Jose Zurstrassen
Jose Zurstrassen co-founded Skynet (Belgium's first major internet provider) and Keytrade Bank alongside his brother Jean Zurstrassen and Gregoire de Streel, serving as CTO of Keytrade Bank.
Jose Zurstrassen is an elder statesman of the Brussels tech scene. Together with Jean Zurstrassen and Gregoire de Streel, he co-founded Skynet in 1995, Belgium's first and most successful internet provider, which was sold to Belgacom. In 1998 the trio created Keytrade Bank, where Jose served as Chief Technology Officer. The bank was sold to Credit Agricole Group in 2002. He has since been active as an investor and angel in the Belgian startup ecosystem, including a seed investment in Sparkcentral.
Career
Roles
- bit4you and Chainius SolutionsExecutive ChairmanMay 2018 – Present
M80Associate PartnerNov 2018 – Present
- LeanSquareExecutive ChairmanJan 2017 – Feb 2021
- LeanSquareChairman2015 – Feb 2021
- MyMicroInvest.ComChairman of the BoardDec 2012 – Dec 2016
- Mondial TelecomCEOJun 2011 – Jun 2014
- HackFWDReferer in Brussels2010 – 2013
EarlyTracks#511factorychairman2009 – Dec 2014
- VCself-employed2007 – 2009
Keytrade Bank#674factoryFounderJun 1998 – Jan 2007
- Belgacom Skynet#246factoryfounder1994 – 1998
- skynetCEO1994 – 1998
- scorpioProject Manager1992 – 1994
Education
Solvay Business School#200schoolCommercial Engineer1989 - 1993
- Vrije Universiteit BrusselsJust not Engineer, Computer ScienceSep 1987 - Sep 1994
Stanford University#44schoolStanford Executive Program 2019
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