Management team

Philippe Stas l CEO,
Prior to joining Trinean, Mr. Stas was CEO of Algonomics (BE) and subsequently founder and site director of the Applied Protein Services function of Lonza AG (UK). Previously, he held functions at Perkin Elmer and Keygene. Philippe holds a M.Sc. in Bio-engineering (Brussels Univ.), a M.Sc. in Information Technology (Hasselt Univ.), an MBA (Univ. of Liverpool) and is AMP Alumnus from  the Vlerick Management School.

Yvan Sergeant l VP Commercial Operations,
Prior to joining Trinean, Mr. Sergeant was Director Genomic Applications & NGS Europe at Perkin Elmer. Previously, he was Managing Director of Caliper LS Benelux and Nordics, joining Caliper LS in 2003 through the acquisition of Zymark Inc, where he was managing sales and business development.

Kris Ver Donck l Head of Sales,
Mr. Ver Donck holds a M.Sc. in biochemistry from the University of Antwerp, and has held technology development and management positions in pharma research and high content screening companies, including Janssen Pharmaceutica and Maia Scientific.

Tony Montoye l Head of Marketing,
Mr. Montoye holds a PhD in biomedical sciences from VIB/Ghent University. His prior experience includes research as the co-developer of a new technology to detect protein-protein interactions.

Kris Vallons l Head of Operations,
hold a M.Sc.Engineering (KULeuven). Prior to joining Trinean, Mr. Vallons was VP Operations and Production manager at Metris (BE).

Kris Naessens l Head Microfluidics R&D,
Mr. Naessens is a co-founder of Trinean. He holds a PhD in Applied Sciences from the University of Ghent.  

Bert Luysaert l Head Optics R&D,
Mr. Luysaert is a co-founder of Trinean. Bert holds a PhD in Applied Sciences: Physics from the University of Ghent.