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About us

There are many unanswered questions in the biological world. We believe that by using the right tools such as data governance, data science, data engineering, bioinformatics, biostatistics, machine learning, and AI, together we can find the answers.

Our role? To support you along this journey to knowledge

We are your partner for all of your scientific data needs. From data analytics and bioinformatics, to software development and AI we support you in accessing vital, data-driven insights that can be turned into actions and drive your life sciences research forward. No matter where you are, we’re ready to support your new, more data-driven approach to life sciences research and development. The name BioLizard originates from the fact that lizards are agile and able to adapt to new environments, which captures the way we work with you. Our expert ‘Lizards’ can support you no matter where you are in the world, and in a flexible, proactive, and agile way to drive your data-driven research forward. 

BioLizard has a unique skillset and provided us with seamless development support of a completely novel pipeline solution. They also delivered in a step-by-step integration process that really allowed for an agile and creative way of working. I think very few companies have the niche competence and customer understanding like BioLizard which really sets them apart.

Linus Bosaeus
Rarity Bioscience - CEO

A team of experienced bioengineers
and computer science experts

Our team of experienced bioengineers, software engineers and computer science experts combines extensive data science expertise with deep biological knowledge. Our ‘Lizards’ help you leverage your data to keep your competitive edge, by providing services, tools, and applications that are tailored to your needs and in line with your unique strategic goals.

Accreditations

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Management team

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Liesbeth Ceelen

CEO & Board Member

Dr. Liesbeth Ceelen has experience in a multinational environment as well as in start-up and scale-up companies. Following her PhD in veterinary sciences, over the last 20 years Liesbeth has gained expertise in operational and quality management, next to sales, scientific business development and strategic growth. Her role as CEO involves steering the BioLizard team, identifying and pursuing strategic opportunities with clients, and setting and driving metrics across business units enabling the company to steadily grow.

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Paul Vauterin

CTO & Scientific Advisor

Dr. Paul Vauterin is an experienced executive in innovative software product creation and management, including vision, strategy, and execution. His focus on advanced data analytics and software architecture for health care, biotech, and life sciences applications make him a perfect fit for BioLizard’s leadership team. Paul has worked on every aspect of the software product life cycle, and his expertise is invaluable in helping BioLizard help their customers leverage the full potential of data for life sciences and health care.

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Yves Muyssen

COO

Yves Muyssen is a data technology leader with 20 years of experience in international technology companies, both in product-based as well as service-based ecosystems. He graduated as bio-engineering and computer scientist and participated in many strategy and leadership courses. He combines expertise in business strategy, organizational planning and people management with a deep understanding of software development and data management. As COO he helps translate the BioLizard strategy into operational goals and team organization. He leads a team of bioinformatics scientists, software engineers, data engineers, and project managers.

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Volodimir Olexiouk

Principal Scientist | Team Lead AI & Analytics | Director of Scientific Engagement

Dr. Volodimir Olexiouk is a highly experienced professional in the fields of Ai and MLOps, with a proven track record of delivering data analytical solutions across a variety of sectors, particularly in the life sciences. He has a strong background in providing end-to-end solutions that are tailored to meet the specific needs of his clients and is well-versed in the leadership, management, and strategic planning required to successfully oversee data analytical projects and solutions. As the head of AI and Analytics at BioLizard, Dr. Olexiouk is responsible for leading a team of experts, managing the delivery of data analytical solutions, and developing the strategic roadmaps that guide the company’s services.

Board of directors

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André van de Sande

Chairman of the Board

André is a senior executive with 20 years of life sciences experience and a proven track record in both mature and emerging markets in Western and Central Europe, Asia Pacific, and Middle East Africa. He has successfully led organizations ranging from 40 to 1400 employees as CEO, Managing Director, and Regional Vice President. He has extensive change management experience and broad non-executive and advisory board experience. André holds an MBA degree from Tilburg University and an MSc in Management from Purdue University, USA. He has also followed the supervisory board member program of Nyenrode University, The Netherlands.

