Philippe Faes

Experience

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  Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (ftw.)

  Jul 2001 - Aug 2001

  Intern

  Performing a GSM measurement campaign and setting up a database for storing the measured data, using Java and SQL over JDBC and ODBC

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  CoWare

  Aug 2002 - Aug 2002

  Intern

  Internship and Master Thesis at Coware (now part of Synopsys)Preparation for my master thesis "Real-Time Operating System Functions in Hardware".Study hardware software co-design with N2C toolkit, SystemC and CoWareCStudy RTOS implementations CoWareOS and MicroC/OS-II and context switches using setjmp/longjmp.

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  Ghent University

  Oct 2003 - Dec 2007

  PhD Student

  Research on hardware/software co-design and interfacing. The research focusses on integrating Java with reconfigurable hardware (FPGA). I have used technologies such as Java JIT compilers, custom garbage collectors, VHDL, FPGA SoC design, creating Linux kernel modules and more. During my research I have collaborated in an agile team of researchers.

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  Sigasi

  Jan 2008 - now

  I co-founded and managed Sigasi for almost ten years. As a co-founder, I have experience with all aspects of software development, engineering, sales, marketing and operational management. On the engineering side, I have participated in software development, software architecture, business analysis, product ownership in an Agile Scrum team, continuous delivery, DevOps, quality control, testing, UI design and so much more. As manager and entrepreneur, I have been in charge of: sales, marketing, product development, setting up strategic partnerships, recruitment, administration, strategic decisions at boards level and shareholder level. I have successfully completed an investment round of around half a million euros in 2010, and have written and received various government grants for the company. Show less

  • Co-Founder and Shareholder

    Jun 2017 - now

  • Co-founder and CEO

    Jan 2008 - Jun 2017
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  Around Media

  Apr 2018 - Jun 2018

  Interim Product Owner

  At Around Media, I have implemented improved procedures for the agile software development process, reporting directly to the CEO. I have taken up the role of Product Owner in the company's Agile Scrum development team, and I have set up new communication channels between the different teams in the company. I've implement procedures for resolving, tracking and avoiding company-wide emergency situations.

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  Timelab

  Aug 2018 - May 2019

  Governance Consultant

  (part time) I facilitated the process of implementing Good Governance at Timelab vzw. This process uses consent-based decision making. I collaborate with the members of the Board of Directors, the members of the General Assembly as well he operational team. Together, we work to revise and rewrite several documents: the bylaws, the "house rules" and the appointment notes. These documents describe the way the different bodies of the organisation collaborate, the different roles in the Board and the operational team, and the code conduct of the organisation and its officers. Show less

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  Stadslabo CVBA

  May 2019 - Apr 2021

  Member Board Of Directors
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  Netwerk Ondernemen

  May 2019 - now

  Business Mentor

  Volunteering as Business Mentor for founders of startup companies.

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  LindaCare

  Sept 2019 - Apr 2020

  Interim CTO

  As interim CTO, I was responsible for the implementation of LindaCare's software and hardware products. Working under the quality management regulations for medical devices (ISO 13485:2016), I worked with the technology team and the compliance officer towards more automated testing and improved quality procedures.I made the strategic decision to concentrate the technology team in one geographical location and expanded that team in Porto. I was responsible for facilitating the technology roadmap definition in the management team and for executing the technology roadmap. Show less

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  Docbyte

  Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

  Technical Consultant
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  Mazda Motor Belux / Mazda Motor Logistics Europe

  Feb 2022 - Feb 2024

  Enterprise Architect

  During my time at Mazda Europe, I defined the structure and processes for Enterprise Architecture at Mazda Europe. I wrote an internal whitepaper on the subject, which I presented to the VPs and CEO and got their approval to implement. I worked with IT leadership team and internal business stakeholders. I was part of the core team that defined and guided a major change management project.