name

  • We’re huge fans of Star Wars – The Force
  • We’re from the Netherlands and most of us used to work at another orange-colored Mendix Expert company – The Orange
  • The abbreviation for The Orange Force is ‘TOF‘, the Dutch word for ‘Cool’ – The Pun

Our Vision

Our vision is to be a global leader in creating applications that automate work and take away technical complexity for businesses, so they can focus on what they do best. We do this by inventing new solutions together with our customers, so they can see their ideas come to life. We also help our customers battle and overcome their digital challenges by supporting them with our knowledge and years of experience.

Our Mission

Our mission is to help our customers innovate, work smarter, and work more efficiently. By doing so, we hope to contribute to building a better world.

Meet Our Talented Team

Our passionate and dedicated team brings together a diverse range of skills and expertise to deliver exceptional results.
From creative visionaries to meticulous strategists, we work seamlessly together to meet and exceed our clients’ expectations.

Valentijn van Spijker

Senior Mendix Consultant
Senior Business Analyst

“Perfection is achieved not when there’s nothing left to add, but when I’ve taken away everything that makes more work for me.”

Stasja Vukojevic

Senior Mendix Consultant
UX Expert

“If you can’t find me, check the chocolate aisle.”

Julia Onclin

Marketing & Communications Manager

“Prove them wrong.”

Tom Sweegers

Senior Mendix Consultant

“Solving puzzles is not about finding the right answers, but about enjoying the journey and convincing yourself that staring at the page counts as progress.”

Matthew Segur

Entrepreneur & Executive Leader @TOF USA

“I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.”

Yves Rocourt

Learning & Development Manager, Senior Mendix Consultant, Mendix Trainer MVP

“He who laughs most, learns best.”

Larn van de Vries

Senior Mendix Consultant

“If you have room left for dessert, you didn’t have enough of the main course.”

Freek Brinkhuis

Principal Mendix/AWS Consultant, Mendix Product MVP, Architect

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Paul Ketelaars

Principal Mendix Consultant, Architect

“I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I’m all out of gum”

Dirk Blaauw

Managing Partner, Architect

“Don’t worry. If Plan A doesn’t work, there are 25 more letters in the alphabet.”

Maurits de Koning

Senior UX Designer

“Nothing is !important if everything is !important.”

Jonathan Schmitt

Principal Mendix Consultant, CTO @TOF USA

“Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you’ll land among the stars. Of course, then your eyeballs will boil and your lungs will explode from decompression, but what a story!”

Jeffrey Kwee

Managing Partner,
Mendix/Agile trainer

“Life is like a Bossche Bol. Sometimes you have to turn it around to see the path forward.”

Timna van der Horst

Senior Mendix Consultant

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Rom van Arendonk

Chief Architect

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Michel Schilt

Managing Partner

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Dennis van der Wal

Architect, Java Guru @ CodeInk

“Failure is always an option—just handle the exceptions properly.”

Evy Smit

Mendix Consultant

“Let the sunshine in.”

Ruben de Roos

Senior Mendix Consultant

“The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.” – Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Jelmer Steen

Architect, Java Guru @ CodeInk

“Making the impossible possible, one commit at a time.”

Sam Bosch

Mendix Consultant

“When in doubt, look intelligent.”

Marek Dobrzycki

Architect, Java Guru @ CodeInk

“Works on my machine… have you tried turning yours off and on again.”

Wesley van Beelen

Architect, Java Guru @ CodeInk

“A Java developer is never late. He is Just-In-Time.”

Stèphan Numan

Managing Partner

“Don’t be the same, be better.”

Marnix Puijker - Team - TOF
Marnix Puijker

Senior Mendix Consultant

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Wieke Bouten

Managing Partner

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