holds a Master of Science in Electronical Engineering, a Master in Management and a one in Social Sciences. He has over 25 years of experience as high tech entrepreneur and 15 years of experience as a lecturer in business (OU Business School-UK) and in communication and entrepreneurship at the faculty of Industrial Engineering at KU Leuven (Belgium). He is CEO of SO Kwadraat, an organization that has been coaching PhD students for the last 16 years to help them start their company.