XVR Simulation was founded in 2000 by Steven Lohman and Martijn Boosman. Since then,
we’ve expanded to a user group of over 200 organisations in over 32 countries all over the world.
Mission AND vision
We believes in enhancing the competence and expertise of safety, emergency & incident response professionals with simulation. We do this by creating flexible, reliable & user-friendly programs where learning is key and the instructor is in control. Every program offers an immersive learning environment for all levels of incident command, to be used in both single- and multi-agency exercises.
XVR Simulation is the world’s leading developer of simulation technology with over 200 educators in 32 countries worldwide using XVR to train over 100,000 incident responders every year. XVR’s main user groups are schools & training centres in the fire & rescue services, police and ambulance services.
Management TEAM
A short introduction to the people leading XVR Simulation
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Joost Beerthuis has been working for XVR Simulation since 2010. After graduating with a degree in Chemical Engineering, Joost Beerthuis earned an MBA. After his role as Chemical Adviser at Havenbedrijf Rotterdam, Joost first became the General Manager Safety Division at Draeger Netherlands, and then CEO Falck Netherlands among others Falck Nutec, Falck Risc. He is responsible for guiding the day to day business and for the organizational growth of XVR Simulation.
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Steven Lohman studied business economics in Amsterdam. After his graduation, he worked in Geneva with the Disaster Management Training Program (OCHA) of the United Nations. He then returned to the Netherlands for a position as manager for an international conference on disaster management, organised by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
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After completing his studies in Fiscal Economics at Tilburg University, Jouke worked for a number of years as a tax advisor. After that, Jouke was ultimately responsible for the family office of a wealthy Dutch family for almost 16 years. From this position Jouke got acquainted with XVR and his enthusiasm for XVR arose. As CFO Jouke is eager to contribute to the further growth of XVR.
About XVR Simulation
At XVR Simulation we develop a digital training environment to help emergency services better themselves at managing incidents. We take pride in being in close contact with our users. We work together to improve their training efforts, help them if they need it and most importantly, we listen to them. The relationship we established with our users over the years has proven vital in becoming market leader.
Everyone working at XVR Simulation firmly believes in maintaining this relationship with our users. Moreover, we work the same way amongst ourselves. Working together, helping each other out, and listen to one another to make sure we develop the best possible simulation software we can. All our employees are encouraged to take on responsibilities, and figure it out together.
History of XVR
XVR Simulation (E-Semble back then) was founded in 2000 by Paul van Laar, Steven Lohman and Martijn Boosman. “Starting in a living room, we set the framework we wanted to build: a practical, user-friendly tool that could be used by an instructor to visualise his own scenario”. With that formula, we’ve expanded to a user group of over 200 organisations in over 32 countries all over the world.
See the video to the right for a quick breakdown of those first 15 years.
Careers
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