Corporate Overview / Management
Management
Executive Management Team
Luc Burgelman: Chief Executive Officer
Luc Burgelman is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Porthus and also a member of the company's Board of Directors. Burgelman is responsible for strategic planning and execution.
Before his appointment as CEO in 2001, Burgelman held the CFO position and was responsible for sales. Prior to co-founding Porthus in 1999, Burgelman held a variety of management responsibilities in quality and operations at Corus, combining business and IT knowledge and experience.
Burgelman earned a Master degree in Civil Engineering, a Master of Informatics, both from the University of Ghent and an MBA from the Flanders Business School in Antwerp.
Frank Hamerlinck : Chief Operations Officer and Chief Technology Officer
In his role as Chief Technology Officer, Frank Hamerlinck is responsible for shaping Porthus' overall services offering and defining the technology agenda. Hamerlinck steers all research and development investments and defines the corporate technology strategy. As Chief Operations Officer, Hamerlinck manages Porthus' global business operations.
Before co-founding Porthus in 1999 and assuming his dual role of COO and CTO, Hamerlinck spent several years at Volvo where he was responsible for the management of Volvo's desktop- and open systems services for Western Europe.
Hamerlinck holds a Master degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Ghent.
Joris Allaert: Chief Financial Officer
Joris Allaert is the company's Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since 2001. Allaert is responsible for Porthus' overall financial activities and heads the finance and legal divisions.
Previously, Allaert worked in IT management at Commercial Union and at the Delaware unit of Deloitte & Touche, primarily focusing on ERP related consultancy.
Allaert holds a Master degree in Mathematics and Informatics from the University of Ghent.
Christophe Longueville: Vice President Sales and Marketing
Christophe Longueville was appointed Vice President of Sales & Marketing when he joined Porthus in 2004. Longueville is responsible for global direct and indirect sales and drives all corporate and product marketing initiatives. Longueville brings more than ten years of commercial and management experience to Porthus.
Prior to joining the company, Longueville was Field Operations Manager and Sales Director at SAP Belux. He held positions as corporate banker at BBL and ING and senior account executive for the financial industry at Belgacom.
Longueville earned a Master degree in Civil Engineering in Electro technology and holds a Master Degree in Finance from the Catholic University of Louvain.
Jean Verheyen: Vice President Business Development
When joining Porthus in 2000, Jean Verheyen was responsible for sales & marketing. Verheyen was then promoted to Business Unit Manager, Consolidated Outsourcing & Application Delivery. He was appointed Vice President of Business Development in 2005. In this role, Verheyen directs global new business development initiatives, which include both M&A activities as well as greenfield investments. Before joining Porthus, Verheyen held sales positions at Xerox.
Verheyen holds a Master degree in Physical Education and a Master in Applied Economic Sciences from K.U. Leuven, an Executive Master in Business Administration from the Flanders Business school in Antwerp.
Anne-Mie Poot – Vice President Human Resources
Anne-Mie Poot joined Porthus' Executive Management team as Vice President Human Resources in October 2008. In her role as Vice President Human Resources, Anne-Mie heads all Porthus corporate HR functions with a special focus on the implementation of competence management programs, the implementation of the HR strategy and processes as the company continues to grow. Anne-Mie has over 15 years of HR expertise, of which 10 years of experience in the Technology industry. In recent years, Anne-Mie worked as Group Human Resources Director at Option. Previously, Anne-Mie held HR management positions at Ubizen and Tycoelectronics. Anne-Mie Poot holds a Masters degree in Psychology and Educational Sciences from the University of Ghent.