Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 24, 2009

Versant Corporation – Jochen Witte (vsnt)

Jochen Witte is Chief Executive Officer of Versant Corporation and a Member of Versant's board of directors. He is responsible for Versant's operations. Most recently, Mr. Witte was the CEO of Poet Holdings, Inc., a public US company trading on the German Stock Exchange. He co-founded Poet in 1993, initially working as the Managing Director in Germany and became the CFO in 1999 when the company went public. Prior to Poet, he was with BKS Software, where he rose to Managing Director after beginning with responsibilities for sales and training. Mr. Witte received a degree in business administration from the Berlin Technical University and also attended the University of Wales as an exchange student. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and of the

things you're doing at present?

Mr. Witte: Versant was founded 21 years ago. During the history of the company,