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Inspiring stories of women in tech.

In our "bloom" series, we publish stories of inspiring women in the tech sector. These amazing people all have a unique path and their own definition of success. Our goal is to inspire you to go for your goals and dreams, no matter how ambitious, average or different. We hope to show that the tech sector can be a perfect path for women who want to make an impact on the world.

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Bloom: Nelleke Doyen
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Bloom: Nelleke Doyen

Next-level drive and dive' is typical for project manager Nelleke Doyen. Her talent for 'getting the spirit on' in projects is something she can fully utilise in her work as PM.

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Bloom: Geerlinde Pevenage
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Bloom: Geerlinde Pevenage

Top expert in content marketing and strategy Geerlinde Pevenage is a pioneer in the digital marketing landscape. With our hands on our hearts, we can call her a digital marketing strategist from the very beginning.

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Bloom: Magaly Boddin
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Bloom: Magaly Boddin

Magaly Boddin is passionate about providing the most appropriate answers to customers for cloud solutions. Her master's degree in computer science is a liberation. With her head on her shoulders, she wants Cloudar's customers to be 'in the cloud', technologically and proverbially.

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Bloom: Aqsa Intizar
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Bloom: Aqsa Intizar

Competitive judoka, Mendix engineer and dog savant are roles that the young Aqsa Intizar seamlessly strings together. Like her evocative name, Aqsa Intizar from Buggenhout is far from an average programmer. Read her story here!

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Bloom: Elise Haja
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Bloom: Elise Haja

A globetrotter, she travels the world to become, in her own words, 'an even better person and a better translator'. With a rich cultural background and a multilingual upbringing, a passion for words and literature germinated in her youth.

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Bloom: Nadine Hermans
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Bloom: Nadine Hermans

Nadine Hermans is a true talent hiker, so the name of her company is not hard to find. After she herself undertook an insightful journey, both personally and professionally, helping IT people find 'the missing link' has become her mission.

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Bloom: Michèle Tahay
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Bloom: Michèle Tahay

Mother of Data Dragons' Michèle Tahay is a Database Expert at Kohera. You can read about her deep dive into .net development and the 'speed of light' with which she juggles SQL servers here.

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Bloom: Julie Van Hoecke
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Bloom: Julie Van Hoecke

Julie Van Hoecke is an emerging entrepreneurial talent in the digital design & project management business. A little over two years ago, she started her career as a digital designer at Digital Pulse in Kortrijk.

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Bloom: Aagje Reynders
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Bloom: Aagje Reynders

Aagje Reynders taught herself to program when she was 16. Meanwhile she is 25 and a developer at Wheelhouse with a lot of insight and wisdom. She consciously does not participate in the 'hustle culture' and is proud of it.

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Bloom: Hannah Patronoudis
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Bloom: Hannah Patronoudis

Three years ago, Hannah Patronoudis was still an intern at Craftworkz. In the meantime, she can call herself Managing Partner of this innovative business unit.

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Bloom: Nadya Essebbar
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Bloom: Nadya Essebbar

Nadya Essebbar is a Full Stack Developer and team lead at Narato. It was not an obvious path to take, after a long search in study choices and 10 years working in the hospitality industry...

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Bloom: Joy Buelens
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Bloom: Joy Buelens

Joy Buelens is Managing Partner of The Campus, a training centre for IT professionals. This cheerful lady is responsible for business development, account management and leading the team.

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Bloom: Sophie Angenot
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Bloom: Sophie Angenot

Sophie Angenot founded QuaData 7 years ago. From an innovative idea that became too big for just herself, she built a team. Now she is a reference person when it comes to Data Governance and the human side of data.

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bloom: Ann Simons
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bloom: Ann Simons

Ann Simons is the entrepreneur behind the Wingmen group at Cronos. She has been an Olympic medallist in judo since 2000 but is also a coach, author and catalyst for young entrepreneurs.

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bloom: Cindy Smits
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bloom: Cindy Smits

Cindy Smits, the chief of Digitale Wolven, tells us about how her team ensures the digital skills of 75,000 children.

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bloom: Soraya Hayani
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bloom: Soraya Hayani

In the early days of corona, Soraya Hayani started at the Cronos cluster &Koo as a Business Architect.

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