Company

Xtreme Technologies was founded in 2003 and is based in The Netherlands. In July 2009 Edwin Kalischnig joined as CEO to reshape Xtreme Technologies from a small-scale consulting business into a major solution provider, delivering on the vision of the “Internet of Things” and to realise the full potential of our key innovations.

The Missing Link
In practice, a lot of critical information from important business events is not available when needed. The disconnect between real-life events and the IT infrastructure is the missing link. This is why Xtreme Technologies developed TradeLink, using information from RFID and Sensor technologies to provide a new dimension in collaboration within and between companies.

Executives
Ing. Edwin W. Kalischnig MBA - CEO
CEO of Xtreme Technologies B.V. has a proven track record of generating revenue and ROI for organizations. A recognized thought leader in the area of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Sensor-Based Computing for over half a decade and responsible for innovative approaches to providing enterprise-wide RFID solutions. As Director of Business Development at Oracle EMEA, Edwin has initiated and developed the business around RFID and sensor-based services. Under his leadership, the license and consulting business with respect to RFID related opportunities has grown into a pan-European, multi-million dollar operation. To serve global icon accounts as well as small to medium-sized customers, Edwin built and motivated winning sales teams across the EMEA region. He was instrumental in developing the extensive partner network, crucial for success in various industries that included CPG, manufacturing, retail, oil & gas, high-tech, logistics, health sciences, aerospace, defence and government. Using innovative technologies to deliver business value is Edwin’s passion. He brings over 20 years of experience in driving high performance delivery teams and his ability to bridge technology and business resulted in an enviable career in international sales and board level negotiations in exciting high-tech markets. Prior to his role as Director of Business Development, being Oracle’s RFID lead for the EMEA region, Edwin has worked in both License Sales as well as Consulting, previously as the Global Account Director for Royal Philips Electronics and prior to that, as Business Consultant and eBusiness Advisor.

In August 1998 Edwin joined Oracle from Royal Philips Electronics, where he held various Techno-Commercial Management positions in the Semiconductor and Components divisions. Prior to Philips, Edwin was Marketing and Sales manager for a small sub-contractor of high-precision engineered components.

Edwin has an MBA from the University of Bradford / NIMBAS, a Techno-Commercial degree from Nijenrode University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Precision Engineering Technologies.

Dr. Wojtek Kowalczyk - CTO
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer with a strong background in Mathematics (PhD from Warsaw University 1985), who focuses on managing extreme quantities of data and real-time data analysis.

Dr. Kowalczyk is part-time professor at the Faculty of Sciences, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Business Mathematics and Computer Science of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA) and is responsible for research and teaching Data Mining Techniques and Neural Networks.

Since 1994 Dr. Kowalczyk has acted as a part-time data mining consultant for companies like: Rabobank, ING Bank, Postbank, Robeco, Interpolis, Interpay, Noord Braband Verzekeringen, Hewlett-Packard, KPN Research, KPN Telecom, Schadegarant.

During his career Dr. Kowalczyk has developed an impressive track record across various areas of expertise: Data Mining, Complex Event Processing, Fraud Detection, Predictive Modelling, Machine Learning, Retention Modelling, Adaptive Systems, Recommender Systems, Optimization, Pattern Recognition, Neural networks, Credit Scoring and Text Mining.

Dr. Kowalczyk has received numerous awards in his career. He was a finalist in the Polish Mathematical Olympiad in 1975 and in 1985 he was awarded for his research achievements by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland.

Dr. Kowalczyk was born in 1957 in Poland and has lived in The Netherlands since 1988. He is married and has 3 children.