Thierry Van Landegem is an accomplished entrepreneur and business leader with a focus on innovation and transformation. He has an educational background in engineering and holds a Master of Business Administration from KU Leuven. Thierry has over 20 years of experience incubating and launching businesses in various industries. His expertise lies in ideation, incubation, and acceleration of businesses, building optimal organization models, and creating broader ecosystems. He is an expert in entrepreneurship, discovery-driven planning, lean-startup principles, and design thinking. Thierry is highly experienced in corporate innovation, business transformation, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of things. He is a mentor to aspiring professionals and organizations seeking to develop and grow their businesses. Thierry has held various executive positions in notable organizations, including Executive Director Accelerator at mHUB Chicago, Formerly Chief Innovation, and Incubation (Sherpa) at MLAB Ventures, Vice President Research and Innovation and CTO at Alcatel, and Network Architecture and Strategy at Alcatel. Thierry holds several awards, including the Edison Award for Collective Disruption, Best Innovator Award by A.T. Kearney, and Overall Best Innovation Program by the American Leaders Association.