Sohan Machielsen

Sohan Machielsen is OakSoft’s Research & Development Manager. Several years ago, Sohan started developing high-end software tools that were aimed at quality and productivity. Productivity tools with which OakSoft develops quality applications quickly and effectively, but which also make sure that the user can edit and modify the software quickly and easily. Research has shown that users are often quite pleased with their software supplier, except for the fact that making changes usually take months and the eventual product is mediocre at best. Sohan was and still is convinced that by using good tools it is possible to gain time by a factor of 10 and the quality is still higher than that of software developed using standard tools.

Lengthy cooperation

Sohan Machielsen has been part of the OakSoft team for years. Together with Geert van Erven and Henk Eikelboom, Sohan developed applications for waste companies in the Netherlands in the nineties and was Sohan responsible for the introduction of the first Difftar in the Netherlnds ("He who pollutes, pays..."). Later, Sohan was responsible for the tools and engine behind our software company. Next to developing the tools, Sohan is also responsible for OakSoft’s OakTree Business Suite. Together with Technical Director Henk Eikelboom and their programmers, Sohan works on the software’s future on a daily basis. ‘You see, a solution is never finished. After years of developing modules and extra functions, the client always thinks of something new and better. A lot of software companies are told, due to budgetary reasons, that enough is enough, unless the client is willing to pay a lot of money. We see it differently. If you want to be the number one in your sector and want to stay number one, then you need to listen very carefully to your client’s wishes. Our strength is that we can act quickly and efficiently on those whishes, which makes the client doubt that he can’t find that sort of service anywhere else,’ states Sohan Machielsen.