“I have been passionate about data my whole life, all types of data."

“I have been passionate about data my whole life, all types of data,” says Yves Muyssen , COO and Team Lead for Data Management at BioLizard. “Be it geospatial data, consumer data or lifesciences data, the power of data and information in combination with its complexity has always been intriguing to me.”

By training, Yves is a bio-engineer and computer scientist, and in his words, he has always been interested in how to “use computing power to bring structure in the chaos of data around us.” Following his education and scientific research at Ghent University, Yves gained extensive experience in a variety of international tech companies in the smart mobility, digital marketing, health tech, and big data industries. It was while working at Tele Atlas and TomTom, “one of the first companies with a mission to create a ‘digital map of the world’, long before Google Maps existed,” Yves explains, that he started to dig into the power of effective data management. “Data was and is the biggest asset of the company, and there I learned my first steps of what it takes to manage data so it can bring value for the end users.”

Yves became a lizard last year, and recalls, “I was super excited to join BioLizard in 2022 as its mission was so closely aligned to my professional interest to ‘make most of your scientific data’. With DNA as the map of every human being, I could now start to understand and map the inner world.”

As both COO and Team Lead for Data Management, Yves finds that having a broad view on all the capabilities within BioLizard allows him to define cross-functional teams that help customers solve their specific data management use cases. “I love the combination of building and leading teams, with the technical challenges of data management.”

As well as putting his broad and deep knowledge on data management to use, Yves is also taking the opportunity to dive even deeper into the topic. In February 2023, Yves passed his exam on the DAMA Data Management Framework, certifying him as a Master of data management!?

If you would like to learn more about data management, you can check out our blog series on data management, which was created in collaboration with Yves. Or if you are ready to collaborate with BioLizard ?to ensure that your data is leveraged to the highest possible level, reach out to us here!

P.S. Did you miss our highlight of Erik Vandeputte , the team lead of our Software & IT architecture team? Check it out here... And be sure to follow us on LinkedIn to learn more about the people behind BioLizard as we continue with our #MeetTheLizards campaign!