About Us
OUR STORY
Where it All began
After a decade of running the travel advisor training and engagement platforms for two competitors, Jonathan Cooper went to work conceiving TravPRO Mobile in 2013. By 2014, with two other founding partners from the Netherlands bringing off-the-chart tech skills, TravPRO Mobile was born.
By 2017 we were being seen as the tech leader in the travel industry for B2B training and enablement. In 2018, we launched Channel PRO Mobile to apply the solutions we created to most any other industry outside of Travel & Hospitality. XpoPRO arrived in 2020 in response to the global shutdown, with a proprietary virtual tradeshow and exhibition forum along with thought leadership, virtual presentations, and networking.
The company has grown steadily since our early days while retaining 90% of all clients from inception — including through the pandemic years. A stat that makes us incredibly proud.
TRAVPRO FAMILY
Team of PROs
Jonathan Cooper
Founder, Chief Enablement Officer
Morristown, NJ
Loves unwinding with family traveling, fishing, snowboarding, heading to beaches or mountains, and is a long-suffering Mets fan. LFGM!
Chris van Workum
CTO
Nijmegen, NL
Enjoys cycling, home automating, and unleashing creativity through the intricate art of origami!
Frank Sillen
EVP & GM, Europe
Nijmegen, NL
Spent a decade as a sponsored free climber throughout the world, and still hold records on ascents throughout Europe!
Dean Jacobberger
VP (Very Personable)
Boston, MA
“I was a customer first!” as the Global Travel Trade Director for Visit California back in 2016. I’m proud to say that Visit California is still a client!!
Jessica Messina
VP Production & Client Services
Philadelphia, PA
Was featured in Korean magazine “WITH”, chosen as a top NYC design talent and found herself in the Britney Spears vs N’ Sync edition of Teen People pre-PRO days!
Kelly Brock
VP Creative Services
Bernardsville, NJ
A Tourism Brat who grew up in five states and went to five different elementary schools, following my dad’s career in travel & tourism. Wanderlust ever since!
Dane Pennacchi
Marketing Manager
Chicago, IL
I was one cut away from being a contestant on the cooking show Master Chef! Now I dice content across social and database marketing campaigns!!
Kim Uno
Senior Director
Toronto, CA
Loving life, laughter, travel, food and animals, (obsessed with her golden fur baby, Sophie) and cottage country life either snowmobiling trails or jet skiing the lake!
Pieter Kegel
Lead Native Engineer
Venlo, NL
I love technology and gadgets, especially expanding my smart home system… perhaps to the point where I have gone too far ?! Nah.
Mike van de Louw
Software Engineer
Nijmegen, NL
Avid gamer, healthy choices chef and fitness enthusiast while away from coding native apps.. a balanced diet!
Jan van Hest
Back-end Developer
Toronto, CA
A big fan of the maker community and creating things, most recently working with super-minicomputers and 3D printers!
Blair Saba
Events Director
Philadelphia, PA
I’m a proud SWAT officers’ wife, and love teaching children’s dance classes on weekends!
Imre van Schaijk
Front-end React Engineer
Oss, NL
Has successfully, in front of many skeptics who are now witnesses, solved a Rubik’s cube completely blindfolded!
Rick Aerts
Front-end Web Developer
Tilburg, NL
I managed to ‘bribe’ my way into becoming adopted by the local Jackdaw bird(ing) community!
Ansley Merritt
Production Manager
Charlotte, NC
I love to cook! And make an ‘outta this word’ southern style chicken pot pie!
Ciara Ruffalo
Senior Production Manager
Charlotte, NC
I love hosting social gatherings so much that I create and sell drinking games for almost any social occasion and celebration. Cheers!
Hannah Sillen
Web/Native Developer
Nijmegen, NL
I have been on over a dozen safaris throughout Africa starting before I can remember. Adventure travel is in my DNA!
Melvin Holt
Special Operations Back-end Engineer
Tilburg, NL
Loves discovering new places throughout Europe to motorcycle, and if not, deep diving new AI/ML technologies in his free time.