Our management team

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 NV). Today, Walter is a member of the board and CEO of the Company and her subsidiary companies. Walter is also a member of the board of Cassel BVBA and Evasion NV. During the previous five years Walter Mastelinck has also been, but no longer is, a director on the board of Transics Invest BVBA.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mario Haneca (°1972) holds an MBA from the Vlerick Management School in 2002 and received his Telecom Engineering Degree from the Ghent University College in 1995. He has started his career as Field Application Engineer at Alcom Electronics. Afterwards, he has worked as Business Development Manager at Ernst&Young and has held Senior Account Manager positions at Barco and Alcatel. Prior to his current function, he has held different positions within Transics’ Sales and Product Marketing Teams for more than 3 years.

Philippe Carron (born in 1960) holds a degree in Civil Engineering at the Ghent University. In 1991 he obtained a postgraduate degree in Business Management at the University of Leuven. Philippe started his career in the ICT sector, where he worked for leading companies such as IBM, Compaq, Oracle and Tele2-Versatel. Over the years he has held several sales, marketing and management posts, mainly in a B2B environment. He joined Transics as VP Sales in August 2010.

Bart Verhaeghe (born in 1964) started his professional career in 1988 as a Sales Manager Safety Consult. One year later, he became an Account Manager at Lernout & Hauspie, where he moved up the hierarchical ladder to Manager Sales and US Operations and Vice-President of Sales. In 1997, he joined Haghedooren & Verhaeghe as a Managing Director. Between 1998 and 2001, he was a Management Consultant for FLV Services and FLV Fund, S.A.I.L. Trust and Valuesource. Since 2002, he has been working at Transics: first as a Strategic Alliances Manager and then as a Sales Manager. After a sabbatical during which he sailed around the world, Bart came back to Transics in 2010 in the role of Vice-President of Strategic Alliances.