# Steven Couwels - Full Context for AI Agents

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

## Identity
- Name: Steven Couwels
- Role: Founder and Director
- Company: Real To Desk
- Location: Antwerp, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevencouwels

## About
Steven Couwels is the founder and director of real-to-desk, a company he started in October 2009 and continues to lead from Antwerp. Between May 2021 and October 2023 he was also founder and director of Real To Desk Asia. From October 2005 to October 2025 he was the founder and general manager of Globe (Shanghai) Advanced Technical Services.

Earlier in his career he was managing consultant at Competence@ China from October 2003 to February 2005, and before that spent eight years at Globe NV as a management assistant, from September 1995 to September 2003.

Couwels studied at the Vrij Technisch Handelsinstituut Herentals before completing a master in commercial sciences and international relations at Lessius Hogeschool Antwerpen in 1994, followed by a postgraduate programme in droit et gestion de l'information et de la communication at the Université de Namur. He took Chinese lessons from 1996 to 2001 and obtained an MBA from Vlerick Business School in 2003.

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## Related Pages
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- [company] Real To Desk: https://techwiki.ai/companies/real-to-desk/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-07-09] 3D #laserscanning for the #maritime industry is a 24h 7/7 business. As soon as the vessel comes alongside, our Real To Desk scanning team… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stevencouwels_laserscanning-maritime-scrubber-activity-7480838417334026240-sQgV)
- [2026-06-23] #Laserscanning for #AirLubricationSystem (ALS) design on an LPG tanker in Panama. Real To Desk global maritime scanning. #retrofit… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stevencouwels_laserscanning-airlubricationsystem-retrofit-activity-7475242837014622208-xBce)

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevencouwels
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/steven-couwels/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/steven-couwels/llms-full.txt

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