Eric Van der Hulst

Eric Van der Hulstis an Innovation Manager of Health at imec. He considers himself an evangelist of technology in healthcare with a mission to build bridges between researchers (including imec) and companies on the one hand, and governments, professionals and citizens on the other. In this way, he tries to promote innovation through healthcare technology and contributes solutions to the challenges our healthcare system faces.

Eric holds a master’s in computer sciences (VUB) and specialized through a master’s in CAE (UK) and a postgraduate in usability design (KUL). He started his career at Siemens, where after five years he joined the medical informatics department. Over the next 10 years, he was a project manager for healthcare applications at the UZA, before becoming a healthcare director for the software developer, Cegeka. Eric worked at the iMinds research center since 2014, prior to its merger with imec. He presently combines his experience in IT and care for the benefit of innovation.