Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 25, 2000

Stijn Bijnens – Ubizen Nv (ubiz)

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 brief

profile and some relevant history?

Mr. Bijnens: Ubizen was created in 1995 as a spin-off of the University

of Leuven, which is