Overview
Ferre Janssens is a co-founder of Darwin Design, a role he has held since June 2024. He is based in Antwerp.
Before that, he worked in customer success at Salvus Health from September 2023 to July 2024, and spent April to June 2023 at NTT DATA in its Client Innovation Centre. At The Future he was an event manager from November 2021 to May 2022 and then worked in partner success until June 2023. In parallel, he was an event manager at SINC from April 2021 to May 2022 and subsequently head of partnerships there until June 2023.
Janssens studied product development at the University of Antwerp, completing a Bachelor of Science between 2019 and 2022 and a Master of Science between 2022 and 2024. He attended Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege Mol from 2013 to 2019, following a Latin, science and mathematics track.
Career history
In the news
- 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗦 | 𝟮𝟬Here's what we've been up to lately: - We joined AIPPD – AI Powered Product Design, a product development event from the Universiteit Antwerpen & Universiteit Gent. - 24 hours, 679.3 kilometers and 1st place! Together with Specified NV and The Whitebox, we took on a 24-hour Zwift cycling challenge in support of Kom op tegen Kanker (vzw). A great cause, some sore legs and a win! 🏆 - We visited Design Nation in Kortrijk, picking up fresh inspiration and discovering what's happening in the world of
- Weer een nieuwe fietser bij het team! 🚴🏼♂️ Wie bij Darwin Design begint, mag zich natuurlijk eerst even voorstellen aan het team. Maak kennis met onze nieuwste belofte: Seppe Van Rossum, onze nieuwe Electromechanical Product Engineer! Ex-fietsmechanieker, Chief Mechanical Engineer bij Formula Electric Belgium en dit jaar al +9.000 km op de teller. Ik kijk alvast uit naar de eerste rit samen. Al hoop ik dat hij af en toe op mij wacht 😅 Eén van de doelen van Darwin is om ooit een eigen fietsploeg te sponsoren. Maar met dit tempo
- Weer een nieuwe fietser bij het team! 🚴🏼♂️ Wie bij Darwin Design begint, mag zich natuurlijk eerst even voorstellen aan het team. Maak kennis met onze nieuwste belofte: Seppe Van Rossum, onze nieuwe Electromechanical Product Engineer! Ex-fietsmechanieker, Chief Mechanical Engineer bij Formula Electric Belgium en dit jaar al +9.000 km op de teller. Ik kijk alvast uit naar de eerste rit samen. Al hoop ik dat hij af en toe op mij wacht 😅 Eén van de doelen van Darwin is om ooit een eigen fietsploeg te sponsoren. Maar met dit tempo
- 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗶𝗻 #𝟭 : Meet Ferre Janssens! As co-founder of Darwin Design, Ferre Janssens takes care of the operational side of the business (and keeps our Miro boards perfectly aligned). He claims to be the first to arrive and the last to leave, would love to trade his desk for an F-16 cockpit, and wants to gain a better understanding of the financial side of a business. 🤓 Stay tuned for more! #BehindDarwin
- 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗦 | 𝟭𝟵This edition looks a little different! Last weekend, we packed our bags and headed to Normandy for a team-building weekend. 🇫🇷 Here’s a quick recap of what we got up to: - Lots of fun, good food and quality time with the team! - We kept things sporty with some running, wakeboarding and countless games of SpikeBall. - A bit of learning too! Jannes from Prima Marketing joined us for a session on marketing, reminding us that everyone is a marketeer. - And last but not least, it was also Yves'
- 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗦 | 𝟭𝟵This edition looks a little different! Last weekend, we packed our bags and headed to Normandy for a team-building weekend. 🇫🇷 Here’s a quick recap of what we got up to: - Lots of fun, good food and quality time with the team! - We kept things sporty with some running, wakeboarding and countless games of SpikeBall. - A bit of learning too! Jannes Van den wouwer from Prima Marketing joined us for a session on marketing, reminding us that everyone is a marketeer. - And last but not least, it was
- 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗦 | 𝟭𝟴Here’s a quick recap of what’s been going on lately: - We’ve been doing a lot of prototyping lately, with plenty of laser cutting and 3D printing in the workshop. - We went cycling with the team 🚴 Luckily, in a team full of handy engineers, changing a flat tyre is no problem. - Testing remains a big part of what we do. The only way to validate a product is by testing it with real-life products and situations. - And thanks to Yael, Darwin Design even got a bit of extra publicity on the lakes of
- 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗦 | 𝟭𝟴Here’s a quick recap of what’s been going on lately: - We’ve been doing a lot of prototyping lately, with plenty of laser cutting and 3D printing in the workshop. - We went cycling with the team 🚴 Luckily, in a team full of handy engineers, changing a flat tyre is no problem. - Testing remains a big part of what we do. The only way to validate a product is by testing it with real-life products and situations. - And thanks to Yael, Darwin Design even got a bit of extra publicity on the lakes of
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