Esther De Loof
Business Developer Operational Director SolidLab
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolEsther De Loof is a business development leader and operational director at imec SolidLab in Ghent, driving data infrastructure initiatives with a focus on stakeholder alignment and audience adoption. She has nine years of experience spanning academia and industry, including building European partnerships for Inrupt’s first live Solid ecosystem to enable EU-wide adoption. Her academic background in experimental psychology and social and behavioral sciences informs a user-centered, evidence-based approach to deploying complex data platforms. A former postdoctoral researcher and PhD candidate, she translates rigorous research into practical, scalable solutions that bridge technical teams and business goals. Based in Belgium, she combines entrepreneurial drive with cross-disciplinary collaboration and strategic storytelling to connect data infrastructure with its audiences.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctoral Schools, Social and Behavioral Science, Doctoral Schools, Social and Behavioral Science at Ghent UniversityLatin-Mathematics, Latin-Mathematics at Virgo Sapientiae Institute Maldegem, BelgiumFull eloquence training, Full eloquence training at Art Academy AalterGithub contributions (5)
OpenWebslides/OpenWebslides.github.io
Dec 2015 - Jun 2018
Contributions:6 PRs, 86 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 5 months
OpenWebslides/ICT-Lerarenopleiding
May 2016 - May 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 63 pushes, 10 comments in 2 years
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