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Liesbeth Ceelen

CEO & Board Member

Dr. Liesbeth Ceelen has experience in a multinational environment as well as in start-up and scale-up companies. Over the last 20 years, she gained expertise in operational and quality management, next to sales, scientific business development and strategic growth. Her role as CEO involves steering the BioLizard team, identifying and pursuing strategic opportunities with clients, and setting and driving metrics across business units enabling the company to steadily grow.

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Wim Van Criekinge

Co-Founder, Board Member, & Scientific Advisor

Prof. Wim Van Criekinge, together with Jan Van den Berghe, is a co-founder of the Novalis Biotech Incubation. He is a tenured professor at the University of Gent with nearly 200 peer-reviewed international publications to his name. He founded and heads the laboratory for computational genomics and bioinformatics (BIOBIX) as well as the core sequencing facility (NXTGNT) with global collaborative reach across applied bioscience and clinical discovery. He is a co-founder of BioLizard and he leads the scientific development of the company as well as coaching the consultants. His main interest is the use of machine learning in computational biology and bioinformatics.

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Kjell Mortier

Fund Manager Novalis

Prior to working for Novalis Biotech Incubation, Dr. Kjell Mortier acquired approximately 20 years of experience in the biotech industry working in various scientific roles. At Ablynx, now part of Sanofi, he was responsible for the bioanalytical and immunogenicity part of dedicated clinical programs. At Eurofins, a leading CRO in the pharma, food and environmental industry, he supported the CMC-analytical part for various customers in the pharma industry. Kjell also obtained certification for financial analysis at EHSAL Management School.

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Caroline Vanovermeire

Independent Director

Caroline Vanovermeire is the Global Director of Talent, Leadership, and Organizational Development at dentsu, a high growth, fast-paced marketing services and solutions company. She is the founder of Effra Consult, a business that focuses on all things people to boost business performance. In addition, she is a mentor to start-ups in the FinTech industry. Caroline was previously the Global Head of Organizational Development for all Support functions at Barclays and a Principal at Heidrick & Struggles’ Global Leadership Advisory practice. Caroline is a trained psychologist and coach and has a Masters degree in Human Resources management.

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Laurie Heilmann

Independent Director

Laurie is a senior executive and independent board member with more than thirty years of leadership experience and transformative strategies across numerous life science markets. She has a proven track record of impeccable commercial execution, leading to acceleration of growth, profitability, global branding, and emerging market development. She has demonstrated the ability to build, galvanize, and mobilize global scientific and commercial teams. Her passion for leadership development, succession planning, and team followership is realized by her unbounded resourceful problem-solving, creative strategies to achieve a competitive edge, and market-dominant results.

Scientific advisors

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Wim Van Criekinge

Co-Founder, Board Member, & Scientific Advisor

Prof. Wim Van Criekinge, together with Jan Van den Berghe, is a co-founder of the Novalis Biotech Incubation. He is a tenured professor at the University of Gent with nearly 200 peer-reviewed international publications to his name. He founded and heads the laboratory for computational genomics and bioinformatics (BIOBIX) as well as the core sequencing facility (NXTGNT) with global collaborative reach across applied bioscience and clinical discovery. He is a co-founder of BioLizard and he leads the scientific development of the company as well as coaching the consultants. His main interest is the use of machine learning in computational biology and bioinformatics.

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Gerben Menschaert

Co-founder & Scientific Advisor

Prof. Gerben Menschaert is a co-founder of BioLizard and is an expert in bioinformatics, databases, and AI/Machine learning. He has worked for several years in both pharmaceutical and biotech companies (Janssen Pharmaceuticals & deVGen) as a bioinformatician. His main focus is to combine different high throughput technologies and to integrate resulting information using bioinformatics tools to address different biological questions. At BioLizard, he provides expert advice for the bioinformatics team.

