Kris Verlaenen
Distinguished Engineer At Ecosystem Engineering at Red Hat
Keerbergen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolKris Verlaenen is a Distinguished Engineer at Red Hat with over 13 years crafting cloud-native workflow and automation platforms and a PhD in Computer Science from KU Leuven. He architects and leads open-source projects such as SonataFlow and jBPM, blending deep expertise in BPM, business rules and policy-based systems with practical experience across Quarkus, OpenShift and serverless technologies. Kris now focuses on leveraging generative AI and agentic applications in production, bridging LLMs, RAG pipelines, MCP, and observability/security practices to make GenAI adoptable at enterprise scale. An active contributor to the Apache KIE ecosystem and Drools workbench, he combines hands-on backend and full-stack work with long-term vision and partner-facing implementations. Not obvious from the job title: his research roots in policy-based management continue to shape how he designs highly-configurable, auditable AI-enabled services.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, Master’s Degree, Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude at KU Leuven
Dutch, English, French, German
Github Skills (45)
javascript10
stun10
back-end-development10
annotations10
jbpm10
testing10
processmaker10
process-management10
drools10
workflow-engine10
gwt10
process-control10
ui-design10
dmn10
rule-engine10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
apache/incubator-kie-kogito-runtimes
Jun 2013 - Jan 2023
Kogito Runtimes - Kogito is a cloud-native business automation technology for building cloud-ready business applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:162 reviews, 36 commits, 88 PRs in 9 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Kris primarily contributed to the back-end components of the Kogito Runtimes project, focusing on enhancements within the jBPM and Drools modules. Their work included modifications to enable the use of Beans from Kie modules within processes, fix name calculations for form files, and move annotations to the droolsjbpm-knowledge project. Furthermore, the user added utility functions to support user-friendly java conditions. Their contributions focused on improving the functionality and usability of the underlying business automation engine.
kogitoknativebusiness-automationrule-enginedrools
kiegroup/jbpm-wb
Jul 2013 - May 2019
Web-based management process and task management console
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:32 commits, 14 PRs, 4 pushes in 5 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Kris made several contributions to the jBPM-wb repository, focusing on both front-end and back-end aspects. These changes involved enhancements to the user interface for deployment units and variable history, as well as modifications to the backend deployment manager. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to form headers and column overflows, demonstrating a focus on UI/UX and usability improvements. The work also included refactoring of security-related components and adding support for Ace editor and UberfireDocks.
process-managementconsoleweb-basedtask-managementweb-based-management
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