Team

Ethernetics is a Belgian Technology Start-up with a solid foundation. Our Team:

• JAN DEZUTTER

  MANAGING PARTNER & COFOUNDER

  Jan.dezutter@ethernetics.tech

  Jan the catalyst and the evangelist of Ethernetics’ vision on datacenter-management, optimisation, “disaster”-prevention en automation, based on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data.

  Jan has 20 years of useful experience in sales and marketing. He is a battle-hardened sales and marketing manager since 1999 in the fields of telecom, data centers, WAN and cloud services in corporates, medium enterprises as well as in start-ups. He used to be the country manager of Interoute in Belgium. Under his supervision, Interoute built a state-of-the-art data center in Ghent.

  Jan has a strong belief in co-creation and co-innovation with customers, commercial ecosystems and partners.  

  The best way to predict the future is to create it. (Alan Kay) 
• GERT DE SPIEGELEER

  MANAGING PARTNER & COFOUNDER

  Gert.de.spiegeleer@ethernetics.tech

  Corporate Social Responsibility is really the core of Ethernetics’ existence, according to Co-Founder Gert De Spiegleer. “Make this world a better place” is his life mantra. He is driving and monitoring our continuous efforts to reach high quality social, environmental and business standards. Gert is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and in charge of the overarching strategic decisions and the Corporate Governance. He will assure a true Corporate Social Responsibility culture across every echelon of the company . 

  Gert strongly believes in the workplace culture at the core of an organization. Developing a healthy and pleasant workplace, with an inspiring can-do mentality is fundamental for the success of Ethernetics. Furthermore, he advises on external financing and long term financial planning. Gert holds a master in Applied Economic Sciences of the UGent, is a Certified Financial Analyst and holds an MBA from the Vlerick Business School. 
• JONAS DE ZITTER

  HEAD OF HARDWARE

  Jonas.de.zitter@ethernetics.tech

  Jonas is passionate about blockchain, datacenter applications and wide bandgap power electronics for high efficiency power conversion to provide solutions for smart batteries, datacenters, solar, electric vehicles and many more.

  He is an experienced Development Engineer with a history of working in multiple industry segments. He is a professional skilled in electronic engineering, power electronics design, energy conversion, energy storage and electronic components. 

  At Ethernetics Jonas is focusing on industrialization, production and scalability of our product.
• JEROEN CLAES

  ENGINEERING LEAD

  Jeroen.claes@ethernetics.tech

  Jeroen is a very passionate FPGA design-engineer. At Ethernetics his focus is on the integration of his designs into the physical components of the Ethernetics solutions. With his broad experience in VHDL, Python, ModelSim, C/C++ and Matlab, nothing can stop him to realize successful projects.

  Jeroen feels completely at home in no-nonsense environments and his added value is at its best in start-ups en scale-ups, where his input and creativity have a proven impact. 
• ROBERT LEUNE

  MANAGING PARTNER & COFOUNDER

  Robert.leune@ethernetics.tech

  Since 2001 Robert designs and develops high-speed and high-reliability systems like motherboards, processors and code for Barco, Philips Medical Systems, Harman Professional and Gemidis. In 2011 he brought smart PDU’s to the data center world as a former lead engeneer in the days that Racktivity was still a startup. In April 2018 Robert founded Ethernetics and in February 2019 all intellectual property, trade-marks, patents and technology of Racktivity was acquired by Ethernetics.

  Robert designs organic technology: adaptive, efficient and stripped of all ballast. What is more organic than self-healing and self-learning systems? That is a question to ask Robert and the Ethernetics engineering team.
• MATTIAS

  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (Ad Interim)

  Mattias.pieters@ethernetics.tech

  Mattias is the Chief Financial Officer (Ad Interim) and responsible for implementing, structuring and automizing processes in regards to financial reporting, forecasting and business measurement KPI’s.

  Mattias has +10 years of C-level experience of which 2 years as part of a listed company and has a proven track record in M&A. During his career he took on several functions as CFO, Director of Finance & Operations and Managing Director. Having been in touch with all the various aspects of running a business, makes him an excellent and versatile strategic sparring partner with a hands-on mentality.

  Quote: “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On!’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” –  Calvin Coolidge

Our Advisory Board

• AMAN KHAN

  Aman Khan is an independent TMT Advisor and international executive with a passion for business transformation, continuous improvement and building “bridges” between business objectives and innovative technology solutions. In his board level roles over the last 20 years, Aman has advised a broad range of enterprises including start-ups in commercial, technical and financial areas on their journey to success.     

