Martin De Prycker (b. Sint-Niklaas, 16 January 1955) is a Belgian engineer and businessman. He was until December 2008 the CEO of Barco, a Belgian display hardware manufacturer. He currently serves as CEO of Caliopa, a spin-off of Ghent University and IMEC.
He graduated as a M.Sc. in electrical engineering (1979) and holds a Ph.D. in computer sciences (1982) from Ghent University. In addition, he obtained an MBA at the University of Antwerp in 19...
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Martin De Prycker (b. Sint-Niklaas, 16 January 1955) is a Belgian engineer and businessman. He was until December 2008 the CEO of Barco, a Belgian display hardware manufacturer. He currently serves as CEO of Caliopa, a spin-off of Ghent University and IMEC.
He graduated as a M.Sc. in electrical engineering (1979) and holds a Ph.D. in computer sciences (1982) from Ghent University. In addition, he obtained an MBA at the University of Antwerp in 1992.
He started his career at Alcatel in 1982, at that time ITT. During his career at Alcatel, he held various key positions in Alcatel's research center in Antwerp. In 1985, he started research on ATM, which resulted in a first world prototype in Telecom Geneva in 1991. In 1996, as head of the Access Business Unit, he led Alcatel's ADSL virtual company for the development of ADSL. In 2000, he became Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and a member of the Executive Committee of Alcatel in Paris. In February 2002, he became the CEO of Barco, where he...
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