Patrick Vandenameele

Patrick Vandenameele has a diverse work experience, with their most recent position being Chief Portfolio Officer at imec since October 2022. Prior to this role, they served as a Senior Vice President of Business Development & Venturing from March 2021 to October 2022, and as a Director of Venture Development & Innovation Management from May 2017 to March 2021, both at imec. Patrick has also held positions as a Member of the Board of Directors at MICLEDI microdisplays since December 2019, an Observer of the Board of Directors at Pulsify Medical since September 2019, and an Observer of the Board of Directors at Pharrowtech since June 2019. Earlier in their career, they worked at Huawei Technologies as the CTO & Design Centre Manager from November 2010 to May 2017, and at M4S and Essensium as CTO and Co-Founder from 2007 to 2010 and from 2005 to 2007, respectively. Before that, they held various managerial and engineering roles at Qorvo, Inc. and Resonext Communications. Patrick started their career as a Researcher on MIMO for OFDM at IMEC from July 1996 to November 2000.

Patrick Vandenameele completed a Master of Science (MS) degree in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at Vlerick Business School from 2006 to 2007. Patrick also served as a Visiting Researcher at Stanford University in 1998. Additionally, they were a Visiting Researcher at Télécom Paris from 1995 to 1996, where they obtained a Master of Science (MS) degree. Patrick holds a PhD and MS degree in Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications from KU Leuven, although the specific dates of their education were not provided. Prior to their higher education, they attended Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege, although no degree or field of study information was mentioned.