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Dr. '''Pierre De Muelenaere''' (born 25 October 1958) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] entrepreneur<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.belgium.be/en/investing_in_belgium/about_belgium/famous_belgian_entrepreneurs/ |title=Famous Belgian entrepreneurs - Investing in Belgium |publisher=Business.belgium.be |date= |accessdate=2012-08-12}}</ref><ref>http://www.uwe.be/publications/dynamisme-wallon/derniers-numeros/DW_1207.pdf</ref> and scientist. In 1987, after he received its Ph.D. in [[Applied Science]] from the [[Université Catholique de Louvain]], he created the Belgian company |
Dr. '''Pierre De Muelenaere''' (born 25 October 1958) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] entrepreneur<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.belgium.be/en/investing_in_belgium/about_belgium/famous_belgian_entrepreneurs/ |title=Famous Belgian entrepreneurs - Investing in Belgium |publisher=Business.belgium.be |date= |accessdate=2012-08-12}}</ref><ref>http://www.uwe.be/publications/dynamisme-wallon/derniers-numeros/DW_1207.pdf</ref> and scientist. In 1987, after he received its Ph.D. in [[Applied Science]] from the [[Université Catholique de Louvain]], he created the Belgian company IRIS with the financial help of the Belgian holding company [[Ackermans & van Haaren]]. Pierre De Muelenaere has been leading IRIS through all its development steps as President and CEO of the company. In 1999, the company was introduced on the stock market (Euronext). In 2008, the company, which has become a world-wide leader in the field of [[Automatic identification and data capture|Intelligent Document Capture]] and [[Document management system|Document Management]] had a staff of more than 500 people, with a revenue of more than €100 million. |
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In 2009, Pierre De Muelenaere initiated a strategic partnership with Canon and a first investment of 17% of Canon in IRIS. |
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In 2012, Pierre De Muelenaere negotiated the full takeover of IRIS by Canon. |
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The company was the delisted from the stock market. |
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Until the end of 2015, Pierre De Muelenaere remained President & CEO of IRIS and focused on the development of new technological and commercial partnerships with Canon. |
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At the end of 2015, he decided to leave the company to start new projects. |
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He has published a book on the IRIS adventure called "The IRIS Book: a 33 years story on Entrepreneurship from Belgium and what you can learn about it" ([[www.iris-book.com]]) This book is intended to share experience with the new generation of entrepreneurs. |
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He has also started new project such as coach at the Yncubator, member of the investment committee at the QBIC fund, etc.. |
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== Education == |
== Education == |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Pierre De Muelenaere original background is [[Integrated circuit design]]. During his PhD, he has developed new [[CPU design|microprocessor architectures]] dedicated to very fast [[Digital image processing|Image Processing and Recognition]]. A prototype of a complete [[Optical Character Recognition|OCR]] system was also built in the University labs, based on a new generation of custom Image Processing ICs. |
Pierre De Muelenaere original background is [[Integrated circuit design]] and Artificial Intelligence. During his PhD, he has developed new [[CPU design|microprocessor architectures]] dedicated to very fast [[Digital image processing|Image Processing and Recognition]]. A prototype of a complete [[Optical Character Recognition|OCR]] system was also built in the University labs, based on a new generation of custom Image Processing ICs. |
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With the support of the Belgian holding [[Ackermans & van Haaren]], and together with a fellow PhD student Jean-Didier Legat, Pierre founded I.R.I.S. (Image Recognition Integrated Systems) in April 1987, to bring this invention to the market, develop and market [[Optical character recognition]] (OCR) and [[Automatic identification and data capture|Intelligent Document Recognition]] ([[Automatic identification and data capture|IDR]]) products. |
With the support of the Belgian holding [[Ackermans & van Haaren]], and together with a fellow PhD student Jean-Didier Legat, Pierre founded I.R.I.S. (Image Recognition Integrated Systems) in April 1987, to bring this invention to the market, develop and market [[Optical character recognition]] (OCR) and [[Automatic identification and data capture|Intelligent Document Recognition]] ([[Automatic identification and data capture|IDR]]) products. |
