Christiaan Leysen

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Director of Engineering, AI Systems at OPENCHIP & SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES

Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Overview

Christiaan Leysen serves as the Director of Engineering for AI Systems at Openchip, focusing on building scalable AI platforms and strategies. His expertise is rooted in roles like Director of AI at imec and is supported by Masters degrees from KU Leuven and Vlerick Business School. He is passionate about leveraging AI to create business value.

Christiaan has a keen interest in the practical and ethical applications of AI. He participated in a European Parliament debate on AI regulation and co-developed the GyroCatcher, a device to raise awareness about recycling e-waste by identifying valuable materials in old electronics. He has also explored applying AI to sports through publications.

He was awarded Best Student of the Masters in Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Vlerick Business School.

Personality Overview

Value Seeker

Not Easily Convinced

Price-Sensitive

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.  It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions. They prefer to do thorough analysis of any situation.

Topics They Care About

Building AI Teams
He is actively recruiting Engineering Managers, Product Owners, and Frontend Engineers to build the AI platform of the future at Openchip in Ghent and Barcelona.
Scalable AI Platforms
His primary focus is building scalable AI pipelines and the backbone for cutting-edge multi-agent AI systems to provide a competitive advantage.
AI Strategy
He has a proven track record of guiding companies in developing and implementing AI strategies, having served as an AI & Strategy Advisor for FlowTribe.

Media Appearances

Christiaan has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2025
Director of Engineering, AI Systems at OPENCHIP & SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
8-2024
AI & Strategy Advisor at FlowTribe
7-2024 - 3-2025
Director AI at imec
2-2022 - 8-2024
Chief Artificial Intelligence & Strategy at FlowTribe
12-2020 - 1-2022
Research Valorization Director - AI & Connectivity at imec

Education

2016 - 2017
Master’s Degree from Vlerick Business School
2013 - 2016
Master’s Degree from KU Leuven

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Insights For Selling To Christiaan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product
  • Emphasize on objective proof of ROI, help them do a thorough evaluation
  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question

DONT's

  • Don’t depend too much on anecdotal evidence, it reduces their confidence
  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Christiaan is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Christiaan

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Christiaan move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Christiaan take some risk or not?

  • They can take some risk if they are confident that they have analyzed the circumstances well.


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