Smals
I’m cryptographer in the research & innovation team of Smals, the largest IT service provider for the Belgian public sector, with a focus on social security and healthcare. Protection of sensitive personal data is a continuous focus of Smals.
Within this context, I foster innovation by pioneering and implementing new cryptographic concepts, offering guidance, and facilitating knowledge transfer.
My roles
- Cryptography expert for IT projects and Advisor for public bodies.
- Prominent role in developing cryptographic governance, which includes, among others, cryptographic policies, recommendations and procedures.
- Inventor or facilitator of novel, innovative cryptographic concepts, which are oftentimes adopted in live environments
- Creating awareness, within Smals and the public sector, about opportunities and threats related to privacy and cryptography.
Community
Collaboration leads into valuable synergies and new opportunities. Therefore, I participate or participated in the following community building initiatives.
Beltug Blockhain Task Force
By Beltug (Belgian association of CIOs and digital technology leaders
Finished (2018-2020)
Quantum Circle
The Belgium quantum computing community
Ongoing (2023-??)
Technical WG of European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI)
By European Commission
Finished (2019-2024)
Academic partnerships
In order to stay at the forefront of innovation, collaboration with academia is essential. Therefore, I engage in several academic collaborations.
DASH
Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing
Dept. of Computer Science, KU Leuven
2021-2023
GDPR
Innoveren van het software ontwikkelingsproces in het GDPR tijdperk
Dept. of Computer Science, KU Leuven
2018-2020
CHAIN
Connecting Humankind Through Algorithms and Information Networks
Faculty of Law, Utrecht University
2020-2024
SDM
Sufficiency & Data Minimization in big data
Bringing dataset anonymization to practice
Dept. of Computer Science, KU Leuven
Jury member of PhD Kevin De Boeck
2020-2025