OUR TEAM
Benelux
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DutchHOEFFNAGEL Robbert
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BelgianSOETAERT Sammy
HOEFFNAGEL Robbert
Dutch
Benelux Country Manager
For over 25 years Robbert Hoeffnagel has been actively involved in the IT and manufacturing industry – as a journalist, an editor and as a PR and content consultant. He writes articles, blogs and columns on important technology trends. But he also advises companies in areas like technology trends, marketing and brand positioning. He is also a moderator and speaker at tech conferences and customer events.
r.hoeffnagelmepax.com
SOETAERT Sammy
Belgian
Benelux Project Manager
s.soetaertmepax.com
Brazil
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BrazilianBRUIN PEREIRA Sílvia
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ArgentinianSCODELLER Martin
BRUIN PEREIRA Sílvia
Brazilian
Brazil Project Manager + Local Editor
Has degree in Journalism and Public Relations, and has extensive experience in technical publications, especially in the industrial area. As a brazilian, she is native in Portuguese and fluent in English. She is responsible of the Brazilian market: press events, local editing, PR translation and customer following up.
s.bruin-pereiramepax.com
SCODELLER Martin
Argentinian
Project Manager
Martin has graduated with a degree in Business Administration and a diploma in Economics. Martin previously worked in management positions in construction firms and was responsible for personel training and development. Martin is Argentinian; he is a native Spanish speaker and has a strong command of English and Portuguese. He is responsible for maintaining media relations and clients presence in South America.
m.scodellermepax.com
Bulgaria
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BulgarianDIMITROVA Amelia
DIMITROVA Amelia
Bulgarian
Bulgaria Project Manager
a.dimitrovamepax.com
China
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ChineseLI Gloria – 李小颖
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ChineseLI Liz – 李敏
LI Gloria – 李小颖
Chinese
China Country Manager
Gloria manages Mepax´s Chinese office. She holds a Journalism degree and is responsible for Mepax’s Key Accounts in China. She has an extensive experience in the fields of industrial media, B2B and exhibitions. She has worked as an editor/industrial research manager, an exhibition promotion executive and a translator. She is native in Chinese, fluent in English.
g.limepax.com
LI Liz – 李敏
Chinese
China Project Manager
l.limepax.com
Czech Republic
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CzechBARTOSIK Petr
BARTOSIK Petr
Czech
Local Editor
p.bartosikmepax.com
France
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FrenchAHOSSI Manu
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FrenchBELGNAOUI Youssef
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French-GermanCLASS Romain
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FrenchCORRIC Bruno
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FrenchRESPINGUE Marie
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FrenchVERGUET Christophe
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FrenchVERNAY Emmanuel
AHOSSI Manu
French
France Country Manager
Manu holds a Business Management degree and has an extensive experience as key account manager and team leader. He is fluent in French and Spanish with intermediate skills in English. He is responsible for media following up in France and Africa.
e.ahossimepax.com
BELGNAOUI Youssef
French
Local Editor
Graducted in engineering, Youssef is now journalist in the industrial and IT fields. Youssef works with several professional magazines : Le Moniteur, Contrôles Essais Mesures, Emballage Digest, Machpro, Cetim Infos, Actutem.com. He also edits text for Mepax in the following sectors : instrumentation, vision, automation, industrial IT, process control, Building management, packaging, logistics, handling.
With an experience of 20 years as a journalist for Industrie & Technologies, and then Editor in Chief of the magazine Mesures, Youssef understands very well the customers’ technology and market in order to write synthetic text explaining clearly their strong points and know-how.
y.belgnaouimepax.com
CLASS Romain
French-German
Management
MEPAX co-founder with an engineering degree, responsible for business development, strategic marketing consulting and process optimization. He is native in French, fluent in English and German. Romain founded with Sofiane their first communication agency for the industrial market in 1992.
r.classmepax.com
CORRIC Bruno
French
France Project Manager
A Mechanical and Electromechanical Engineer, Bruno is also a journalist for industrial markets and works for several trade magazines: Machines Production, Métal Industrie, Equip Prod etc. He has 35 years of experience in industry, including 10 years as press officer for industrial clients. Bruno always writes concise, clear copy that shows off your products in their best light. His native language is French, he speaks English at a professional level.
