Timeline¶
Three decades at a glance: from marketing databases and PKI to cinema advertising technology and A.I. The details are in the CV.
- 2026–now Founder of DCProof: AI age rating and quality control for trailers and ads
- 2024–now A.I. first: software development with A.I. coding agents (Claude Code), and A.I.-assisted applications for news analysis, media processing and admissions forecasting at Brightfish
- 2020–now Bashful Scripting: newsletter, podcast and the bashew framework
- 2020–2023 Microservice architecture for the migration to a new SaaS at Brightfish
- 2017–2019 Data analysis, visualisation and forecast tools at Brightfish
- 2011–2017 DCP content creation and distribution suite at Brightfish
- 2006–now Technical Director at Brightfish, and toolstud.io goes live
- 2004–now blog.forret.com
- 2000–2005 CTO & co-founder of Hypertrust: the first digital registered mail application in Belgium
- 2000–now Owner of forret.com BV: consultancy and photography
- 1998–2000 VP Operations at Belsign/Globalsign: an accredited PKI data center
- 1997–1998 Business Development Manager at Keyware Technologies: biometric security
- 1993–1997 Database Developer at Sopres Marketing
- 1987–1996 K.U.Leuven: Master of Science (burg.ir.), then postgrad Economics