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Over the years, De Muelenaere has been a main contributor to the R&D vision of I.R.I.S. and has contributed to the development of many new I.R.I.S. technologies and products and to a number of patents filed by the company. He also accumulated a solid international experience establishing strategic agreements with international partners in the USA, Europe and Asia (such as HP, Canon, Kodak, Adobe, Fujitsu, Siemens, ...) contributing to the development of I.R.I.S. in the USA and Asia. |
Over the years, De Muelenaere has been a main contributor to the R&D vision of I.R.I.S. and has contributed to the development of many new I.R.I.S. technologies and products and to a number of patents filed by the company. He also accumulated a solid international experience establishing strategic agreements with international partners in the USA, Europe and Asia (such as HP, Canon, Kodak, Adobe, Fujitsu, Siemens, ...) contributing to the development of I.R.I.S. in the USA and Asia. |
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De Muelenaere has received several Belgian awards including: two innovation awards from the [[Walloon Region]] (1989 and 2007), the "2001 Manager of the year award" from Trends,<ref>ftp://ftp02.irislink.com/support/oa/opt/press_reviews/trends-manager%20delannee.pdf</ref> the "2002 Entrepreneur of the year award",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irislink.com/c2-923-48/entreprise1.aspx |title=entreprise1 |publisher=Irislink.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-12}}</ref> the "2008 ICT personality of the year award" from DataNews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://datanews.levif.be/ict/actualite/apercu/2008/04/le-secteur-it-sous-les-feux-de-la-rampe/article-1194718340403.htm |title=Le secteur IT sous les feux de la rampe - Datanews.be |publisher=Datanews.levif.be |date=2008-04-25 |accessdate=2012-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://datanews.knack.be/ict/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/2008/04/loftrompet-voor-de-ict-sector/article-1194718340170.htm |title=Loftrompet voor de ict-sector - Datanews.be |publisher=Datanews.knack.be |date=2008-04-25 |accessdate=2012-08-12}}</ref> |
Pierre De Muelenaere has received several Belgian awards including: two innovation awards from the [[Walloon Region]] (1989 and 2007), the "2001 Manager of the year award" from Trends,<ref>ftp://ftp02.irislink.com/support/oa/opt/press_reviews/trends-manager%20delannee.pdf</ref> the "2002 Entrepreneur of the year award",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irislink.com/c2-923-48/entreprise1.aspx |title=entreprise1 |publisher=Irislink.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-12}}</ref> the "2008 ICT personality of the year award" from DataNews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://datanews.levif.be/ict/actualite/apercu/2008/04/le-secteur-it-sous-les-feux-de-la-rampe/article-1194718340403.htm |title=Le secteur IT sous les feux de la rampe - Datanews.be |publisher=Datanews.levif.be |date=2008-04-25 |accessdate=2012-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://datanews.knack.be/ict/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/2008/04/loftrompet-voor-de-ict-sector/article-1194718340170.htm |title=Loftrompet voor de ict-sector - Datanews.be |publisher=Datanews.knack.be |date=2008-04-25 |accessdate=2012-08-12}}</ref> |
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He is currently, President and CEO of |
He is currently, President and CEO of IRIS Group, and a member of the board of several companies, including: [[BSB International SA|BSB]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bsb.com/|title=IT service and financial software provider – BSB|work=IT service and financial software provider – BSB}}</ref> [[Belgacom|Proximus]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belgacom.be/|title=Proximus.be - Official website of Proximus|work=belgacom.be}}</ref> [[Pairi Daiza]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pairidaiza.eu|title=Accueil - Pairi Daiza|work=pairidaiza.eu}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 14:50, 23 December 2017
Dr. Pierre De Muelenaere (born 25 October 1958) is a Belgian entrepreneur[1][2] and scientist. In 1987, after he received its Ph.D. in Applied Science from the Université Catholique de Louvain, he created the Belgian company IRIS with the financial help of the Belgian holding company Ackermans & van Haaren. Pierre De Muelenaere has been leading IRIS through all its development steps as President and CEO of the company. In 1999, the company was introduced on the stock market (Euronext). In 2008, the company, which has become a world-wide leader in the field of Intelligent Document Capture and Document Management had a staff of more than 500 people, with a revenue of more than €100 million.
