It’s been 6-months since Tasja Botha was appointed CEO over at VAKT, and in that time, much has happened. So, I talked with Tasja last week to catch up and to hear the latest news. Tasja is pleased with progress saying that she doubled down on adoption of the VAKT platform with existing customers and prospects. “Now, we have achieved 70% adoption in the NW European barge market,” she told me. “We have proven that we can handle the barge market and give our customer’s a good ROI with our three software products.” Vakt’s main focus is in “managing the entire post-trade physical energy lifecycle, primarily in oil, from one secure platform,” she explained. Indeed, VAKT’s three key products, vSure, vLogistics and vActuals, are all designed to help customers achieve robust business benefits. “vSure helps to eliminate paper contracts and provide digital validation and confirmation of trades, vLogistics helps to reduce operational costs and we have measured that cost reduction to be as much as 30% compared to existing methods, and vActuals offers quality structured data and helps to prevent fraud and ensure accuracy.” As customers have successfully adopted these products and seen the benefits, they have become fans of the platform and… continue reading