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| Joost Doevelaar Joins Agoda as Chief Technology Officer  Agoda has announced the appointment of Mr. Joost Doevelaar as Chief Technology Officer Agoda Company, effective immediately. Prior to joining Agoda, Doevelaar served as CTO of MWeb (Thailand), where he was responsible for KSC, one of the largest ISPs in Asia, and Sanook.com, Thailand's largest internet portal. Doevelaar connected with Agoda in 2005 shortly after leaving MWeb - a subsidiary of Naspers - to establish his own consulting practice. In 2006, Doevelaar became a key advisor to the Agoda management team, focusing on architecture and engineering practices. Doevelaar and Agoda worked together to develop real-time systems and infrastructure, necessary to help the company compete with larger players such as Expedia and Zuji.Twenty-five years ago, Doevelaar received his first certification in COBOL programming in the Netherlands and quickly climbed the technical ladder, thanks in part to his strong hands-on programming skills. For MIH-Asia, Doevelaar spent three years at the United Broadcasting Corporation, focusing on interactive and broadband applications before being promoted to CTO of MWeb (Thailand) and heading up KSC and Sanook.com. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Computing News :: home page |