Bert Callens

Overview

Bert Callens is the founder of digly, which he started in August 2021, and is based in Tessenderlo. Since January 2021 he has also worked as a speaker under his own name, bertcallens.com.

Between September and December 2022 he was a guest lecturer at AP Hogeschool Antwerpen on digital transformation in accountancy and taxation. From February 2009 to March 2021 he worked in bookkeeping at diverse accountantskantoren and KMO's.

Callens completed secondary education in TSO boekhouden-informatica between 1998 and 2005, followed by project management studies at Karel de Grote-Hogeschool from 2005 to 2008. He took part in the Digital Transformation Leadership programme at Vlerick Business School between February and April 2021, and obtained a certificate in Essentials in Change Management at the same school in January 2023.

Career history

1. FounderDigly

Media & appearances

• 50 Tinten OndernemenYouTube
  #004 - Bert Callens - Digly - Future-proof en digitale ondernemingenBert Callens discusses how he and his team at Digly work to make accounting firms future-proof by helping them adapt their business strategies and models in response to advancing technology. He explains that they focus on streamlining processes, introducing structure, and increasing automation across accounting practices while also addressing work-life balance for employees. Callens shares that his transition into this work began during the Corona pandemic, when a former boss contacted him to help digitalize the accounting sector after years of Callens working as a musician.