Gilbert Van Custem is responsible for the growth, development, and success of Database Products. He has served as Vice President, EMEAA, and was managing director of Pervasive Software N.V., the Pervasive subsidiary in Brussels, Belgium, overseeing the company's sales and marketing activities in the Baltic States, the Benelux and Nordic countries. Gilbert joined Pervasive Software in September 1995 as business development manager for Europe. He was named Pervasive's Entrepreneur of the Year in 1999, the company's most prestigious honor.With more than 20 years of IT industry experience, Gilbert has held a wide range of marketing and sales positions in Europe. Prior to joining Pervasive, he was channel and product marketing manager at Novell Benelux and director of marketing at AT&T's EMEA headquarters.Gilbert holds degrees in computer science (Na.Ra.Fi. Brussels) and business administration (V.E.H. Brussels) and earned his Master's degree in Business Economics from FUCAM (Mons, Belgium), Gilbert is a Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management School Alumni.
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