John Baekelmans

John Baekelmans is Vice-President and Managing Director imec the Netherlands. As Managing Director, he is in charge of the daily management and holds operational responsibility for imec the Netherlands. Aside from his role at imec NL, he is heading the research groups Internet of Things and Connected Health Solutions and he is responsible for the topic of Smart Cities at imec globally. John obtained a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Antwerp, Belgium and is a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE). Before imec, John spent 21 years at Cisco where he held various global leadership positions within Engineering, Services and the M&A departments and has authored numerous US and European patents. John was also the co-founder of a Belgian residential solutions startup called Fifthplay. Before Cisco, John designed, implemented and operated large PBX-networks at Siemens.