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“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.” (attributed to Einstein, Feynman, and others) → This is the key element in success to every endeavour in research and development. Be it the technical or the business aspects. It drives the three skills I constantly aim to improve: understanding, communicating, and the focus to think and reduce things to their core.
Today, I am VP Connected Computing at imec. We build the enabling platforms for the next generation of communication systems, from the materials, devices, circuits, signal processing all the way up to the orchestration engines. My previous experience as CTO for both the Wireline and Wireless business lines at (what is now) Nokia was built on the culture, enthusiasm, and love for technology and science that I got from my time at Bell Labs—and the principles of Free Inquiry bestowed on me by my Alma Mater, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
During my research career starting with a Ph.D. in Applied Physics and Photonics from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, I have authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, many white papers and hold patents in the access and photonics domains. An electrotechnical engineer by training, I am a senior member of IEEE and a Fellow of the VUB.
Outside of work, my quest to discover the recipe for a perfect lasagna is balanced by bouts of long-distance running to offset the inherent caloric intake.
