People
Mees Lodder is corporate CEO. Mr Lodder was principle to the creation and organization of
the corporation and continues to act in a role of overseeing growth and extension of the brand.
Mees continues to evolve the technical cooling apparatus with Pedro Matser who is Director of
Engineering, Marcel van Dijk who is responsible for the design, Wout Schaap heads up project delivery and
Cees Prins who oversees the controls development process.
Mees Lodder is an MSc Engineering Graduate of Delft University. Mees focused his attention on
data center cooling in 2001. As a Data Center Operations manager for Getronics he initiated a
drive to optimize data center design through sound scientific methods. Subsequent to this KyotoCooling
was commercialized. Mr Lodder quickly established himself as leader and visionary, guiding the company
through its formative stages. KyotoCooling has reached the public stage largely due to Mees' worldwide
travels and presentations. A frequent speaker at public conferences and private symposia, Mees is a
recognized figure among data center professionals. Mees is also a co-owner of Uptime Technology, a
Netherlands based consulting organization.
Pedro Matser holds an Engineering Degree from Zeevaartschool, Delfzijl. Pedro is a principal at
Horos-Klimaattechniek BV, a custom air handler OEM supplier. Pedro has over 20 years of practical
mechanical engineering experience. Pedro has been principle to the system specification process
and partner subcomponent selection processes. Pedro is Director of Engineering and has absolute
knowledge of all aspects of the theory and practice of KyotoCooling delivery. With practical delivery
expertise in many challenging and unusual situations, Pedro brings a wealth of knowledge and experience
to the group.
Marcel van Dijk holds an Electrical Engineering Degree (BSc) from Hogeschool Rotterdam and is responsible
for the custom made datacenter design within the company. Marcel brings a strong industrial design and
engineering background of over 13 years prior to turning his attention to data centers. Marcel has a wealth of
expertise in mission critical applications that are nonstop by design. As co-owner of UpTime Technology,
Marcel has strong management consulting experience in the data center field.
Wout Schaap is directly involved in hands-on KyotoCooling project management and delivery Wout implemented
the successful live conversion of the Getronics Pink Roccade site under project "Don't Stop". Wout went on
to manage Apeldoorn, Lelystad, and Rotterdam installations. Wout regularly integrates KyotoCooling
internationally. Wout is a skilled mechanical engineering technologist, a detail oriented project manager
and a resourceful expert in solving field level implementation issues in real time. Wout provides assistance
in design services to our Engineering Group ensuring "as planned is as built".
Cees Prins is responsible for the controls development process within the company.
As a key contributor to the maturation of KyotoCooling controls and the third generation extensions
to the architecture, Cees is providing continued leadership in the extension of the KyotoCooling
solution.
