• 01
    Director of Engineering 2025 — Present

    McKinsey & Company · Belgium · Brussels

    Ownership of engineering strategy, budget, and outcomes across platform, data, and agentic AI in partnership with business stakeholders. Defines technical direction and investment priorities to give the product a sustainable competitive edge. Part-time embedded with QuantumBlack on complex client technology challenges.

    Technical StrategyOrg DesignPlatform EngineeringData EngineeringAgentic productsAI native engineeringVendor Management
  • 02
    (Senior) Manager of Engineering 2020 — 2025

    McKinsey & Company · Belgium · Brussels

    Grew from leading two teams to owning a multi-domain engineering function covering platform, data, and developer experience as scope and ownership were progressively extended. Owned hiring, technical culture, and delivery quality across the organisation. Operated with increasing autonomy and strategic responsibility.

    Engineering ManagementTeam leadershipPlatform EngineeringData EngineeringDevExTeam ScalingKubernetesAWS
  • 03
    Staff Engineer & Technical Architect 2015 — 2020

    McKinsey & Company · Belgium · Louvain-la-Neuve

    Key technical leader through the Wave platform's sustained growth from start-up to maturity. Owned architecture across the full stack — application design, infrastructure, and security. Transitioned from team delivery into longer-term technical foundations.

    ArchitectureTechnical LeadershipSecurity expertAuth PlatformsNode.jsReactAWSDatabase design
  • 04
    Technical Team Lead 2012 — 2015

    McKinsey & Company · Belgium · Louvain-la-Neuve

    Led engineering teams across multiple SaaS products. First transition from delivery into technical leadership and team development.

    Team LeadershipProduct EngineeringSaaSNode.js
  • 05
    Software Engineer 2006 — 2012

    Cegeka · Belgium · Hasselt

    Enterprise software delivery across diverse client engagements in consulting.

    Java.NETDatabasesEnterprise SoftwareConsulting