Felix Van De Maele

TLDR

Felix Van De Maele is co-founder of Collibra, one of Belgium's most successful SaaS companies, now a global leader in data intelligence and governance.

Background

Felix co-founded Collibra in Brussels, growing it from a research spinoff into a unicorn-valued data governance platform with global enterprise clients. He is one of the defining figures of the Belgian SaaS generation.

What They Do

As co-founder of Collibra, Felix shaped the product vision and company direction through the company's rapid growth into a global scale-up. Collibra is headquartered in New York with Belgian roots.

Career History

• Founder, CEO at Collibra (May 2008 - Present)
• Board Advisor at Guardsquare (Mar 2019 - Present)
• Fellow at KU Leuven Hogenheuvelcollege (Oct 2013 - Present)
• Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Mar 2007 - Aug 2007), Semantic Web research

Education

• Master in General Management, Vlerick Business School (2007 - 2008)
• Master of Science, Computer Science, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2007, EMOOSE program)

Notes

> 13K+ followers on LinkedIn.

Connections

Co-founded Collibra with Pieter De Leenheer. Connected across the Brussels tech and startup ecosystem.