Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 25, 2000
STIJN BIJNENS has been the Chief Executive Officer and Member of the
Board of Directors of Ubizen NV since the company was founded in May
1995. From September 1992 until May 1995 he was a researcher at the
Department of Computer Science at the University of Leuven, Belgium and
at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. His research area is in network
security and object oriented distributed systems. Mr Bijnens is also a
co-founder and Chairman of the Board of GlobalSign. Mr Bijnens has a
Masters Degree in Computer Science from KUL. He was named Manager of the
Year in 1999 in Belgium by Trends Magazine. Profile
TWST: Could we start with an introduction to the company, a briefprofile and some relevant history?
Mr. Bijnens: Ubizen was created in 1995 as a spin-off of the University
of Leuven, which is