Computer scientist with a passion for compilers, algorithms and the impossible. Ten years of building and leading engineering teams — from obfuscating compilers and supply‑chain optimisation research to mobile apps — on top of a PhD in knowledge representation and reasoning.

Work Experience

• Mobile App Lead

  Apr 2025 - present

  CrazyGames — Leuven, BE

  CrazyGames is one of the largest browser game platforms in the world. I lead the team building the CrazyGames mobile app, taking the platform beyond the browser and onto the app stores.

• Senior Researcher

  2024 - Apr 2025

  Scalable Planning, OMP — Wommelgem, BE

  OMP specialises in supply chain optimisation. In the Scalable Planning research team we tackled the scaling issues that come along with supporting more complex supply chains: more products, more plants, and tighter feedback loops.

  As senior researcher I helped set out the long-term technical roadmap and built proof-of-concepts to find possible roadblocks before they became real ones.

• Guardsquare

  2019 - 2024

  DexGuard Team — Leuven, BE

  • DexGuard Product Owner

    2023 - 2024

  • DexGuard Team Lead / Group Lead

    2020 - 2023

  • DexGuard Compiler Engineer

    2019 - 2020

  DexGuard is a Java-based tool that obfuscates Android applications. It (re)compiles an already binary app into a new binary that is much harder to reverse engineer.

  I started out as an individual contributor. As the company grew, I got the opportunity to grow and develop my leadership skills, ultimately taking on the challenge of leading multiple development teams — from 8 developers in 1 team, to 25 developers over 3 teams. This was a combination of technical and people leadership. I also took DevRel initiatives, gave presentations and organised workshops.

  Over my last year at Guardsquare I focused mostly on technical leadership as the Product Owner, while safeguarding the technical soundness of the whole product.

• Doctoral Student + Assistant

  2013 - 2019

  DTAI Research Unit, KU Leuven — Leuven, BE

  PhD in knowledge representation and reasoning, where a single declarative model allows for solving multiple problems in that domain. The focus was on improving the modelling languages and developing use cases for interactive configuration problems — still under development at the Interactive Consultant. From a technical perspective this exposed me to C++, (modelling) language design and compilation techniques.

  The PhD duration was extended to collaborate with industry partners such as Saint-Gobain.

• Pianist + Trainer for Improvisational Theatre

  2016 - present

  Freelance / secondary occupation

  Around 50 shows per year with many different organisations: cultural, educational and corporate. I also give trainings and coachings, mainly focused on improvising songs. More on the Improv Piano tab.

Education

• Doctor of Engineering: Computer Science

  2013 - 2019

  KU Leuven — Leuven, BE

  In the Knowledge Representation group of Marc Denecker. Thesis: Higher order modelling for first order solvers.

  Includes 1.5 years of non-research industry application development.

• Master of Engineering: Computer Science

  2011 - 2013

  KU Leuven — Leuven, BE

  Specialisation: Artificial Intelligence. Thesis: Evolutionary music composition.

  Includes 1 semester at NTNU — Trondheim, Norway.

• Bachelor of Informatics

  2008 - 2011

  KU Leuven — Leuven, BE

  Minor: Mathematics.

Awards and Prizes

• Vlaamse Programmeerwedstrijd

  Flemish Programming Contest, open for both students and companies.

  • 1st place: 2009, 2011
  • 2nd place: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
  • 3rd place: 2012, 2017, 2023, 2024
  • 4th place: 2013

• Kemphanen

  Contest for the best Flemish improvised longform, won twice with Commotie.

• 10th International Rule Challenge 2016

  The RuleML 2016 Challenge is one of the highlights at the RuleML 2016 conference, a competition among innovative rule-oriented applications aimed at both the research and industrial side. This award was won with the publication: Combining DMN and the Knowledge Base Paradigm for Flexible Decision Enactment.

• Gouden Krijtje

  Award from the students for the best assistant in the Master of Computer Science, won for academic years 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018.