# Francis Martens - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Francis Martens for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-07-13

## Identity
- Name: Francis Martens
- Role: Product Owner
- Company: Exalate
- Location: Antwerp, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francismartens

## About
Francis Martens is a product owner at Exalate, a company he co-founded in March 2013. He is based in Antwerp.

From January 2009 until May 2023 he was a managing partner at Idalko, where he also worked as an Atlassian expert. Before that he was VP Engineering at Q-layer NV from 2006 to December 2008, and from November 1999 to August 2006 he managed Centera software development at EMC. He was a director at Riverland Next Generation between 1996 and 1999, and at Architects and Algorithms from 1992 to 1996, having joined that firm as a software development management consultant in November 1991, a role he held until January 2009. He began his career as a software engineer at Infotrade from 1987 to 1992.

Martens studied computer science at KU Leuven, completing a master's degree in June 1987.

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## Related Pages
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- [company] Exalate: https://techwiki.ai/companies/exalate/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-08-12] Hi Ruben Bru Thanks for bringing this under the spotlight. It is an amazing result cherished by the whole team. We have to thank our… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/francismartens_exalate-mcp-server-early-access-activity-7493334256891346946-lge_)
- [2026-07-28] Shameless vote-fishing 🐠 Exalate is nominated for AI-Proof Company of the Year. The nomination is about how we adopt AI internally —… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/francismartens_ai-proof-company-of-the-yearpdf-activity-7487851864357605376-VzLO)

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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francismartens
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/francis-martens/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/francis-martens/llms-full.txt

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