With more than 20 years of broad management experience including sales, marketing, venture capital, operations and technology in the data communications, services and telecommunications industries, Frank Koopman is a well-known veteran and a seasoned entrepreneur and strategist.

As chief executive officer of Hopling Networks, Frank is responsible for the formulation and execution of the company's overall strategy, which focuses on near- and longer-term growth opportunities for the company. The company is currently a leading provider of wireless networking equipment for enterprises, operators and service providers, worldwide.

Frank was appointed chief executive officer of UMX Technologies in July 2002. He was responsible for the day-to-day global operations of the company and setting the company's strategic direction. Under his leadership UMX Technologies became a fast growing and highly innovative global company dedicated to become the world-leading provider of mainframe solutions for Intel-based computers.

Prior of joining UMX Technologies, Frank took on the challenge of managing director of Global Crossing Benelux from June 1999 until March 2002, building a new tier-1 carrier from scratch. Upon completion of the network he led an aggressive growth plan to strengthen the company's position as a premier provider of managed services, enhanced services solutions for carriers and business solutions for corporate organizations. Frank was responsible for managing the entire spectrum of the Global Crossing's operations throughout the Benelux. He also initiated Global Center in the Netherlands; Global Crossing’s worldwide managed services (web hosting) company.

Frank previously served as vice president contact center solutions of Vicorp, where he was responsible for Vicorp’s worldwide strategy to capitalize on the changing role of contact centers as a strategic competitive advantage that not only allows a company to provide superior customers services, but also to grow its business.

This followed three years, initially as managing director Vicorp Nederland, where he was responsible for a significant increase in revenue. Later he became, as regional director, responsible for the central European region, where he implemented a restructuring for the German- and France-operations which resulted in a turnaround in profit margins. In addition he served as a member of the European board and vice president sales & marketing for Vicorp Europe.

Earlier in his career, he worked for several years in various executive management positions in consultancy, sales and sales support at Datapoint. Frank began his career with Neddata (IT company of the Royal Nedlloyd Group). During his 10 years, he held a wide range of IT positions.

Over the years Frank received several sales awards and awards for delivering superior performance, both individually and as part of a team.