Gilbert Gooijers is founder and COO of CM.com. The company is a global leader in cloud software for conversational commerce and has had its roots in Breda for over 20 years. Since 2020, his company has been listed on Euronext Amsterdam (CMCOM) and experienced robust growth over the past year. Almost 800 employees in 19 countries worldwide, from Amsterdam to Cape Town and from Dubai to Shanghai, work according to the credo: do what you like, what you are good at and make a contribution. CM.com's communication and payments platform enables marketing, sales and customer service to automate engagement with customers across multiple mobile channels. Gilbert is passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation and digitalization. Widely socially involved as member of Breda Startup Awards and member of nlgroeit and partner of Startupbootcamp.