Storecove’s Nikkie Bakker to lead DBNAlliance membership committee

Storecove named Business Development Director Nikkie Bakker chair of the Digital Business Networks Alliance Membership & Market Adoption Committee after the alliance’s annual members day in Miami. The role puts Storecove in a more visible position as North American interest in interoperable e-invoicing grows.

Why it matters: - The appointment gives Storecove a bigger role in shaping how interoperable e-invoicing expands across the United States. - The committee’s work centers on turning industry interest into actual network adoption, which could reduce fragmentation and manual invoice exchange for businesses. - The move also strengthens Storecove’s visibility in North America as more companies look for standardized digital business document exchange.

What happened: - Storecove announced that Nikkie Bakker, Business Development Director at Storecove, has been appointed chair of the Digital Business Networks Alliance Membership & Market Adoption Committee. - The appointment was announced after the DBNAlliance Annual Members Day at the Microsoft Campus in Miami on Sept. 16, 2026. - Bakker will represent Storecove within the alliance while leading the committee’s membership and market adoption efforts.

The details: - The Membership & Market Adoption Committee is focused on wider adoption of the DBNAlliance network across the U.S. - The committee’s priorities include attracting and activating new members and service providers, increasing market awareness, strengthening engagement among existing members, and encouraging more businesses and technology providers to join the network. - Bakker will chair committee meetings and initiatives, support industry event planning, engage prospective members and service providers, and represent the committee externally. - Bakker said the alliance has made progress building a community around interoperable e-invoicing in the U.S., and the next step is bringing more organizations into the network. - Storecove has been an active DBNAlliance member for several years and has supported the alliance’s efforts to advance interoperable e-invoicing and digital business document exchange in the U.S. - Storecove provides a global e-invoicing service that connects enterprises and software companies to networks including Peppol and the DBNAlliance through a single API connection. - Storecove also handles document conversion, validation, routing and regulatory reporting across multiple markets.

Between the lines: - The appointment signals that the alliance is moving from ecosystem-building toward broader commercialization and adoption. - Storecove’s leadership role aligns with its business model, since wider network usage can make its single-integration offering more valuable to customers. - Patrick Steenkist, CEO of Storecove, said support for an open and interoperable U.S. network fits the company’s mission to make electronic invoicing simpler and more accessible. - Steenkist also said an open exchange network can reduce fragmentation, make it easier for companies to connect with trading partners, and support more efficient digital exchange of invoices and other business documents. - The alliance says interest in electronic invoicing is growing as businesses and software providers seek more standardized and interoperable ways to exchange invoices and other documents.

What's next: - Bakker will focus on expanding the member and service provider community, increasing market awareness and supporting broader adoption of the DBNAlliance network across the U.S. - The committee will continue working to convert rising interest in e-invoicing into more active participation across the network. - Storecove said Bakker’s work will support a more connected and efficient environment for digital business exchange.

The bottom line: - Storecove is putting one of its executives at the center of an industry effort to speed U.S. adoption of interoperable e-invoicing.