b.corricmepax.com
RESPINGUE Marie
French
France Project Manager
With a B. A. in Literature and a Masters in Communication from ISCOM, Marie has multi disciplinary skills. She acquired her expertise in technical writing from working over the last 10 years for OAC, where she was in charge of press relations and content editing, as well as developing customer communication strategies. At Mepax she is responsible for these same functions as consultant project manager. Her native language is French, she speaks English at a professional level.
m.respinguemepax.com
VERGUET Christophe
French
Media Planner France
Christophe initially started out in media. His career then moved rapidly into communication and advertising. Working for a series of agencies, he handled media consulting and space buying for a large number of electronics, high-tech and industry clients. He then became Commercial Director of OAC, a French agency in the Business-to-Business sector. He also assists customers in the field of digital and social media, to provide diversification and return on investment (ROI) for their business. His native language is French, he speaks English at a professional level.
c.verguetmepax.com
VERNAY Emmanuel
French
Country & Quality Manager
Manu is graduated in Economics from the Sorbonne, holds a Business Management degree and a Master degree in Financial Markets. Manu previously worked as a fund manager, and sales derivative, before succeeding in Poker as a professional player. French native speaker, he is fluent in English and speaks Spanish at a professional level. At Mepax he serves as Project and Quality Manager.
e.vernaymepax.com
Germany
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ItalianPREARO Oliver
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GermanSCHEFFELS Gerald
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GermanSCHNEIDER Michael
PREARO Oliver
Italian
Germany Country Manager
Oliver studied economics and computer science in Italy, where he also worked as an IT assistant. He is Italian, with an Italian father and German speaking mother. Since he arrived in Spain, Oliver worked as a Marketing Sales Consultant for several companies in different sectors such as Iberdrola (electricity), Telefonica and Endesa (gas). He worked for 5 years in administration, logistics, purchasing and product sales, customer service, finance, insider training, claims at San Lucar, an agricultural fruit and vegetable German company, with subsidiaries in countries such as Austria and Germany. After Oliver was Product maker and Logistic maker for 2 years, as well as Finance and Assistant maker for another fruit and vegetable trading company from Spain, exporting to Austria, Germany, Eastern Europe and UK. Oliver has also done market analysis trends and possible promotions as well as customer service, innovation and development projects and process improvements.
o.prearomepax.com
SCHEFFELS Gerald
German
Germany Project Manager + Local Editor
Gerald has studied German language and literature and works as free-lance journalist for specialist media and B2B-customers. Gerald writes articles, press releases, application stories, whitepapers… Gerald is native in German, fluent in English, with basic skills in French.
g.scheffelsmepax.com
SCHNEIDER Michael
German
Sales – Germany
Michael Schneider has been working as a press and media consultant in industrial markets for more than 25 years, managing companies and networks in the areas of press and public relations, as well as in advertising planning and processing. His native language is German.
m.schneidermepax.com
Hungary
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HungarianMOLNAR László
MOLNAR László
Hungarian
Hungary Country Manager
l.molnarmepax.com
India
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IndianD’SILVA Anita
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IndianD’SILVA Milton
D’SILVA Anita
Indian
India Project Manager
Anita has been working for Mepax for 5 years doing text editing, media monitoring and journalist following up. She is a graphic designer and trained commercial artist. She has worked in the past as a designer with a toy manufacturing firm and is also presently engaged in fabric painting for various boutiques. She is fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi.
a.dsilvamepax.com
D’SILVA Milton
Indian
India Local Editor
Based Mumbai Area, India, Milton follows our local customers.