  Aman has been in TMT industry for 20+ years and has held senior leadership roles, both at European and global levels, at enterprises such as Global Switch, Star Alliance, NTT (Dimension Data), GE, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and PSINet. 

  Someone said, “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” Fortunately the sustainability theme has now reached the board rooms. The Ethernetics solution focuses on all critical infrastructure including data centers and will be a significant contributor in supporting sustainability objectives.   
• ANGELA MATHIS

  Angela Elliot Mathis is the CEO and co-founder of ThinkTank Maths Limited (Edinburgh)

  The company, founded in 2007, creates novel ‘Mathematical frameworks’ – Intelligent Systems (software) based on bespoke data analysis, Augmented AI /ML –  to find hidden structures in data other AI cannot. It deals with situational uncertainty and complexity to solve ‘wicked’ 21st century industrial and engineering problems in New Space, Energy and Aeronautics.

  She is a member of the Scottish Space Leadership Council and is also on the Board of the Scottish Energy Forum, which creates public and professional debate around the Energy Transition and the key technology, governmental and financial developments to support the transition.

  Her 35-year professional history is in international technology commercialization with companies such as C. I. Polyurethanes, Iomega, Avaya & Lucent Technologies and PSINet where she held senior roles.

  She is a Global Scot, having lived and worked in Paris, Brussels, Geneva and Freiberg, Germany for over 20 years.

  Quote: “We need humility, creativity and curiosity to tackle life’s greatest challenges”
• YONCA BRAECKMAN

  “By now we all know the ecological footprint of the internet is massive. I look forward to helping develop the impact roadmap to decarbonize the internet with Ethernetics.”

  Yonca Braeckman is the founder & CEO of Impact Shakers, a global impact ecosystem tackling complex societal challenges through inclusive entrepreneurship. She is a mission-driven entrepreneur and investor in underrepresented founders. She helped build the Belgian and European tech startup ecosystems and is a sought after startup mentor and jury member. She has advised and mentored over 200 startups and was involved in global startup programmes & competitions like Empow’Her, European Social Innovation Competition, Village Capital, IBM Hyper Protect, PayPal Finance Forward, SXSW, Slush & Untold Stories.

  She built the new smart city hub ‘Watt Factory’ in Ghent, Belgium, including a dedicated acceleration programme. She is the curator of TEDxGhent and the Techstars Startup Digest Reading List on Impact Entrepreneurship. She initiated the Horasis Young Visionaries for the Global Vision Community Horasis to add to her mission of lifting diverse social entrepreneurs. She was selected for the new group of Belgian changemakers “40 under 40” to help advance bold societal goals.
• THOMAS VOLDER

  Thomas Volder is the founder and owner of  www.volderconsult.dk – Working with Datacenters, P2X, Technical Infrastructure, Start Ups and Site selection with a strong focus on sustainability improvements and business continuity.   

  His passion is all about executing, challenging, transforming, winning & I feel very comfortable doing this by leading and motivating people around me. Success is not an individual game – Success is a result of setting the right team and work with the competences everyone brings into the team. Leadership is about courage to show passion and move forward inspiring people around you.

  He is the chairman of the Danish Datacenter Industry and have had this role for more than 5 years. The DDI is a non-profit organization, which represents the Danish data center ecosystem. The DDI supports the establishment of new business relationships nationally and internationally.www.datacenterindustrien.dk/

  Thomas has + 20 Years of experience working in multiple leading roles in well-recognized international companies as Schneider Electric, General Electric & Coromatic by e-on. He sits in several Boards as member or Chairman.

  Thomas`s vision matches perfectly with the sole mission of Ethernetics – Let’s decarbonize the Internet together!
• RENZO RAVAGLIA

  Renzo has spent his entire career in the telecom sector, first 20 years in Alcatel, where he was leading the Italian turn-key division, then 17 in Interoute, first Country Manager in Italy and Med, then EVP Carrier Sales.

  After a period of 3 years as consultant, now Renzo is co-founder and Executive Chairman of FibreConnect, a start-up that is building in Italy a nation-wide fibre network to connect underserved business parks.

  Quote: Sustainability is the key concept for the future of next generations and Ethernetics mission of contributing to decarbonize Internet is addressing this target. Every Watt counts!!!