Jeroen Janssen
Jeroen Janssen is the founder and chief executive of Happy Volcano, a company he started in December 2013 and continues to lead from Leuven. He has been chairman of the Flemish Games Association since June 2025, having served on its board from May 2018, and he has sat on the steering group of Flanders Game Hub since April 2023.
Before Happy Volcano, Janssen spent more than a decade at Boondoggle, where he began as a multimedia developer in April 2005 and later worked as a digital producer and as an account manager until December 2016. In July 2009 he co-founded Boondoggle LifeLabs, where he was also a digital producer until June 2015. Earlier, in the first half of 2004, he interned as a web developer at State.
Janssen studied applied computer sciences and e-security at Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven, followed by photography at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunst Leuven, a Kluwer Training course in negotiation skills and a people management programme at Vlerick Business School.
Career
- Flemish Games AssociationChairmanJun 2025 – Present
- Flanders Game HubSteering Group memberApr 2023 – Present
- Happy VolcanoCEO / FounderDec 2013 – Present
- Flemish Games AssociationBoard MemberMay 2018 – Jul 2025
- Boondoggle#483factoryAccount ManagerJul 2015 – Dec 2016
- Boondoggle#483factoryDigital ProducerMar 2011 – Jun 2015
- Boondoggle LifeLabsDigital Producer & Co-FounderJul 2009 – Jun 2015
- Boondoggle#483factoryMultimedia DeveloperApr 2005 – Feb 2011
- Stateinternship: web developerJan 2004 – May 2004
Vlerick Business School#3schoolThe People Manager, Human Resources Management and Services2012 - 2012
- Kluwer TrainingNegotiation Skills, Business/Commerce2011 - 2011
- Academie voor Beeldende Kunst LeuvenPhotography2007 - 2010
- Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven#29schoolBachelor's degree, Applied Computer Sciences2000 - 2004
- Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven#29schoolPost Graduate, E-Security2000 - 2004
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