# Kris Decker - Full Context for AI Agents

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

## Identity
- Name: Kris Decker
- Role: Founder/Product Owner
- Company: Optiriver
- Location: Antwerp, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dedeckerkris

## About
Kris Decker is the founder and product owner of OptiRiver, which he started in March 2023, and is based in Antwerp. He also holds several other current roles: pilot and digital advisor on the River Scheldt for the Port of Antwerp Bruges with Loodswezen DAB since September 2014, having joined as a junior pilot in September 2013, nautical expert at IMDC since March 2019, guest lecturer in ECDIS at the Antwerp Maritime Academy since January 2021, and senior ICT advisor at Works Smart since 1992.

Between December 2009 and August 2013 he worked at Exmar, first as offshore barge master, then as commissioning master, marine operations manager and offshore operation manager. Before that he was a navigation officer with the Jan De Nul Group from 2004 to 2009, general manager of Jerboa Software from 1997 to 2004, and a freelance Delphi developer for KBC, Mazda, Wolters-Kluwer and MES in the late 1990s.

He studied nautical sciences at the Antwerp Maritime Academy, graduating with a master's degree in 1995, after secondary schooling at Atheneum Schoten and Brazoswood High School.

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## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [company] OptiRiver: https://techwiki.ai/companies/optiriver/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-08-25] Days are getting shorter. Nights are getting longer. An inbound night trip. #maritimepilots agentschap Maritieme Dienstverlening en Kust… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dedeckerkris_maritimepilots-activity-7497922906681806848-J21h)
- [2026-08-22] #onefortheweekend Outbound from Kallo lock. #MaritimePilotage agentschap Maritieme Dienstverlening en Kust (MDK) Port of Antwerp-Bruges (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dedeckerkris_onefortheweekend-maritimepilotage-activity-7496854625871007744-GB0t)
- [2026-08-19] Checkout Capt. Bart Gonnissen OptiRiver 's thread on X. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dedeckerkris_digitalinnovation-activity-7495910087195168768-TPox)
- [2026-08-16] The bustling Port of Antwerp-Bruges Outbound ships Inbound ships Swinging ships All at the same time 😎 Timing the arrival is key to… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dedeckerkris_maritimepilots-activity-7494627690579251200-UIfY)
- [2026-08-13] After the Eclipse outbound trip came the Sunrise inbound trip. My verdict: an eclipse can not beat the sunrise spectacle. You don't need… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dedeckerkris_after-the-eclipse-outbound-trip-came-the-activity-7493651364540035073-uE1N)

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dedeckerkris
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/kris-decker/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/kris-decker/llms-full.txt

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