Tom Houwing
Founder & DirectorBorn in The Hague, The Netherlands, Tom Houwing studied classical music at the Conservatory of Rotterdam.
In 1999, after 15 years within the music industry and - education, he switched career to speech technology, leveraging his past experience within the IT industry starting as Voice User Interface Architect at Speechtel Benelux B.V.
In January 2002 he joined VoiceObjects AG. Besides positioning VUI design as an essential component within the voice business, he built up their VUI Group. In his role as Principal VUI, he was overall responsible for the quality and creative direction of VUI design.
The company was founded in 2002. Since October 2005 Tom Houwing directs his own business.
Andreas Meidinger
Production ManagerAndreas Meidinger, professional actor and director, studied at the Theaterakademie "Spielstatt" in Ulm, Germany. During his career he has been engaged in various theatres throughout Germany.
In 2003 he joined VoiceObjects AG. As Manager VUI Services Central Europe he has been involved in numerous projects like Postbank Telefonbanking, 2300 T-Mobile InfoTalk and 1.FC Köln - "Podolski-Quiz".
He combines his professional experience with his focus on hearing and speaking, as central aspects of human communication.
Andreas Meidinger joined voiceandvision at the start.
Kristina Houwing
AdministrationKristina Houwing studied Swedish and English at the Gothenburg University, Sweden. From 1998 until 2001 she was employed as a teacher. Next to her successful carreer as an ISU figure skating judge (International Skating Union), as of 2006 she supports projects and is responsable for company administration and finance.