Tom De Gendt

Vice President, DevOps & Cloud Operations at Sagent

Tom De Gendt is a lawyer specializing in health law and public law.1 He is a board member (Bestuurder) at Familiehulp vzw, a family care organization based in Brussels.1 De Gendt is also a board member at Jessa Ziekenhuis Hasselt, a hospital in Hasselt, Belgium.1

Professional Background

De Gendt is the founder of De Gendt Advocaten, a law firm with offices in Leuven and Ghent.2 The firm focuses on healthcare law, working with hospitals, doctors, nursing homes, and nurses throughout Flanders.2 He is registered with both the Leuven and Brussels bar associations.2

Expertise and Interests

Tom De Gendt's areas of expertise include:

Health law
Public law
Hospital networks
Patient rights and obligations

He frequently shares insights and comments on legal matters related to healthcare on social media platforms.2 3 De Gendt is particularly interested in the development of hospital networks in Belgium and has been involved in several projects in this area.2

Academic Involvement

De Gendt is associated with KU Leuven and UHasselt, likely in an academic or advisory capacity.1 He has been involved in conducting mock trials for third-year law students in administrative law at KU Leuven.4

Tom De Gendt's LinkedIn profile can be found under the username "tomdegendt", where he shares professional updates and insights related to his work in health law and public administration.1

Experience

Vice President, DevOps & Cloud Operations at Sagent (August 2021 - Present)

Director of DevOps at Sagent (April 2020 - August 2021), Board Member | CTO at F1 in Schools North America (July 2019 - Present)

Education

BA Hons from University of Reading (1995 - 1999), Studied at Jouchi Dai Gaku (Sofia University, Tokyo, Japan) (1997) and University of Cambridge (1992 - 1993)