Raf Hens
Chairman Of The Board at Apryse
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolRaf Hens is a seasoned software executive and standards expert with over 14 years of hands-on experience scaling engineering organizations and more than 20 years in software development. Currently VP Engineering at Apryse and Chairman of the Board at the PDF Association, he blends product, engineering and standards leadership—serving as an ISO TC 171/SC 2 expert—to align technical vision with business strategy. He has driven product and platform evolution at iText, built cross-functional teams for growth and quality, and led the creation of new products like iText DITO. Known for a pragmatic, hands-on approach, Raf combines research-grade rigor from his Ghent University background with executive training from Vlerick Business School. He excels at translating complex PDF and document standards into practical product roadmaps and partnerships that scale.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at Ghent UniversityLeadership Transition Programme, Leadership Transition Programme at Vlerick Business School
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Github Skills (41)
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Github contributions (5)
rhens/developers-conferences-agenda
Jan 2025 - Jan 2025
This repository list a maximum of tech conferences's date and CFP in order to help conferences organizers, speakers & attendees
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
rhens/Playground
Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 2 branches in 1 day
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