Ken Bastiaensen
Co-Founder And CTO at Ravical
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolKen Bastiaensen is a pragmatic AI and physics-trained technologist with 11 years of experience building and scaling machine learning-driven products, currently serving as Co-Founder and CTO of Ravical. He previously led AI at Silverfin, directing multiple data science and engineering teams to deliver industry-first accounting AI modules that automate data standardization, anomaly detection, and advisory recommendations. Ken blends deep quantitative roots—from a PhD-level research stint at Ghent University and early career ABS structuring—with hands-on startup and consultancy experience launching ML products in finance and enterprise. He co-founded Boltzmann to turn state-of-the-art models into real-world applications and has a track record of shipping probabilistic, Bayesian, and deep-learning solutions. Based in Ghent, Belgium, he is comfortable bridging research rigor and product execution, often applying physics-inspired approaches to model regime changes and complex systems. Notably, his background spans both trading-floor quantitative work and academic modelling, giving him a rare perspective on risk, prediction, and operational AI deployment.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Engineering in Applied Physics, Master of Science, Engineering in Applied Physics at Ghent UniversityMaster, Physics, Master, Physics at Universidad Complutense de MadridMaster, Engineering Applied Physics, Master, Engineering Applied Physics at CIEMATHigh school, Latin-Mathematics, High school, Latin-Mathematics at Koninklijk Lyceum Antwerpen
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Github Skills (200)
programming-language10
categorical10
optimization10
optimization-methods10
optim10
julialang10
panel-data10
optimisation10
root-finding10
science10
julia10
numerical10
machine-learning10
hpc10
petsc10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ETC-UA/LeafAreaIndex.jl
Mar 2015 - Jun 2020
Package to calculate Leaf Area Index from Hemisperical Images.
Contributions:2 releases, 186 commits, 6 PRs in 5 years 3 months
calculateleafindex
ETC-UA/LAIscript
Apr 2015 - Jun 2020
scripts to automatically run LAI calculations with ODBC link to custom database
Contributions:6 PRs, 26 pushes, 5 branches in 5 years 2 months
laicustom-databasecalculationsdatabaselink
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