Tim De Geyter holds a degree in Electronics Engineering (specialization Telecommunication). As Tim’s ambition was to always work at the intersection of business and technology he coupled this technical-scientific education with a postgraduate in Business Administration.This educational mix has translated in various commercial-technical roles in the Telecom, ICT & IoT market from pure sales (direct, indirect) and business development to product management, business management and eventually via general business management roles some operational helmets at C-level.Tim has extensive international experience working for large organization such as Barco Communication Systems (now Cisco), Thomson Multimedia (now Technicolor), the Belgacom Group and has been an expat for a total of 3 years in Sao Paulo, Brazil.After that Tim decided to feed off of his home-grown entrepreneurial roots and has successfully started-up several Telecom & ICT XaaS companies. In recent years Tim has put his focus on the Internet of Things and has moved into advisory roles helping corporates as well as governmental organisation with strategic (technology) innovation trajectories. Tim's overalll experience in corporate, startup and innovation has consolidated in his current role as Managing Director Corporate Venturing (Venture building, Open innovation, M&A, ...) in Colruyt Group.Tim loves working in multicultural environments. He is pragmatic, hands-on and result driven.