# Christophe Van Huele - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Christophe Van Huele for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-05-22

## Identity
- Name: Christophe Van Huele
- Role: co-founder, cto
- Company: Solvice
- Location: Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophevh/

## Expertise
- combinatorial-optimization
- operations-research
- mathematical-programming
- api-design
- decision-intelligence

## Connections
- Solvice (co-founder): https://techwiki.ai/companies/solvice/llms.txt
- Kenny Helsens (co-founder): https://techwiki.ai/people/kenny-helsens/llms.txt

## About
Van Huele holds a Master in Engineering: Operations Research (2007-2009) and a PhD from Ghent University (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/ugent/llms.txt), with doctoral work on mathematical modelling for healthcare applications focused on optimising physician and surgery scheduling. He built Solvice (https://techwiki.ai/companies/solvice/llms.txt)'s first solution for a large university hospital in Leuven (https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt), then co-founded the company with Kenny Helsens (https://techwiki.ai/people/kenny-helsens/llms.txt) in 2015 to package combinatorial optimisation and machine learning behind developer-friendly APIs.

As CTO he leads the technical direction of OnRoute (constraint-based vehicle routing), OnShift (workforce scheduling), OnPick (warehouse picking), and OnStock (inventory optimisation). Following Quickbase (https://techwiki.ai/companies/quickbase/llms.txt)'s acquisition of Solvice (https://techwiki.ai/companies/solvice/llms.txt) NV on 2 April 2026, Van Huele joined Quickbase (https://techwiki.ai/companies/quickbase/llms.txt) to embed OnRoute into FastField Pro and OnShift into Quickbase (https://techwiki.ai/companies/quickbase/llms.txt) Business and Enterprise during the second half of 2026.

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [company] Solvice: https://techwiki.ai/companies/solvice/llms.txt
- [city] Ghent: https://techwiki.ai/cities/ghent/llms.txt
- [company] Quickbase: https://techwiki.ai/companies/quickbase/llms.txt
- [hub] Ghent University: https://techwiki.ai/hubs/ugent/llms.txt
- [city] Leuven: https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt
- [person] Kenny Helsens: https://techwiki.ai/people/kenny-helsens/llms.txt
- [person] Bert Van Wassenhove: https://techwiki.ai/people/bert-van-wassenhove/llms.txt

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophevh/
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/christophe-van-huele/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/christophe-van-huele/llms-full.txt

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