Overview
Maarten Vandenbroucke is co-founder and chief executive of Timefold, which he co-founded in December 2022. He is based in Ghent and states expertise in AI, planning and operations research. Since August 2008 he has also been the owner of Big Jump Management.
He chaired the board of Peripass from October 2019 to July 2023, and between February 2019 and May 2022 he was VP corporate development at RightCrowd. Earlier he was chief executive of Ticto from September 2015 to January 2019, and of Realo during 2014. He served as a board member and coach at Bubble Post from July 2013 to September 2014, and as a board member of Behind The Buttons from May 2012 to October 2019. From August 2008 to February 2013 he was chief executive of Gatewing, having joined Newtec in January 2006 as director of customer training and documentation. He began his career as a consultant at Namahn in November 2003.
Vandenbroucke holds a master's degree in theoretical physics from Ghent University and studied at Vlerick Business School in 2007 and 2008. He completed a certified mediator programme at Promediation in 2022 and a three-year programme in professional communication and counselling psychology at Phoenix Opleidingen between 2021 and 2024.
Career history
In the news
- Spent the week at Service Council™ Symposium 2026 in Chicago with the field service leaders who run the schedules that keep technicians moving every day. What stood out: the gap between "we have a scheduling tool" and "we have a model that actually optimizes for travel time, technician skills, and SLAs at the same time." That gap is exactly where Timefold scheduling comes in, and it's what we showed our future partners this week. If you're wrestling with dispatch efficiency or technician utilization, I'd love to compare notes.
- Who is joining Bartel Van Herreweghe Syed A. and myself on this adventure?!
- And we are hiring more strong people! Are you a sales hunter based in the US that wants to be selling a truly impactful product? https://lnkd.in/eKCzyWRM
- Does everyone know what Timefold actually does and where me make a difference? Have a look!
- Timefold is hiring a Chief of Staff to help drive the company’s next stage of growth. Think this could be you, or someone you know? Feel free to contact Maarten Vandenbroucke and Geoffrey De Smet 🚀 ⚡
- I'm looking for a Chief of Staff. I'd rate myself an 11/10 for vision and speed, and maybe a 6/10 for focus. That gap is starting to cost us. Timefold just crossed 40 people and closed its Series A. We are scaling fast, and we don't have an operating system yet. I don't want to fix that by bolting on bureaucracy. I want someone who can build the structure, decision-making and operating rhythm that let us move even faster. I need someone who turns the founder energy into focus. Someone who'll tell me: "Maarten, we agreed these three
- Super excited to be part of the KOMPAS VC family! 🙏
- It is an honor to be part of the Service Council™! i look forward to sharing my insights and experiences around scheduling of field teams, and to learning from the group.
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