He is the former editor of Industrial Product Finder, the well-known Indian magazine.
m.dsilvamepax.com
Italy
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ItalianALESSANDRONI Valerio
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ItalianBELLINTANI Elisa
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ItalianCAZZANI Stefano
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ItalianFIGURA Elena
ALESSANDRONI Valerio
Italian
Italy Project Manager + Local Editor
Graduated in Electronic Engineering, Valerio has a long experience both as an educator and a technical writer, having also founded some of the main Italian magazines on Industrial Automation and Fieldbus Technology. Native in Italian, he is fluent in English.
v.alessandronimepax.com
BELLINTANI Elisa
Italian
Italy Project Manager
Elisa has a decade-long competence in media relations and content providing to the press, which comes along with an experience as journalist and collaborator, knowing hence how to deal successfully with both customers and editors. After her studies in English language, she started working for an online magazine, then print, and is now dedicating her writing and communications skills to promoting companies in the Factory Automation, IT, Metalworking and Machine Tool business. Native Italian speaker, she is fluent in English and has a good command of both French and Russian.
e.bellintanimepax.com
CAZZANI Stefano
Italian
Italy Project Manager
Graduated in electronics engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Stefano has a multi-decade experience as a technical journalist and editor, covering electronics, telecommunications, test & measurement and factory automation. Started as a proofreader in the typesetting era, he is now managing content creation for online projects and social networks activities on behalf of clients. Native Italian speaker, he is fluent in English and has basic knowledge of German.
s.cazzanimepax.com
FIGURA Elena
Italian
Italy Country Manager
Elena has a degree in electronic engineering. After starting as technical engineer working in high technology research, she moved into activities more focussed toward sales, customer care, orientation and satisfaction, working always in strict relation with the client. Fluent in Italian and Spanish with advanced skills in English, she is responsible for media follow-up in Italy.
e.figuramepax.com
Japan
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JapaneseKANEHARA Yoshi – 金原 良隆
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JapaneseMATSUO Kumiko – 松尾 久美子
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JapaneseTSUDA Kenji – 津 建二
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JapaneseYAGYU Shinsuke – 矢生 晋介
KANEHARA Yoshi – 金原 良隆
Japanese
Japan Country Manager
With, over 20 years of experience as a business consultant and a translator/interpreter, Yoshi will support our local customers in Japan. Yoshi is native in Japanese, and fluent in English.
y.kaneharamepax.com
MATSUO Kumiko – 松尾 久美子
Japanese
Project Manager
Japanese Key Account Manager. She is responsible for business expansion in Japan and media following-up for the Asia Pacific market. Native in Japanese, fluent in Spanish and has full professional skills in English.
k.matsuomepax.com
TSUDA Kenji – 津 建二
Japanese
Japan Project Manager + Local Editor
k.tsudamepax.com
YAGYU Shinsuke – 矢生 晋介
Japanese
Japan Project Manager + Local Editor
Shinsuke holds a Master in Engineering. He has extensive experience and knowledge in the field of technology through the previous works as an engineer in a machine tool builder’s R&D department and as a researcher in a university’s science and technology faculty. Shinsuke is responsible for translating and text editing. He is native in Japanese and has professional skills in English.
s.yagyumepax.com
Korea
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KoreanCHOE Chihyun – 최 지현
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KoreanJIN Jade – 진선옥
CHOE Chihyun – 최 지현
Korean
Korea Project Manager
Chihyun has extensive experience working with media relations programs, public affairs and managing events for international companies and organizations in Korea over a period of 9 years. She specializes in market research, PR strategic consulting, corporate/consumer communications and digital marketing and has developed engaging media materials, promoting initiatives to media and coordinating events. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science & Diplomacy with a double major in Economics in South Korea and a master in International Communications in UK.
c.choemepax.com
JIN Jade – 진선옥
Korean
Korea Project Manager + Local Editor
Jade had been working as a journalist over 20 years in the korean electronics industry. She was Editor-in-Chief in Nikkei Electronics Korea, Semiconductor Network, EDN Korea and worked as a senior editor in Electronics Parts & Component. Now she manages the online media, All4Chip and also provides PR activities and marketing development service to several companies.
j.jinmepax.com
Mexico
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MexicanMURIS Iker
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MexicanSANTOYO Kathya
MURIS Iker
Mexican
Digital Media & Social Media Manager
Iker is a networking engineer originally from Mexico who has been working in online multimedia for 20 years. He is an expert in Media Development, Mobile Marketing Solutions, Community Management, Video Production, Photography, and Social, New Media. He has freelanced for companies in the USA, Mexico and Europe as a web developer and designer as well as a photography and video producer.
