Evert first got in touch with computers as a kid when his dad showed him a Tektronix 'graphical' workstation, and has been fascinated by them ever since. He enjoyed the rise of the internet while studying for a masters degree in computer science at the 'Vrije Universiteit Brussel'. After some SmallTalk and coffee (Java) with television-broadcasting companies and letting information live at a big storage company he joined Outerthought in 2009 for a new adventure.
Marc got introduced to (and hooked on) on-line services and digital media at the R&D department of Alcatel-Bell Labs, now Alcatel-Lucent. Soon thereafter, the Internet became the environment to create such services. After working with some of the leading internet service bureaus in Belgium, Marc co-founded Outerthought in 2001 together with Steven Noels.
Steven has fond memories of the publishing industry, however transitioned quickly from SGML to XML when finding out that the internet world had so much more practical use for his beloved angle brackets. After roles ranging from technical consultant to product management, Steven co-founded Outerthought in 2001 together with Marc Portier. Steven is also a board member of Gent BC - the Ghent innovation platform.
Karel learned to read by typing over programs from a book into his Commodore 128. After getting a proper IT/AI education he was mentored by Marc during his masters thesis. Three years later he joined Outerthought.
Paul got introduced to IT taking a GW Basic course in primary school. Having been bitten by the programming bug he stayed in the field and eventually got into web development. Outerthought hired this young fellow in 2005. He now spends his days sniffing the Java, messing with AJAX & XML and sparring with JSON in the Dojo, or rather jQuery.
Bruno joined Outerthought as its first employee, and is - amidst other projects - the lead developer behind Daisy and Kauri. His attraction to the open source world comes from a can-do mentality, in which, rather than to sit back and wait for the next release, one can start building the next version oneself.
This team of wintered software developers is the core strength of Outerthought: no "rock stars" here, but people who love to build a piece of software that works for others, and stays working.