Maarten Koning is the Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for finance, legal, procurement and the company’s worldwide offices. Maarten joined Irdeto in December 2010 as VP of Finance. In this role, he was responsible for all aspects of the company’s finance operations, FP&A and treasury functions. Prior to joining Irdeto, Maarten worked for Pace, now part of Arris, and Philips in a variety of international roles, including strategy development, M&A and business unit finance positions. Maarten has extensive international experience, having lived in France and worked on M&A, transformation and operations projects in the UK, the US, South East Asia and China for longer periods on end. He graduated with honors from the University of Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Prior to joining Irdeto, Ben worked extensively in the digital TV, interactive media/entertainment and mobile telecoms sectors in a number of countries worldwide, most recently in a consultative role as President and Advisor to the Board of Equilibrium. He joined Equilibrium from OpenTV where he was CEO and led the company to its first year of profitability before taking OpenTV private (from NASDAQ) by merging with its parent company. Before becoming CEO, Ben also held the roles of Managing Director of OpenTV's European operations and Senior Vice President of World Wide Professional Services and Consulting where he was responsible for sales and customer deployments in over 30 countries worldwide.

Prior to his time at OpenTV, Ben held management positions at Spyglass, Logica and British Telecom. Ben holds an Honors Degree in Engineering Science and Technology from Loughborough University of Technology in England and currently resides in San Francisco, USA.

Jaco Du Plooy joined Irdeto in 1996 in South Africa as a software developer on the DVB Conditional Access system. He relocated to Hoofddorp in 1998 where he helped to architect and design Irdeto’s first IPTV Conditional Access system - CypherCast. He relocated to California in 2001 to help establish Cyphercast, and later held Technical Lead and Project Architect positions. He became the Engineering Manager following the acquisition of Lockstream, a startup focused on Digital Rights Management for Mobile devices. He held Engineering Director and General Manager positions at Irdeto USA until he moved to Irdeto’s Ottawa, Canada facility in June 2011, where he served as VP Product Development for the Cloakware software security technology. In 2013, he assumed the role of VP Engineering and was responsible for global Engineering in Canada, China, the Netherlands, France, India and the USA and for delivering advanced security technologies to Pay TV and OTT Operators, Telco’s and the Studio segment. He is currently VP of IoT Security and is responsible for the company’s go-to-market strategy for the suite of Cloakware solutions.

Prior to Irdeto, Jaco held Electrical Engineering and Software development positions in two South African companies in the military aviation technology industry. He holds a Diploma in Electrical Engineering, BSc degree in Computer Science from the University of South Africa, and an MBA.

Steeve is VP of Business Development, Marketing and Strategic Partnerships at Irdeto. He is a seasoned cybersecurity industry executive with more than 15 years of experience in driving engagement, business and revenue  across video entertainment and connected industries. He transformed the Conditional Access landscape by launching the world’s first, and market-leading, one-way, software-only CA solution, Cloaked CA.  Steeve is well-versed in the international business landscape, having held key strategic positions based out of the Netherlands, Canada and China throughout his career.  Prior to his current leadership role at Irdeto, Steeve was Co-Chief Executive Officer at International Datacasting Corporation (IDC), a technology provider to the world’s premiere broadcasters based out of Canada. Steeve holds a master’s degree in Software Engineering from the École Nationale Supérieure of Bordeaux (France).

Melt Loubser has more than 25 years of experience in the video entertainment market. He is currently the Vice President of Broadcast Managed Services at Irdeto. In this role, he leads the Irdeto Broadcast Managed Services team, which provides expert support and professional management of the pay TV Operator’s Head-Ends, Networks, Conditional Access Systems and VOD/OTT content preparation and protection systems. Prior to this role, Melt was General Manager for Broadcast Technology at MultiChoice Africa and was responsible for all of the broadcast platform operations and engineering within the Group that offers video entertainment content across multiple platforms (Analogue, Direct to Home Satellite, Digital Terrestrial Television, Digital Terrestrial, OTT and IPTV). He also led the implementation of all new technologies within MultiChoice Africa.

Irdeto conducts its operations according to world class standards to ensure its products and services attain high levels of quality and security. This is supported by the implementation of an ISO 9001 certified Business Management System providing a framework for processes driving the company’s strategy and objectives. This framework of ISO 9001 international standard enables Irdeto to constantly enhance customer satisfaction through continual improvement of its processes. Irdeto’s implementation of the standard is regularly audited by an external certification body. While the ISO 9001 certificate covers our DTV Business Line, the process and principle are applied across the organization.

Irdeto was the first foreign manufacturer to receive Class A SART certification from the Chinese State Administration for Radio and Television (SART). The certification mandates increased levels of specification for providers of conditional access (CA) systems in the areas of reliability, security and scalability.

Irdeto Canada Corporation is committed to complying with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), and all of the standards under it, in order to meet the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities in a timely manner.

The regulations associated with the Integrated Accessibility Standards (IASR) under the AODA require that Irdeto Canada Corporation establish, implement, maintain and document a multi-year accessibility plan which outlines the organization’s strategy to prevent and remove barriers for persons with disabilities and to meet its requirements under the Act.

Under the AODA, the following accessibility standards set certain requirements that are applicable to Irdeto Canada Corporation:

• Customer Service;
• Information and Communications;
• Employment;
• Individual Accommodation Plans/Return to Work Process;
• Training

The following resources outline and support Irdeto Canada Corporation’s commitment to this initiative:

• Multi-Year Accessibility Plan
• Customer Service Policy
• Accessibility feedback form