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About Axini

Discover our story, our team and our mission to fundamentally improve the software development world.

Born from curiosity

Axini was born from a simple but fundamental observation: important software bugs are often only discovered when changes are costly and time-consuming. This curiosity led to two core questions that are still central to everything Axini does: did we build the right thing and did we build the thing right?

From this conviction, Machiel van der Bijl and Menno Jonkers founded Axini. Their ambition was clear: enabling organizations to demonstrably improve their software. Software that functions reliably when it matters.

Axini supports organizations in delivering high-quality software on time, without compromising on quality. The test platform automatically generates smart test cases and also checks exceptional situations. This way, errors become visible early and can often be prevented.

2007

Founded

25+

Professionals

Het Axini team

Our Team

Since its founding at the end of 2007, Axini has grown into an organization with a team of more than twenty-five professionals, each with their own expertise.

The Axini team consists of ambitious people who are continuously challenging themselves and developing further, including by organizing an internal hackathon week at least twice a year.

Science & Education

The Axini platform is based on over 30 years of scientific research. Axini is very grateful to science and likes to give back by collaborating with various research groups and giving guest lectures at universities.

We support master students with graduation positions where theory and practice are combined.
Read more about our students

Our team

Meet the professionals who make Axini a success.

Mark Bebawy

Mark Bebawy

Team lead AI-team, Software engineer

Machiel van der Bijl

Machiel van der Bijl

CTO, Founder

Susan van den Broek

Susan van den Broek

Team lead Research & Education, Software engineer

Alessia Frunza

Alessia Frunza

Software engineer

Paul Ganzevoort

Paul Ganzevoort

Software engineer

Bas van den Heuvel

Bas van den Heuvel

Software engineer

Menno Jonkers

Menno Jonkers

CEO, Founder

Linda de Koter

Linda de Koter

Actuarial software engineer

Sandra Wilson

Sandra Wilson

Marketing & Social

Lars Meijer

Lars Meijer

Team lead Infra & Security, Software engineer

Aleandro Mifsud

Aleandro Mifsud

Software engineer

Ruben Reijers

Ruben Reijers

Engineering Manager, Team lead Axini Services

Tom de Ridder

Tom de Ridder

Software engineer

Joost Roordink

Joost Roordink

Software engineer

Patricia Scheeres

Patricia Scheeres

Finance

Rob Schenk

Rob Schenk

Advisory Board

David Smelt

David Smelt

Software engineer

Lucas Steehouwer

Lucas Steehouwer

Software engineer

Olivia Rodriguez Valdes

Olivia Rodriguez Valdes

Software engineer

Peter Verkade

Peter Verkade

Architect High-tech & Transport, Software engineer

Rob Verhoeven

Rob Verhoeven

Software engineer

Ivo Wever

Ivo Wever

Architect Finance, Software engineer

Ronald Wilts

Ronald Wilts

COO

Raoul Zaal

Raoul Zaal

Advisory Board

Floris Zeven

Floris Zeven

Scrum Master, Software engineer

Management Team

Both Machiel and Menno started their careers at Utopics after studying Computer Science at the University of Twente and the Vrije Universiteit respectively. Here they were active as consultants at government institutions, financial institutions and high-tech companies.

Management Team - Machiel van der Bijl, Menno Jonkers en Ronald Wilts

Machiel van der Bijl

Co-founder

After his PhD in model-based testing, Machiel wanted to bridge the gap between theory and practice by putting 30 years of science into practice.

Ronald Wilts

Management Team

After a long career at Achmea, he joined the team in 2018 with his business background and experience as a customer of Axini.

Menno Jonkers

Co-founder

After a CTO role at Tryllian and various consulting assignments, Menno was ready to build something meaningful.