In 2009, Pierre De Muelenaere initiated a strategic partnership with Canon and a first investment of 17% of Canon in IRIS.
In 2012, Pierre De Muelenaere negotiated the full takeover of IRIS by Canon.
The company was the delisted from the stock market.
Until the end of 2015, Pierre De Muelenaere remained President & CEO of IRIS and focused on the development of new technological and commercial partnerships with Canon.
At the end of 2015, he decided to leave the company to start new projects.
He has published a book on the IRIS adventure called "The IRIS Book: a 33 years story on Entrepreneurship from Belgium and what you can learn about it" (www.iris-book.com) This book is intended to share experience with the new generation of entrepreneurs.
He has also started new project such as coach at the Yncubator, member of the investment committee at the QBIC fund, etc..
Education
Pierre De Muelenaere was born in Brussels. He received a civil engineering Degree in Electronics from the Université Catholique de Louvain in 1981 and a PhD in Applied science in 1987, from the same university.
Career
Pierre De Muelenaere original background is Integrated circuit design and Artificial Intelligence. During his PhD, he has developed new microprocessor architectures dedicated to very fast Image Processing and Recognition. A prototype of a complete OCR system was also built in the University labs, based on a new generation of custom Image Processing ICs. With the support of the Belgian holding Ackermans & van Haaren, and together with a fellow PhD student Jean-Didier Legat, Pierre founded I.R.I.S. (Image Recognition Integrated Systems) in April 1987, to bring this invention to the market, develop and market Optical character recognition (OCR) and Intelligent Document Recognition (IDR) products.
In 1992, Pierre De Muelenaere and Pierre Rion performed a Management buyout I.R.I.S. In 1999, I.R.I.S. was introduced on the Brussels Stock Exchange, (BXS, now NYSE Euronext) and received the "1999 Best Belgian IPO Award" from BXS. I.R.I.S. has now more than 500 people, with offices in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, USA and Hong-Kong. In 2008, the revenue was over €100millions. Over the years, De Muelenaere has been a main contributor to the R&D vision of I.R.I.S. and has contributed to the development of many new I.R.I.S. technologies and products and to a number of patents filed by the company. He also accumulated a solid international experience establishing strategic agreements with international partners in the USA, Europe and Asia (such as HP, Canon, Kodak, Adobe, Fujitsu, Siemens, ...) contributing to the development of I.R.I.S. in the USA and Asia.
Pierre De Muelenaere has received several Belgian awards including: two innovation awards from the Walloon Region (1989 and 2007), the "2001 Manager of the year award" from Trends,[3] the "2002 Entrepreneur of the year award",[4] the "2008 ICT personality of the year award" from DataNews.[5][6]
He is currently, President and CEO of IRIS Group, and a member of the board of several companies, including: BSB,[7] Proximus,[8] Pairi Daiza.[9]
References
- ^ "Famous Belgian entrepreneurs - Investing in Belgium". Business.belgium.be. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ http://www.uwe.be/publications/dynamisme-wallon/derniers-numeros/DW_1207.pdf
- ^ ftp://ftp02.irislink.com/support/oa/opt/press_reviews/trends-manager%20delannee.pdf
- ^ "entreprise1". Irislink.com. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "Le secteur IT sous les feux de la rampe - Datanews.be". Datanews.levif.be. 25 April 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "Loftrompet voor de ict-sector - Datanews.be". Datanews.knack.be. 25 April 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "IT service and financial software provider – BSB". IT service and financial software provider – BSB.
- ^ "Proximus.be - Official website of Proximus". belgacom.be.
- ^ "Accueil - Pairi Daiza". pairidaiza.eu.
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