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Thomas Krahn

Scientific Advisor

Prof. Thomas Krahn has almost 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry as the head of department for several research units. His area of expertise is within the field of translational medicine, with a keen interest in the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the development of innovative diagnostic tools. As a scientific advisor, he provides invaluable insight and advice to the BioLizard team.

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Paul Vauterin

CTO & Scientific Advisor

Paul is an experienced executive in innovative software product creation and management, including vision, strategy, and execution. His focus on advanced data analytics and software architecture for health care, biotech, and life sciences applications make him a perfect fit for BioLizard’s leadership team. Paul has worked on every aspect of the software product life cycle, and his expertise is invaluable in helping BioLizard help their customers leverage the full potential of data for life sciences and health care.

Our commitment to the sustainable development goals

Sustainable development is essential for the long-term success of our business, the life sciences industry as a whole, and the well-being of our people and planet. That's why we have set ambitious goals to reduce our environmental footprint, promote social responsibility, and support sustainable practices - for the good of us all.

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Gender equality

We strive to support diversity and inclusion in our workplace, and we’ve started at the top with our female CEO and 50% female-led board. Diversity and inclusion are essential for the success of our business and the well-being of our employees, so we are committed to implementing best practices for diversity and inclusion including unconscious bias training, employee resource groups, inclusive hiring practices, and workplace accessibility. We are proud of our truly inclusive culture, which is exemplified by the variety of perspectives, languages, and nationalities included within BioLizard - our team, which is 30% female, represents 10 different nationalities and together speaks 9 different languages. Our diversity is a great strength, and we celebrate it.

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Life on land and wellbeing

Reducing our environmental impact and supporting the well-being of our employees are top priorities for us. We have partnered with GoForest to plant a tree for every contract signed, which helps to support life on land and mitigate climate change. Our culture is people-driven: we want to support our team to be their best selves, so that they can in turn provide the best possible support to our valued clients. We offer flexible work locations to promote work-life balance and reduce carbon emissions from commuting. We organize a team activity once a month and provide our employees with fruit, sports, and fun activities to promote team building, social connection, and healthy lifestyles and well-being.

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Decent work & economic growth

At BioLizard, we ensure that we support our expert ‘Lizards’ to grow and succeed. Investing in the development of our team is a core value, and we constantly strive to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing. Our in-house innovation track provides a framework for our team to generate new ideas and explore their business potential and scientific quality, and supports our people while providing opportunities for self-directed learning and development.

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Industry, innovation, and infrastructure

We are committed to developing innovative solutions and platforms that will help improve the success rate of essential therapies. We believe that by investing in innovation and making research more truly data-driven, we can help to improve healthcare outcomes and make a positive impact on society. We are continually exploring new technologies and scientific data platforms to improve the success rate of therapeutic pipelines. Our vision says it all: we are convinced that by leveraging data better, we can improve the quality and longevity of human life around the world.

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Vision

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To improve the quality and longevity of human life around the world by leveraging data better

Values

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Be one step ahead
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Driven by excellence

Mission

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To help our clients fully utilize their scientific data to increase their performance and ability to positively impact billions of lives globally

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Together we can make your project
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When you partner with BioLizard, you get state-of-the-art data analysis pipelines and tools to apply to your current and future research projects - and moreover, you receive end-to-end support that will make it faster and easier for you to turn your data into actionable insights. We also always ensure to fully explain our data science approach to solving your biological challenges - there’s no black box when you work with BioLizard.

Our ultimate goal is to empower you through data-driven innovation combined with interactive data exploration, thereby supporting you in extracting actionable insights from your data, and gaining a compelling competitive advantage.

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BioLizard NV
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9000 Ghent, Belgium

BioLizard BV
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1017 BZ Amsterdam
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1066 Epalinges
Switzerland

BioLizard Inc.
1700 W Irving Park Rd
Chicago, IL 60613 USA

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