Geertrui Ketelaere

Geertrui Mieke De Ketelaere is Program Director AI at imec. She holds a master degree in civil and industrial engineering and specialised in robotics and artificial intelligence during her studies. Over the last 25 years, she has worked for several multinationals on all aspects of data and analytics (IBM, Microsoft, SAP, SAS, etc). At imec, Mieke De Ketelaere is responsible for the development of the AI strategy and roll-out. From a consulting point of view, she is specialised in defining the AI business canvas, from potential value to predefined risks. With her understanding of the new digital data streams and her understanding of AI technologies, Mieke De Ketelaere is requested by different business schools as a guest speaker on digitalisation. In her public presentations, Mieke puts the focus on the demystification of the hype around AI and covers non-technical subjects such as data privacy. In 2018, she was nominated “ICT Woman of the Year” in Belgium.

Work experience

• imec Director Artificial Intelligence (imec - IDLab)
• London Business School Guest Lecturer in the "ADQ Game Changer" program
• Provincie West-Vlaanderen Curator "Festival van de Toekomst"
• www.gmdeketelaere.com Book Author: "Wanted: Human AI Translators"
• Eneco Belgium Advisory Board Member
• Nova Reperta Senior Advisor - Data & Analytics
• Bouwbedrijf Dethier Advisory Board Member
• Vlaams AI Onderzoeksprogramma / Flanders AI Research Program Ringleader - Flanders AI Program
• ISDI Guest Lecturer: Master in Digital Data Analytics
• Vlerick Business School Guest Lecturer: Data Driven Marketing
• SAS
  • Director Customer Intelligence, West-Europe
  • Business Development Manager
• Microsoft Product Solution Marketing Manager CRM

Education

• Vlerick Business School “Take the Lead” Programme Digital Disruption
• Auckland University of Technology Suspended PhD Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
• University of Stuttgart Master Sc Civil Engineering (Cybernetics)
• Fachhochschule Aalen Master of Science (M.S.) Diplomarbeit - Robotics
• Katholieke Hogeschool Oost-Vlaanderen Master Industrial Engineering