# Jan Van den Herrewegen - Full Context for AI Agents

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> Last updated: 2026-07-08

## Identity
- Name: Jan Van den Herrewegen
- Role: Co-founder CEO
- Company: Wattloop
- Location: Belgium, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-van-den-herrewegen-7707a8348

## Expertise
- Embedded Systems
- C (Programming Language)
- Python (Programming Language)
- Diagnostic Protocols

## About
Jan Van den Herrewegen founded Wattloop in January 2025 and serves as its co-founder and chief executive. Since February 2020 he has also worked as an automotive security consultant at Embercrypt BV.

Between November 2020 and July 2021 he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham, where he had completed a PhD in automotive security from November 2016 to February 2021. He earned a Master of Science in cyber security at the same university in 2016, having previously taken a Bachelor of Science in informatics at Ghent University between 2012 and 2015.

His stated areas of expertise are embedded systems, the C and Python programming languages, and diagnostic protocols.

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## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [company] Wattloop: https://techwiki.ai/companies/wattloop/llms.txt
- [person] Tim Van den Herrewegen: https://techwiki.ai/people/tim-van-den-herrewegen/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-07-21] We have been selected to pitch at Love Tomorrow for VITO4STARTERS this Thursday! Excited to share our story and vision for an impact-driven… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jan-van-den-herrewegen-7707a8348_we-have-been-selected-to-pitch-at-love-tomorrow-activity-7485389972179595265-J5Ia)
- [2026-06-17] We're at the Battery Recycling Expo today and tomorrow! If you're curious to see how instantaneous assessment and second-life economics go… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jan-van-den-herrewegen-7707a8348_were-at-the-battery-recycling-expo-today-activity-7473016108216729600-00eZ)
- [2026-06-15] We werven (opnieuw) aan! Zin om iets meer te doen met je talent? Klaar om je (Python-)skills in te zetten in een snelle omgeving, en mee te… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jan-van-den-herrewegen-7707a8348_hiring-python-cleantech-activity-7472293728951648257-xX20)
- [2026-06-11] I did an investors pitch at European funded Closer's event today at imec. Only one slide allowed! Evidently, not so easy to bring across… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jan-van-den-herrewegen-7707a8348_vehicles-reaching-end-of-life-in-the-eu-activity-7470924279350628353-Fw_H)

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-van-den-herrewegen-7707a8348
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/jan-van-den-herrewegen/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/jan-van-den-herrewegen/llms-full.txt

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