# Koen Penneman - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Koen Penneman for AI agents.
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> Last updated: 2026-07-13

## Identity
- Name: Koen Penneman
- Role: Co-Founder
- Company: Chenext Technologies
- Location: Gent, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/koen-penneman-51122810

## About
Koen Penneman is a co-founder of CHENEXT Technologies, a role he took up in August 2024. He is based in Gent.

He holds a number of concurrent positions: he has been a startup mentor at Netwerk Ondernemen since March 2024, co-founded Innovation Center Lokeren in September 2011 and Global-TaSK in October 2009, has managed ProCenTis since July 2009 and BUR-O-C since August 2002, and has owned PipeXperts by Engiplast BV since April 2006. From September 2000 to April 2006 he was a project manager at Agidens.

Penneman studied at KU Leuven, where he completed a Master of Sciences in Electromechanical Engineering (Mechatronics) in the Applied Sciences faculty between 1994 and 2000, followed by a Master of Sciences in Safety and Environmental Engineering from 2001 to 2004. In 2005 he took a postgraduate qualification as Veiligheidscoördinator TMB Niveau 1 at Katholieke Hogeschool 'Sint-Lieven' in Gent, and he followed the PLATO XII and PLATO INNOVATIE programmes at VOKA Antwerpen-Waasland between 2010 and 2013. He attended SJKS College Sint-Niklaas from 1988 to 1994.

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## Related Pages
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- [company] CHENEXT Technologies: https://techwiki.ai/companies/chenext-technologies/llms.txt
- [person] Philippe Chan: https://techwiki.ai/people/philippe-chan/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-07-29] CHENEXT Technologies transforms your existing engineering ecosystem—2D drawings, 3D models, IoT data, manuals and procedures—into an… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/koen-penneman-51122810_chenexttechnologies-digitaltwin-operationalintelligence-activity-7488252908493266944-hIWh)
- [2026-07-08] On 18 & 19 November 2026, more than 𝟯𝟮𝟱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟮𝟳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 gathered in Antwerp for 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/koen-penneman-51122810_programme-activity-7480652826063544320-TVvk)

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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/koen-penneman-51122810
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