i.murismepax.com
SANTOYO Kathya
Mexican
Mexico Project Manager + Local Editor
Majored in communications and focused on journalism; she has dedicated her career to developing industrial and technical magazines in Mexico. She is passionate about languages and spreading knowledge; as such, she has been working with Mepax for about three years, making stories about local successful applications, as well as translating outstanding ones worldwide. She is native in Spanish, fluent in English, and learning German.
k.santoyomepax.com
Middle-East Africa
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French
AHOSSI Manu
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LebaneseBAZERBACHI Nessren
AHOSSI Manu
French
France Country Manager
Manu holds a Business Management degree and has an extensive experience as key account manager and team leader. He is fluent in French and Spanish with intermediate skills in English. He is responsible for media following up in France and Africa.
e.ahossimepax.com
BAZERBACHI Nessren
Lebanese
Middle East Area Manager
Has a degree in Biochemistry and Computer Science with a strong background in management achieved from working for several consumer product firms in Nigeria. She is fluent is Arabic and English with intermediate knowledge in Spanish. She fosters business opportunities and liaises with media in the Middle East.
n.bazerbachimepax.com
Nordic Countries
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French
AHOSSI Manu
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SwedishKARLEBO Stefan
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SwedishREITMAIER Jessica
AHOSSI Manu
French
France Country Manager
Manu holds a Business Management degree and has an extensive experience as key account manager and team leader. He is fluent in French and Spanish with intermediate skills in English. He is responsible for media following up in France and Africa.
e.ahossimepax.com
KARLEBO Stefan
Swedish
Sweden Project Manager + Local Editor
Stefan Karlebo has a background as journalist and editor-in-chief for Computer Sweden, one of the leading IT papers in Scandinavia, and has also been working as a journalist and editor for different papers and magazines in the IT and Industrial sector, for example Unifocus, Datakonsulten, IT-chefen, Datatrend, IndustriAktuellt and ProduktAktuellt. Stefan has also worked as PR consultant for agencies such as BNL Information and Media-Access AB. Other careers include press officer and marketing manager at the IT company Jet Data in Stockholm and also as college teacher of business administration.
s.karlebomepax.com
REITMAIER Jessica
Swedish
Sweden Country Manager
Over 25 years of experience and a long track record developing and executing marketing strategies and communication plans in an international B2B environment at an industry leader within the climate and energy sector. A passionate communicator and innovative problem solver helping industry leaders increase customer loyalty and brand reputation through business, market understanding and customer orientation. Native in Swedish and Spanish, fluent in English and Dutch and with a basic knowledge of Danish and Norwegian.
j.reitmaiermepax.com
North Africa
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MoroccanBENIS Rita
BENIS Rita
Moroccan
North Africa Project Manager
Rita is recently graduated from an Executive MBA of a major business school, with an advanced certificate in “Leading Digital Transformation”. With most of her career in marketing and communications and in several industries, Rita is, everytime, thrilled by taking up the challenge of designing a marketing& communications plan, its organization and to manage it to success. She has also a strong experience in sales and in Customer Relationship Management. Fluent in French and English, she can have a multicultural and multidisciplinary approach to any project – with the constant goal of adding value & creating performance.
r.benismepax.com
Poland
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PolishTYC Agnieszka
TYC Agnieszka
Polish
Poland Project Manager + Local Editor
Agnieszka is graduated with a degree in Business Administration and a diploma in Economics. She works as editor-in-chief of the industry magazine “Powder & Bulk” in Poland. She is fluent in English and German and she translates technical texts from English into Polish in various fields of industry.
a.tycmepax.com
Romania
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RomanianIANCU Marius
IANCU Marius
Romanian
Local Editor
Marius is graduated in Letters from the University of Bucharest. Also holds a Master degree in Letters at the same university and a degree in Marketing. He has worked as an editor-in-chief for two Romanian B2B magazines. Marius is an experienced editor with an in-depth knowledge of the European construction machinery industry, technology, engineering, automotive and building materials. With numerous articles published in recent years, he also has experience in translating technical articles from English into Romanian.
