The Team

Edouard Prisse

Edouard Prisse - Founder and CEO


Edouard read law at Utrecht University and has an MBA from Insead, Fontainebleau. After several management positions in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, he founded WordHouse in 1984. The upcoming software industry seemed to require specialized translator teams and WordHouse was set up to meet that need.

tel: +31 (0) 20 8200 390      email: eprisse@wordhouse.com
Tanja Wijnands

Tanja Wijnands - Lead Project Manager


After working as a project manager in a reputable international translation and localization firm, Tanja became head of the project management department of WordHouse. Tanja has an eye for detail, quality and efficiency, which strengthens her drive to make WordHouse an ever more dependable high-quality localization partner for our customers.

tel: +31 (0) 20 8200 393      email: tanja@wordhouse.com
Marcel Roumans

Marcel Roumans - Senior Project Manager


Marcel has over 20 years' experience in the localization industry. Before joining WordHouse in 2004 as a project manager he held several positions in the Netherlands and in England with the largest localization companies in the world.

tel: +31 (0) 20 8200 391      email: mroumans@wordhouse.com
Chantalle Valentijn

Chantalle Valentijn - Project Manager


We are pleased to announce that Chantalle Valentijn has joined WordHouse! Chantalle comes from a reputable localization firm where she worked as a project manager and section leader. We trust that her experience and knowledge will help us to serve you better.

tel: +31 (0) 20 8200 392      email: chantalle@wordhouse.com
Anita Jansen

Anita Jansen - Project Manager


Anita is our youngest PM. She graduated from the Maastricht School of Translation and Interpreting. After working as a freelance subtitler for two years, she was ready for a new challenge. This brought her to WordHouse, where she is able to show her reliability and excellent coordination skills.

tel: +31 (0) 20 8200 396      email: ajansen@wordhouse.com
Silvia Bassetti

Silvia Bassetti - Project Manager


Silvia is Italian. She graduated from the Institute for Interpreters and Translators of Milan as translator and conference interpreter. After extensive travel to deepen her knowledge of Dutch, English and French cultures and languages, she worked as a freelancer in Italy. In 2009 she decided to put down roots in Amsterdam and at WordHouse she has become an enthusiastic member of the localization team.

tel: +31 (0) 20 8200 398      email: sbassetti@wordhouse.com
Margo Hekstra

Margo Hekstra - Vendor Manager


Margo started working at WordHouse in 1999 as a desk top publishing specialist. Since 2006 she has managed our most precious asset - our pool of high-quality editors and translators. She keeps track of their competences, arranges training where needed and distributes the work to the most suitable translators and editors - meanwhile making sure that our most valued freelancers receive a steady stream of work from us.

tel: +31 (0) 20 8200 394      email: mhekstra@wordhouse.com
Janneke van Marissing

Janneke van Marissing - Company Secretary and HRM


Janneke has been with the company from 1984. She personifies stability, experience and accuracy. She is our Human Resources Manager and oversees our financial books.

tel: +31 (0) 20 8200 390      email: jvmarissing@wordhouse.com
Johan van der Heyden

Johan van der Heyden - IT Manager


Johan manages the technical department of four engineers. He has been with WordHouse since 1997 and has experience in testing applications, using cat tools, DTP and systems and network administration.

tel: +31 (0) 20 8200 395      email: jvdheyden@wordhouse.com