Kevin Van Kerckhoven

CIO Advisor & Enterprise Architect | Guiding corporate leaders through pragmatic IT transformation and human-centered AI adoption.

Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

I help corporate leaders and SME founders adopt AI through human-centered workflows that produce measurable outcomes. Call it human-centered AI architecture: enterprise architecture depth, applied at the speed a founder needs. The foundation underneath is 20+ years as Enterprise Architect and CIO Advisor, including CIO mandates where I owned the budget, the team, and the result. AI adoption fails on the same things transformation has always failed on: unclear decisions, workflows nobody designed, technology bolted onto an organization instead of built into it. That is the part I fix. The proof point I care about most: Invensu itself runs on the AI-augmented operating model I advise. Every workflow I recommend has survived contact with my own operation. How I work: frame the architecture first, then make it executable. Clear decisions, explicit trade-offs, measurable outcomes. If AI is on your agenda and you want pragmatism over hype, let's connect.

Experience

  • xplus (Contract · 8 mos)
    • Associate Partner
      Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

      02/2026 - Ongoing Agristo (CIO & IT Transformation Advisor) Responsible for setting up the IT Target Operating Model for Agristo's international expansion

    • CIO Advisor & Enterprise Architect
      Dec 2025 - May 2026 · 6 mos

      11/2025 - 05/2026 Brussels Airport Company (Enterprise Architect & AI Advisor) Responsible for setting up the EA practice Enterprise Application Landscape & the agentic AI enablement of the EA team

  • Co-Founder | From AI strategy to AI in production. at Invensu
    Feb 2011 - Present · 15 yrs 6 mos

    Invensu is an AI-first advisory and capability firm for enterprise and ambitious mid-market organisations.

  • VIVES Continue Business (Contract · 6 mos)
    • Lecturer Postgraduaat Applied AI in Business
      May 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    • Guest Lecturer Postgraduaat Digital Business Analyst
      Feb 2026 - May 2026 · 4 mos

  • CIO Advisor & Enterprise Architect at Covalens
    Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    02/2026 - Ongoing Vlabel (CIO & IT Transformation Advisor) Responsible for defining the IT Target Operating Model for Vlabel

  • Chief Information Officer at Connections
    Jun 2023 - Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Leading the ICT, Digital & Operations functions during a full-scale digital transformation of a Belgian travel company. Responsible for aligning business strategy with technology, modernizing the core architecture, and guiding the executive committee in shaping the digital roadmap. • Designed and implemented the target architecture for ERP, CRM, and booking platforms. • Oversaw the ICT budget and optimized OPEX through vendor and contract management. • Established API-first integration governance across digital channels. • Introduced a CDP (customer data platform) and marketing automation platform.