34 Facts About Roel Pieper

Roland "Roel" Pieper was born on 1956, Vlaardingen, Netherlands and is a Dutch IT-entrepreneur.

Roel Pieper's father died when Pieper was 20, and on his 18th birthday he suffered a motoring accident which destroyed his sporting career as a player of the Juventus Schiedam basketball team.

Roel Pieper obtained his MSc - Ir - degree from the Delft University of Technology, 1980, in computer science.

Roel Pieper renamed the company UB Networks while it was a subsidiary of Tandem Computers.

Roel Pieper restructured UB Networks research investments into ATM technology, which was popular at the time, instead of continuing Ralph Ungermann's earlier successful investments and leadership in Ethernet technology.

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In 1996 Roel Pieper became president and CEO of Tandem Computers where he was instrumental in repositioning the company.

Roel Pieper then decided to support the invention as a private investor and later as board member, though Sloot's claimed huge compression is mathematically impossible.

In 1998, together with ex-minister of economy Hans Wijers, Roel Pieper set up Twinning, an incubator for starting entrepreneurs, particularly in the IT and especially the Internet sector.

Roel Pieper independently took part in more than 30 IT businesses all as investor and or adviser.

On 1 September 1999 Roel Pieper was appointed as a professor of Electronic Commerce, a newly created chair at the faculty of informatics and technology management of the University of Twente.

Roel Pieper ended as a professor of business administration and corporate governance at the university of Twente in 2013.

In cooperation with the Belgian authorities, Roel Pieper helped to secure information that ultimately led to the formal charging of the founders Jo Lernout and Pol Hauspie.

Roel Pieper left as Chairman of the board after the shareholders decided to appoint a new CEO and board.

In 2001, Roel Pieper entered into the board of advisors of Nearshore IT services company, Levi9 Global Sourcing and conducted a study requested by minister Tineke Netelenbos for setting up a system for road pricing, called Mobimiles.

In 2003, Roel Pieper started a new venture involving Very Light Jets, in cooperation with Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Eclipse Aviation Corporation.

Roel Pieper then took over the job of acting CEO for Eclipse Corporation at the request of the shareholders and bondholders.

Roel Pieper attempted to secure the necessary funds for this acquisition, but was unsuccessful largely due to the economic downturn, which led to several potential investors bowing out at the last moment.

The Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant reported that Roel Pieper had invested US$146 million in Eclipse through ETIRC.

Roel Pieper has two lawsuits pending on the demise of ETIRC BV.

Al Mann and Roel Pieper have subsequently settled out of court Although in a court case of 2016 there were still outstanding issues with Mann.

Roel Pieper has been held accountable by the receivership of MyGuide for the lack of an administration, a coherent strategy and inferior products.

In 2009 Roel Pieper was appointed CEO of UK-based production technology firm, Pursuit Dynamics.

Roel Pieper subsequently left the firm on 15 December 2011 as a result of a conflict with some shareholders who forced a rights issue which was announced after the company failed to meet revenue targets.

Roel Pieper resigned after the board of directors decided to support the rights issue strategy demanded by one group of shareholders.

Roel Pieper subsequently was unable to return to its full potential as the rights issue created a period of high volatility and uncertainty.

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Since 2002 the Roel Pieper family has invested in a number of high tech ventures.

Since the failure of Eclipse Aviation due to the financial crisis in 2009, most of Roel Pieper's activities have been related to the RiRo Ventures main investments.

In May 2003, Roel Pieper was target of an attack by a confused deranged man who broke into his house in Aerdenhout, and stabbed his wife who made a full recovery.

Roel Pieper publicly blamed the Dutch police as the attacker was caught trespassing on the property, including with video proof, on previous occasions.

The man who stabbed Roel Pieper's wife was convicted and sentenced to compulsory psychiatric treatment in a closed judicial institute.

Roel Pieper's father bought a small yacht called Favonius in 1974 and as a remembrance Roel Pieper always tried to use that name as part of his memories of his father.

In 2013 Roel Pieper has assisted in creating the K3 Foundation in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Roel Pieper had three sons in his first marriage, three sons in his second marriage and currently lives with his third family in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Roel Pieper's 7th son Roland Pieper Jr, was born in August 2017, in Kyiv.