Thijs Maenhout
TLDR
Thijs Maenhout is the co-founder and COO of Atumind, the Lichtervelde manufacturing software spin-out of Atree, and brings more than twenty years of hands-on experience in industrial systems and MES/MOM software to the platform.
Overview
Thijs Maenhout co-founded Atumind in July 2025 with Christophe Sabbe as its operational lead, focused on turning more than two decades of Belgian industrial-software experience into a modular Manufacturing Operations Management platform for food, agro-industrial, and discrete manufacturers. He describes his expertise as Warehouse Management Systems, Manufacturing Execution Systems, Manufacturing Operations Management, tracking and tracing, SCADA, and performance management around OEE and KPI reporting.
Before Atumind he ran an independent freelance practice as an application developer for industrial systems and previously founded and ran his own company in the same space, giving him direct exposure to the operational and commercial side of selling production-floor software to manufacturers.
Career History
- Co-founder and COO at Atumind (July 2025 to present)
- Freelance Application Developer, industrial systems and automation (20+ years)
- Founder and operator of an earlier industrial-software company (own venture, prior to freelance practice)
Notes
Maenhout's profile is the operator-with-scars complement to Sabbe's integrator background: someone who has personally built and shipped MES, WMS, and OEE applications across multiple Belgian plants. That hands-on production-floor depth is what gives the Atumind product roadmap credibility with industrial buyers.
Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/thijsmaenhout/
- https://www.foodtec.be/nieuws/atumind-lanceert-slimme-software-voor-maakbedrijven-die-willen-groeien-zonder-complexite/
- https://www.industrialautomation.be/en/nieuws/atumind-lanceert-slimme-software-voor-maakbedrijven-die-willen-groeien-zonder-complexiteit/