Harm Voogt is the managing director of Validata, a company that specializes in screening people for employment. Together with his co-founders Job van der Weijden and Bart Bijkerk, he founded Validata in 2009 which entered into a partnership with a U.S. party, DISA Global Solutions, in 2023. In this interview, he talks about the development of Validata, the challenges and opportunities in the European market, and the M&A process he went through with the help of Hogenhouck m&a. He also shares his vision for the future of Validata and his role as part of a larger organization.