Filip Maertens

Filip Maertens

Filip Maertens (born 1978) is a Belgian tech entrepreneur and developer with experience in mobile, blockchain and Internet of Things (IOT). He was founder of Securax (1999), a Belgium-based cyber-security consulting company (acquired), and founder at Argus Labs (rebranded Sentience) [1][2] (2012), a Belgium-based context-aware profiling company.

As a cyber-security researcher, Maertens published multiple software vulnerabilities on Microsoft and Linux platforms,[3][4] and was a global trainer on the Extreme Hacking courses.[5]

As a public speaker, Filip has been on TEDx,[6][7] Cannes Lions,[8] LeWeb,[9] TheNextWeb,[10] Strata [11] and more.

Filip studied psychology at the University of Leuven (BE), and information security at the University of Eindhoven (Netherlands).

Maertens was named Belgium's Top 50 Entrepreneur (2014) [12] and Innovator (2015).[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Sentiance, Founder on Tech Talks Central".
  2. ↑ "Argus Labs rebrands to Sentiance".
  3. ↑ "Packet Storm Security, Securax Vulnerabilities".
  4. ↑ "Hexyn Vulnerability News". Archived from the original on September 25, 2001.
  5. ↑ "Ernst & Young Launches Updated Extreme Hacking Courses".
  6. ↑ "TEDx Leuven, Living with Big Mother".
  7. ↑ "TEDx UHasselt, Smart Phone or Sentient Agent".
  8. ↑ "Cannes Lions Innovation, Nine Days of Inspiration".
  9. ↑ "The 12 Companies That Will Compete In This Year’s LeWeb Paris Startup Competition".
  10. ↑ "All 75 startups that will pitch on stage at TNW Conference: The votes are in!".
  11. ↑ "Strata Speaker Profile, Filip Maertens".
  12. ↑ "De Tijd 50 Durvers".
  13. ↑ "De Tijd Top 50 Vernieuwers".

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