--- title: The team description: "The team behind RUAL: developers, consultants and designers in Brummen. No account managers in between, you talk directly to whoever builds your system." url: "https://rual.nl/en/team" locale: en alternate: "https://rual.nl/team" updated: 2026-08-03 source: "https://rual.nl" --- # The people you can just pick up the phone and call. RUAL has been around since 2010 and has grown into a team of 25 specialists: developers, consultants and designers. Small enough to know each other, big enough to build everything ourselves. [Book an intro call](https://rual.nl/en/demo) [See our office](https://rual.nl/en/about-us) - **2010** since - **25** specialists - **1** office, in Brummen ## Executive team On board from the start, and still the ones you get on the phone. ### René van Sweeden Managing Partner, Engineering Founded RUAL and still sets the technical direction. Decides where the platform goes next, keeps producing new concepts, and has a sharp eye for architectures that last for years. #### What to call René about - The architecture of Core and the big technical decisions - New platform concepts and prototypes - The long run: systems that still make sense in ten years An inventor more than a networker. Behind a desk far more often than on a stage. ### Dominique Henkes Senior Partner, Engineering Watches over the health of every customer environment and of our own infrastructure, assesses new technology before it reaches customers, and coaches the younger engineers. #### What to call Dominique about - Customer operations and the health of every environment - Assessing and introducing new technology - Coaching the engineering team Good chance you will run into this colleague on site or at a local event. ### Jasper van der Wulp Junior Partner, Engineering Turns complex challenges into working solutions, guides customer projects and contributes to the platform roadmap. Also leads the technical support team and coordinates the communication around platform changes. #### What to call Jasper about - Robotics, vision and AI projects - Ongoing platform development - Technical support and release communication If there is a robot or an AI experiment running somewhere, it usually started here. ### Suzanne Tersteeg Director Finance, Consultant Sets up financial processes and administration with a precision that leaves no company quite the same. More than our own books: an exceptional organiser who often sees what a customer needs before the customer does. #### What to call Suzanne about - Financial processes and administrative setup - Consultancy during implementations - Anticipating what a customer will need You are likely to meet this role as soon as we start working together. ### Marvin Bouma Associate, Operations Runs office operations, coordinates logistics and supports the team wherever needed. Also the driving force behind the development of Studio. #### What to call Marvin about - Office operations and logistics - The development of Studio - An environment colleagues and customers can rely on Practical and everywhere at once: if something needs arranging, this role is already on it. ## Engineering The hands that build your software, your integrations and your robot cells. ### Jan van Teteringen Engineer Jan builds customer environments and integrations, from the first flow to go-live. The kind of engineer who is only satisfied when it does not just work but is right: clean, explainable and ready for the next request. #### What to call Jan about - Building and extending customer environments - Integrations with surrounding systems - Go-live and aftercare ### Mario de Vos Engineer From flows in Core to hardware on the floor: Mario makes sure what we promise actually runs at the customer. He switches easily between the software and the physical side of a project. #### What to call Mario about - Flows and process setup - Hardware control on the floor - Support on existing environments **And 18 more colleagues.** Developers, consultants and designers. You will meet them soon enough at the office or on the floor. [Come and visit](https://rual.nl/en/contact) ## Who you will be sitting across from Three disciplines, one team. Who you speak to depends on where your project stands. - **[Consultancy](https://rual.nl/en/services/consultancy)** — Thinking through your process before a single line is built: what genuinely needs to change, and what can stay as it is. - **[Development](https://rual.nl/en/services/development)** — Building on Core: applications, flows, integrations and the control of the hardware around them. - **[Support](https://rual.nl/en/support)** — After go-live the same team stays reachable, including the people who built it. ### No account managers in between Here you talk directly to the people who build and run your system. Whoever makes it, supports it. [Book an intro call](https://rual.nl/en/demo) ## Rather just meet in person? There is always coffee on in Brummen. Or we come to you. [Book a call](https://rual.nl/en/demo) [See our office](https://rual.nl/en/about-us)