Geert Debecker Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

EventBrowse.com aggregates data from various platforms, venue websites, and other sources to create a comprehensive -curated - directory of only the relevant business events and conferences in major metropolitan areas in the US.These events are summarized into weekly newsletters, providing recommendations for more than 250,000 subscribers across the US.We reach a highly targeted mix of influencers and connectors including: Startup Founders, CEOs, Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Press, Media, Bloggers and many more.Our current and past sponsors include Variety, O’Reilly, 500 Startups, Inc.com, Twilio, Startup Institute, Convene, Startup Grind, Convene, Angelhack, Appnexus, Sendgrid, and many more.

iMinds Go, a tech incubator and accelerator funded by the Belgian government, supports tech startups to move internationally with the ‘Go Global’ program. Geert acts as a local coach for the US East Coast region, connecting participants with local players and investors, introducing them to the most interesting events, advising them on conducting business in NYC, and eventually help them set up a local subsidiary.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Choosing a co-founder(s) is arguably the most important business decision that founder have to make. COFoundersLabNYC featured organized events and created connections for members of matching platform for businesses to find the right fit.

Active committee member for Ultra Light Startups, which is composed of investors, service providers, and community leaders in the startup ecosystem. Geert has consistently in the Top5 Selection Committee Ranking, based on successfully selecting the winners of each month’s event.

Find-and-Meet allowed it's users to search for the right business events to attend, based on the people attending. Find your event and Meet the right people.

Advisory board member for BelCham, (The Belgian-American Chamber of Commerce) a not-for-profit at the service of Belgians and their friends, with the sole purpose of supporting Belgian excellence in the United States.

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Business development and strategic advisory services for early stage technology companies. Successful projects include:Case study and preparation for a MBO in the automotive sectorBusiness coaching for an online dating service-startupMarket study of the online NYC real estate businessDevelopment of business concept and plan for a business/social media startup

Co-founder and CEO of online auction platform instrumental in establishing and growing a leading solution provider for the remarketing/reselling vehicles at the end of their leasing contract. The company grew to 50+ M € revenue in its fourth year and had operations in Belgium, France, Italy, Germany and Spain. It obtained the award for best ICT-company of the year by Belgium’s leading business magazine in 2007.

Created by Jos Peeters, renowned European venture capitalist and myself, NEo Associates was an investment services boutique for early stage technology companies in Belgium and Europe. We created several partnerships with the “spin-off” departments of the Universities of Leuven (KUL) and Ghent (Vlerick).• Successfully closed 20+ case files.• Formed a network of “high visibility” – technology entrepreneurs.• Introduced NEo in the (VC) market through networking events with relevant market actors.

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Responsible for creating, developing and managing the customer care and billing function for all organizations in the KPNQwest group across Europe, serving 15+ countries and serving customers ranging from wholesale carriers to residential Internet users.

Belgrade, Serbia, Rs

Founded in 1995 as the first Internet Service Provider in Belgium for residential users, PING was formed part of the first and largest European ISP, EUnet. Responsibilities involved replacing the original Founder/CEO, developing the business, and restructuring the organization resulting in exponential growth from 500 to 35.000 clients.

LMS is an engineering innovation partner for companies in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries. My responsibilities were to develop the financial function across the then 15+ offices worldwide, especially introducing the reporting and management function.

Master, Business Administration

Master, Applied Economics