What makes Thomas Werkhoven's position within our organization unique and why was he recently appointed director and co-shareholder of Exsion365? Thomas has a long-standing collaboration with our organization, which started when he was still a customer*. He already gave us valuable advice back then to create the reports he needed as Group Business Controller of a large construction and real estate company. 

Developing from practical experience

Thomas has personally experienced that good software can make the difference in his role. He has felt involved in making the product even better and adapting it to new customer demands. Through the intensive collaboration, he has not only connected with the product, but also with the people behind the software. This long-term and involved relationship makes his appointment as director and co-shareholder particularly logical and valuable for our company.  

Keep raising the bar

Thomas is proud of what the team has achieved with Exsion365 and says: “At the end of 2022, Alfred van Duren asked me to join Exsion as Managing Consultant. A wonderful opportunity that I felt comfortable with, partly because I had already worked intensively with the team, resulting in me winning the Exsion Innovation Award in 2018. In recent months, we have significantly expanded the team with specialists who work with Exsion 365 on a daily basis and provide valuable input to further optimize our cloud software. It is in my nature to keep raising the bar and to investigate together whether it can be done even better. As a customer, you don't want to have to wait 20 seconds for software that is used for calculations. Results must be available at lightning speed at the touch of a button, and that is something I already had in 2018 when I sat next to product developers with a stopwatch: can it be done even better?” 

The result counts

In many situations, cloud solutions cause delays compared to on-premise, because data has to be transported over the internet. But that does not apply to Exsion365: “We have built a stable cloud solution that is faster than on-premise systems of competitors. But there is something else to say about speed. 'Raising the bar' also meant that we ensured that Exsion 365 can be installed in just a few minutes. As a result, consultants working for our partners were able to show the software to end users much faster. It resulted in a huge number of new orders for us.” 

Thomas's ambition

The Exsion365 Business Reporting tool has proven to be so powerful that it deserves a separate organization and management attention at home and abroad, separate from HB Software BV. Thomas concludes: “My ambition is to conquer the world with Exsion. We are already in talks in Germany, England, France, Sweden and Portugal and we have translated Exsion to further strengthen our international strategy. Together we are building a dynamic international team. This team will combine the strengths of our successful Dutch team with the rich perspectives and expertise from all over the world.”

Some challenges Exsion365 controllers help with

• Export data from Dynamics Business Central to Excel: Controllers don’t need to hire expensive consultants or use complicated tools like PowerBI to export data to Excel. Exsion makes this process affordable, easy, and efficient.
• Data Combination and Reporting: Combining data from different screens in Business Central is difficult. Exsion enables users to easily select and download data for comprehensive reporting.
• Data Refresh Efficiency: Instead of manually cutting and pasting to update data, controllers can keep reports up to date with a single click of the Refresh button, saving time and reducing error.
• *If you wish, you can read more about it in this blog.