Bio

From CAD drawing to board game: my career so far

Born in 1999 in Belgium, trained as a product developer, and for the past few years managing partner at Wakaaro and Think Nova. Below is the full journey: education, work experience and the skills I picked up along the way.

Born
1999, Belgium
Languages
NL · EN · FR · DE
Driving licence
B (car)
Role
Managing partner at Think Nova

Skills

A mix of technical product design, graphic work and game design that keeps evolving.

Design & prototyping

Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe XD 3D printing Arduino Laser cutting Vacuum forming Electronics

Engineering & CAD

Solidworks (solids, surfacing, sheetmetal) Strength & flow simulation Rendering & animation Siemens NX (solids & surfacing) Microsoft Office Fusion 360 Knowledge of a wide range of production techniques

Gamification & serious games

Concept, game design, full build & implementation Physical serious games Digital serious games Bespoke project guidance

Languages

DutchNative
EnglishVery good
FrenchAverage
GermanBasic

Experience

2015 — 2016

Administration & graphic design

Financial Media

Student job combining administrative and graphic design tasks.

2017 — 2018

Invoicing & digitalisation

Cobofisk

Student job in invoice administration and its digitalisation.

2019 — 2022

Technology valorisation & website builder

Thingit

Support on technology valorisation around cast iron products and around diaper recycling and collection for Woosh. Built thingit.be, deeptechrecruiter.com and patentvision.eu.

2020 — 2022

Research, UX & master's thesis

Woosh

Business analysis and R&D in the start-up phase, redesign of woosh.be, UX design of the ordering flow, and other supporting tasks alongside my master's thesis.

2021

Product development internship

Barco N.V. — Healthcare division

Product development for medical displays.

2023 — present

Co-founder & managing partner

Wakaaro

Founded with my father and built into a studio for bespoke gamification and serious games, for clients at home and abroad. Now part of Think Nova.

2026 — present

Managing partner

Think Nova

Co-responsible for the strategy and operations of the full Think Nova ecosystem.

Education

2011 — 2017

Secondary school, Science-Mathematics

Emmaüsinstituut, Aalter
2017 — 2020

BSc Product Development

University of Antwerp — graduated with 76%, great distinction
2020 — 2022

MSc Product Development

University of Antwerp — graduated with 79%, great distinction

Beyond the classroom

Alongside my formal education, I also took the courses below.

2017

Gelato Masterclass

Gelato University Carpigiani — one-day course.
2022 — 2025

Bakery & pastry chef

Syntra West, evening classes — graduated with 75%.
2023

Introduction to textiles

COBOT vzw

Interests

Outside Wakaaro and Think Nova, this is what keeps me busy.

Nature
Snails & shells
Wildlife photography
Formula 1
Technology
Food & baking

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