Thomas Vanhove
Qrama Co-founder - CEO
Ghent, Belgium
Thomas obtained his master's degree in Computer Science from Ghent University, Belgium in July 2012. In August 2012, he started his PhD at the Information Technology department, researching the means for reaching true dynamic storage and polyglot persistence as to increase application performance. He is expected to defend in October 2017.During his PhD he developed an initial version of the Tengu platform, a toolset that aids researchers and companies in setting up big data frameworks without manual interaction. The platform has since been used in several projects with high-profile partners such as Tomorrowland and the city of Antwerp. Together with Gregory Van Seghbroeck he founded Qrama in July 2016 as a spin-off of Ghent University. This company aims to lower the threshold for companies to get into the big data industry through the use of the Tengu platform.