Experience

IMDC

• Belgium
• Civil Engineering
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Commercial and Business Development Director

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Antwerp, Belgium

• Senior Engineer

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Antwerp Area, Belgium As a senior engineer in the fields of coastal processes and coastal engineering, I’m passionate about providing tailor-made solutions for questions related to coastal morphology, coastline evolution and dune migration, coastal erosion and flood risk studies, the assessment and design of coastal protection, the development of disaster risk reduction measures and climate change adaptation options, and coastal zone management more in general. As project manager I am motivating and supporting… Show more As a senior engineer in the fields of coastal processes and coastal engineering, I’m passionate about providing tailor-made solutions for questions related to coastal morphology, coastline evolution and dune migration, coastal erosion and flood risk studies, the assessment and design of coastal protection, the development of disaster risk reduction measures and climate change adaptation options, and coastal zone management more in general. As project manager I am motivating and supporting the project team members to provide high quality advice, scientific sound but always pragmatic and client oriented.

• Product Manager Coasts and Estuaries

  • Feb 2019 - Nov 2020

  Antwerp Area, Belgium As Product Manager Coasts and Estuaries I make sure all projects and offers in this field are answering our client's needs, and I manage the Coasts and Estuaries team at IMDC.

• Product Director Water Studies

  • Feb 2019 - Nov 2020

  Antwerp Area, Belgium As Product Manager Water Studies I follow-up the sales and project delivery for the products Blue Energy, Water Resource Management, Coasts and Estuaries, Water Consulting & Computing and Digital Water Solutions from IMDC, in the direction team of Business Line Water of Tractebel Engineering BEB.

• Market Coordinator Coastal and Estuarine Management

  • Apr 2017 - Jan 2019

  Antwerp As Market Coordinator Coastal and Estuarine Management I was the first point of contact for our clients, and I made sure the studies we provide answer in the best way possible the clients's needs. By combining this (part-time) function with my function as Senior Engineer, a strong link with the required technical expertise is maintained.

• Team Leader Coastal Zone Management

  • Sep 2014 - Mar 2017

  Antwerp Area, Belgium As team leader Coastal Zone Mangagement I was responsible for the planning, functioning, coaching and technical follow-up of a small team of coastal experts. Being the main contact point for project and tenders managers, I made sure that any tasks in relation to CZM where taken care of.

• Competence Manager Waves & Coastal Engineering

  • Jul 2010 - Mar 2017

  Antwerp Area, Belgium As competence manager I was responsible for organising and sharing knowledge on Waves and Coastal Engineering with other colleagues in IMDC, and for following any new developments in this field, both from academic and industry point of view, which could be of added value for the IMDC studies.

• Engineer - Advisor

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2015

  Antwerp Area, Belgium

• Project Engineer

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2009

  Antwerp Area, Belgium



Deltares

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• graduation project

  • Jul 2006 - Dec 2006

  Delft Area, Netherlands Graduation project on the sediment exchange at the Western Scheldt mouth due to the interaction of morphological changes and tidal assymetry. The results of this research for Rijkswaterstaat have been published in a paper in Continental Shelf Research.