Thijs is the CTO of Xenit, and team lead for the contentgrid team, a new offering in the content service market place. He is an open source champion, keen on technology, but with a critical mind towards the purpose of innovation. Thijs has started his career and Xenit and has grown to become the CTO in 2024. Next to open source frameworks like spring, Thijs is a big fan and connaisseur of PostGreSQL, the best open source database around. Thijs has successfully supported large accounts like P&V, built the archive for Ethias and moved OUP in the cloud.