Our organization

Throughout our organisation, we endeavour to combine the power of local presence with a central structure of it development and support. Our experienced staff is in direct contact with our customers, which is a guarantee for optimal guidance of your telematics project. In addition, a thorough central reporting structure ensures optimal customer services and future-oriented product development.

1. Transics in Europa

2. Executive management

Chief Executive Officer, Walter Mastelinck (°1964) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications and Microprocessors (VHTI Technicum Antwerp). In 1988 he joined Toppower (formerly ICS Computers NV) where he became responsible for sales & marketing and was closely involved with the general strategy of the company. In 1996, he acquired one third of the shares of ICS Computers and FMS Europe (the former Transics). Today, Walter is a member of the board and, as CEO, member of the management committee of the Company.

Chief Operations Officer, Gertjan De Creus (°1968) holds a Master in Economics (Antwerp Business School). He started his career as an auditor at Coopers & Lybrand (PWC). In 1995 he became Group Controller of Sidcenter, the coordination centre of the Sidmar Group. In 2000 he was hired as General Manager and later Managing Director by the Sanac Groep, a leading Belgian distributor to the Agro and Garden Sector, and became CEO in 2002. At the end of 2005, he sold the company to the market leader, Groep Aveve. He has left the Sanac Group to join Transics on 30 April 2007.

Chief Finance Officer, Ann Braet (°1970) holds a Master in Economics (Hasselt University). She started her career as a financial controller at Pidy NV, a food company. In 2000, she became the Financial Director in Belgium of Clama Mattress Ticking NV, an export-oriented textile company. In March 2004 she was hired by Transics as Financial Officer.

Chief Technology Officer, Patrick Bustraen (°1968) holds a Master in Science (Electronics, IHR – BME at Ghent, Belgium). He started his career as a Software-Hardware Integration Tester at Siemens. After a short interim period with the pre-production team at Barco, Patrick joined Transics in February 1993. Since the beginning of 1998, Patrick has been focussing on R&D and Technical Product Management.

VP Sales & Business Development, Erwin Heyse (°1961) holds a Master in Science (electro-mechanics, Ghent University) and worked for Hewlett Packard in diverse sales, marketing and sales management functions. He also held various management positions within Unisys, Real Software and Stater (part of ABN AMRO). Erwin joined Transics in October 2005 as Sales & Marketing Officer.

VP Customer Service / Chief Product Innovation Officer, Dirk Staelens (°1969) holds a Master in Science (Electronics, College of Ostend) with a specialisation in data communications technology. In 1991, he was involved in the start-up of a project for TEM Electronik in Chur (Switzerland) for the implementation of telecommunications software in microcontroller systems. In 1992, he joined Siemens, where he was responsible for the implementation of test systems. In 1993, he joined the Transics R&D team. Since November 1999, Dirk is responsible for Transics’ Customer Care department.

Vice President Sales and Marketing Communications, Luc Lammens (°1964) studied Economics and holds an MBA (Master of Business Administration) at the United Business Institute Brussels. He started his career at A. Stevens & Co NV, a metallurgic company. In 1993 he switched over to the then company Belgacom, with the objective to start a new GSM network, which would later become Proximus. At Proximus Luc rose to head of the company market. In January 2006 Luc decided to work for Punch Telematix, where he held the position of Vice President Sales and Marketing. Three months later, he became CEO of Punch Telematix. Luc has been Vice President Sales and responsible for Marketing Communications for Transics since April 2008.

Chief Human Resources Officer, Donald Defoort (°1951) holds a degree in social sciences and a postgraduate degree in business management. He started his career at Barco where he was in charge of the worldwide human resources management. As an independent advisor and member of the board of different companies, he has a broad experience in management. He started with Transics in January 2008.