m.iancumepax.com
Russia
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RussianUSTINOVA Olga
USTINOVA Olga
Russian
Russia Country Manager
Olga started her career as a teacher, then devoted 25 years to marketing communications. She worked in multinational companies and advertising agencies based in Moscow, and also has expierience in developing her own company. Native Russian, fluent in English.
o.ustinovamepax.com
Spain
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SpanishDE PABLOS Maria
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FrenchJEDIDI Sofiane
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SpanishMUTTO Laura
DE PABLOS Maria
Spanish
Spain Country Manager
Maria holds a degree in Advertising and Public Relations with a Master in Marketing. She has got an extensive international experience while working as a head of marketing strategy and as an events coordinator and translator in several countries. She is fluent in Spanish, English, and German and serves as Mepax´s Community Manager.
m.depablosmepax.com
JEDIDI Sofiane
French
Management
MEPAX co-founder with an engineering degree, responsible for business development, strategic marketing consulting and process optimization. Native in French, fluent in English, he has professional skills in German and Spanish. Sofiane founded with Romain their first communication agency for the industrial market in 1992.
s.jedidimepax.com
MUTTO Laura
Spanish
Chief Administrative Officer
With a degree in secretarial studies in German/English languages Laura has worked for a diverse range of companies in Argentina and Spain. She also studied psychology at the University of Buenos Aires and is fluent in Spanish, with advanced skills in English and German. Laura is responsible for all administrative tasks: accounting, invoices, magazine subscriptions, international event and meeting trips.
l.muttomepax.com
Taiwan
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TaiwaneseHO Colleen – 何斐雯
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TaiwaneseLIN Lydia – 林麗貞
HO Colleen – 何斐雯
Taiwanese
Taiwan Area Manager
Colleen has a strong background in strategic planning for corporate and brand communications, with Europe and Greater China experience. Former Delta Electronics EMEA region Senior Communications Manager and Ben-Q Corporate Communications Manager, She is the Mepax country manager for Taiwan.
c.homepax.com
LIN Lydia – 林麗貞
Taiwanese
Taiwan Project Manager
For nearly two decades, Lydia has worked as a PR/Marcom professional for multinational companies as diverse as IBM, BenQ, DHL and Pioneer, with both in-house and agency-side experience. During her career, she has dedicated over 15 years to Taiwan’s information industry, gaining strong knowledge of and insightful perspectives on the hi-tech sector’s business ecosystem on the island. Her specialties include brand/corporate communications, marketing communications, leads generations, customer loyalty programs, media relations and event management. Lydia is native in Traditional Mandarin and fluent in English.
l.linmepax.com
Thailand
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ThaiKEOWAMRAT Pissanuwat
KEOWAMRAT Pissanuwat
Thai
Thailand Local Editor
Has a degree in Physics and an experience of two decades in manufacturing, covering the electronics (EMS) and steel fabrication business. He has written over 100 technical articles published in industrial magazines over the course of three years -covering machine tools, manufacturing, industrial tradeshows and related economic and business issues. Additionally he has five years experience in translation from English to Thai and vice-versa in various disciplines, including technical, industrial and business etc.
p.keowamratmepax.com
Turkey
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TurkishBILGIHAN Hakan
BILGIHAN Hakan
Turkish
Turkey Country Manager
Having degrees in mechanical engineering and economics, Hakan worked in diverse range of work branches for years, from video/2D&3D animation to engineering related fields and translation. At the moment, he conducts foreign trade relationships. He’s fluent in English, intermediate in German and Spanish, with Turkish as native language. Hakan is at the same time, a cartoonist.
h.bilgihanmepax.com
United Kingdom
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BritishGORDON Lucy
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BritishPALMER Eddie
GORDON Lucy
British
UK Project Manager
Lucy graduated with a degree in Psychology and comes from a Project Management background. She has extensive experience of client management, project governance and delivering technology based business change initiatives. She has worked for a variety of companies including UK central Government, tech start-ups Skype Technologies and King, and London based media companies ITV Plc and Aimia Inc. Lucy is native English with intermediate Spanish skills. She serves as Mepax’s Project Manager for the UK.
