Summary
Louis D'hont is a software engineer based in the Ghent metropolitan area with nine years of hands-on experience building embedded and backend systems, and a strong interest in AI and data. He has progressed from Arduino-focused developer roles to Java software engineering and R&D work at Trensition, where he moved from data science research on content analysis and data harvesting into a production software engineer role. Louis combines practical electronics/industrial electricity grounding with formal ICT training, enabling him to bridge hardware-aware development and scalable software design. He has entrepreneurial instincts—finalist in a student entrepreneur competition—and experience creating online learning products, reflecting comfort with both product thinking and technical delivery. As an R&D engineer he focuses on applied machine learning and data pipelines, translating research prototypes into deployable solutions. Colleagues would describe him as a curious, multidisciplinary engineer who reliably moves projects from experiment to production.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Secondary School, Industrial electricity, Secondary School, Industrial electricity at Scheppersinstituut wetteren
Bachelor's degree, Electronics - ICT, 80%, Bachelor's degree, Electronics - ICT, 80% at Odisee
Evening class, Java course, Evening class, Java course at Het Perspectief PCVO