Guy Van Wijmeersch has been focusing in the last year on creating a corporate platform for human-centered innovation and corporate venturing consolidating tools from design thinking lean startup and agile development, working with start-ups and intrapreneurs with a strong focus on business model innovation, service innovation and experience design.

Since 1992, he is also strongly involved in the foundational technologies at the corporate technology center of Barco where he is responsible in thought leadership bridging new technologies, new user experiences and new business models.

He earned a master degree in Product Design at the University of Antwerp and a postgraduate degree of Product Design at the University of Irvine, California, USA. He is member of the Ergonomics Association and Design Management Institute. Over the last 12 years as Design Director and Director Strategic Marketing of Barco, he has been involved in several global signature key projects in control rooms at Reliance, Saudi Aramco, and others.