Experience

IBA

• Belgium
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Proton Therapy - Service Engineering Director

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  - Management of the R&D teams responsible for the HW and SW evolution of the installed base Proton Therapy centers under operation (20+ centers)- Responsible of the R&D of upgrades and updates for installed base- Responsible of the customer satisfaction- Responsible of the PT centers uptime improvements- Responsible for the on site and remote technical support for the installed base proton therapy systems- Responsible of the stability and standardization of proton therapy equipment of installed base- Collaborating with the staff of the PT-Services department (500+) to contribute to improving installation and operation Show less

• Program Delivery Group R&D Manager

  • Jun 2010 - Jun 2018

  Management of a team of 10 software engineers responsible for the bug fixing and remote/local support for the software control systems of multiple Proton Therapy centers around the world; Leader of the software release deployment process for all maintenance software upgrades on IBA PT centers; PT system expert with extensive experience on site in debugging and troubleshooting on various software and control system; Experience in project management aspect of various deployment activities.

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Oct 2007 - Jun 2010

  Debugging and maintaining the software of a complex, multiplatform medical system used to control a particle therapy center; Heavily involved in the calibration and validation of a Particle Accelerator (Cyclotron) used for cancer treatment; Routine maintenance of intricate electrical equipment used to control the various machines on site; Development of a Ruby on Rails website with a PostgreSQL back end aimed to provide other engineers with a troubleshooting interface as well as a variety of generic tools. Show less