l.gordonmepax.com
PALMER Eddie
British
UK Project Manager
An engineer with over 30 years sales, applications and technical marketing experience in automation, high-tech and motion control, Eddie writes clear and concise press release and application articles as well as provide media publishing services and advertising campaign management. With his own technical marketing company, which is now owned by Mepax, he has developed a strong network of UK and international clients over 15 years – and now eagerly looks forward to delivering a great service to new and existing Mepax customers in the UK.
e.palmermepax.com
USA
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AmericanHARDALOUPAS Anna
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AmericanPOWERS Jim
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FrenchXUEREB Thierry
HARDALOUPAS Anna
American
USA Country Manager
Holds a degree in Classics and has worked for a diverse range of companies in the USA, Portugal, and Spain. She is fluent in English, Greek with advanced skills in Spanish. She implements strategies to foster new business opportunities and expand the client base in the United States.
a.hardaloupasmepax.com
POWERS Jim
American
Media Planner USA
Jim is Business-to-business media expert focused on providing high value unique content on user’s terms while delivering measurable ROI for marketers.
j.powersmepax.com
XUEREB Thierry
French
Graphic Design Manager
Thierry is in charge of photography and graphic design. He has previously worked as artistic director of several communication agencies, creating the corporate identity of numerous leading industrial firms. He acquired a real know-how in the production of a wide variety of media: photography, exhibition panels, posters, flyers, print ads, brochures, graphic charters, and books. Native in French, he is fluent in Spanish with a strong command of English.
t.xuerebmepax.com
Field Managers
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FrenchBOUQUET Mathieu
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FrenchCLASS Delphine
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LebaneseEL GHADBAN Fadi
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FrenchMATHIEU Jean
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Mexican
MURIS Iker
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French
VERNAY Emmanuel
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French
XUEREB Thierry
BOUQUET Mathieu
French
IT Developement
Maintains the Mepax ERP system and develops regularly additional advanced features. Native French, you can send him messages using Cold Fusion, ASP, php, HTML, FBML, css, JavaScript, java, jQuery, SQL, xml, rss, noSQL or database systems such as MsSQL server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Access, PostgreSQL, Transact-SQL.
CLASS Delphine
French
Chief Financial Officer
Graduated in law from the Assas University, Delphine takes care of the accounting module of the Mepax ERP as well as suppliers payment. Native in French, Delphine speaks fluent English.
d.classmepax.com
EL GHADBAN Fadi
Lebanese
Marketing Analysis
Fadi studied civil engineering, has a strong background in many industrial fields. He speaks Arabic, English with intermediate knowledge in Spanish. He has worked as project Manager in civil construction companies in Nigeria. He currently works for Mepax for Marketing studies and databases improvement.
f.elghadbanmepax.com
MATHIEU Jean
French
IT Consultant
j.mathieumepax.com
MURIS Iker
Mexican
Digital Media & Social Media Manager
Iker is a networking engineer originally from Mexico who has been working in online multimedia for 20 years. He is an expert in Media Development, Mobile Marketing Solutions, Community Management, Video Production, Photography, and Social, New Media. He has freelanced for companies in the USA, Mexico and Europe as a web developer and designer as well as a photography and video producer.
i.murismepax.com
VERNAY Emmanuel
French
Country & Quality Manager
Manu is graduated in Economics from the Sorbonne, holds a Business Management degree and a Master degree in Financial Markets. Manu previously worked as a fund manager, and sales derivative, before succeeding in Poker as a professional player. French native speaker, he is fluent in English and speaks Spanish at a professional level. At Mepax he serves as Project and Quality Manager.
e.vernaymepax.com
XUEREB Thierry
French
Graphic Design Manager
Thierry is in charge of photography and graphic design. He has previously worked as artistic director of several communication agencies, creating the corporate identity of numerous leading industrial firms. He acquired a real know-how in the production of a wide variety of media: photography, exhibition panels, posters, flyers, print ads, brochures, graphic charters, and books. Native in French, he is fluent in Spanish with a strong command of English.
t.xuerebmepax.com