Mendix CEO Derek Roos Honored as ‘CxO of the Year’ and Mendix Recognized as Software Supplier of the Year by Computable Magazine
BOSTON – October 6, 2019 – Mendix, a Siemens business and the global leader in low-code and no-code application development for the enterprise, today announced that Derek Roos, co-founder and chief executive officer at Mendix, has been recognized as CxO of the Year. Also, Mendix was named Software Supplier of the Year for the second consecutive year. These honors were extended at the annual awards ceremony of the Computable Awards, which recognize the most prominent technology companies, projects and individuals in the Netherlands.
The Computable Awards are considered to be one of the most important IT prizes in the Netherlands, as the readership of the Computable platform consists primarily of decision-makers in the IT industry. The winners of the awards are determined 50 percent by a professional jury and 50 percent by the votes of the market.
Strong leadership
For the CxO of the Year Award, the jury reported that it was impressed by the strong leadership Derek Roos has shown in the last twelve months. He has led the vision for Mendix through its rapid growth following its acquisition by Siemens in 2018 for $730 million.
Under Roos’ leadership, Mendix extended its platform and ecosystem to develop world-class applications, empowered its customer base of visionary ‘makers’ — including “citizen developers” — to create state-of-the-art programs through low-code development, and became the primary application platform for all Siemens Cloud Solutions.
Industry leader
The acquisition by Siemens in 2018 also positioned Mendix well to win the Software Supplier of the Year Award for the second year in a row, an extraordinary achievement. With nearly 4,000 global organizations using the Mendix platform to enhance their digital experience and drive innovation, Mendix has established itself as the low-code industry leader. Recognizing this leadership, Siemens has maintained investment in Mendix’s independent go-to-market operations.
In the first half of 2019, Mendix saw continued strong bookings growth, a tremendous turnout at Mendix World 2019, and the unveiling of Mendix 8, arguably the most powerful low-code application to date, featuring support for any cloud environment, advanced AI and “smart apps” capabilities, the only native low-code development capability, and other groundbreaking functionality. Combined with expected growth to over 700 employees this year, Mendix was clearly the strongest contender for Software Supplier of the Year.
The Computable Award honors come on the heels of Mendix’s recent recognition as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrants for Multiexperience Development Platforms and Low-Code Application Platforms.
About Mendix
Mendix, a Siemens business, is the only low-code platform designed to address the full complexity of enterprise software development challenges. Deploying point solutions to departmental problems solves things at a micro level—but if you want to make a significant impact on your business, you need to go bigger and build powerful portfolios that move the needle sustainably and strategically.
With Mendix, enterprises can take on more complex, transformational initiatives by engaging everyone in capturing requirements, forming ideas, and embedding value assessment throughout the lifecycle of the software portfolio.
Focus on the right problems while relying on governance and control to avoid unnecessary risk. Mobilize your organization. Build the change readiness muscle. And when the next big idea drops, turn it into an outcome quicker.
More than 4,000 organizations in 46 countries use the Mendix low-code platform. An active community of over 300,000 developers has created over 950,000 applications – and counting.