Stefan Van Ouytsel

Innovator, Educator, and entrepreneur on a mission to build sustainable organisations.

Heist-op-den-Berg, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

I am an innovator with an entrepreneurial heart. I am eager to help startups and established companies to find and elaborate on new market opportunities, create , innovate and grow over generations through design thinking, value proposition design, product development and marketing. Keywords: design strategy and strategic design, Innovation Management, Startup development, business development, smart mobility, Sports Innovation, design management, conceptual design, branding, corporate identity, marketing, design methodology, product design.

Experience

  • Co-Founder at BOUD Mobility
    Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    BOUD Mobility BV (BOUD bikes) strives for maximum sustainability in the bicycle industry by developing modular bicycle frames than can be locally produced using digital manufacturing technologies, repaired and converted to adapt to the needs of each customer and to the available components.

  • Thomas More University of Applied Sciences (7 yrs 6 mos)
    • Oprichter en coördinator Planmeesters.be
      Dec 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

      Planmeesters is een onafhankelijke entiteit binnen Thomas More van waaruit burgers en KMO's worden geholpen bij het opstellen en indienen van dossiers tot het bekomen van een omgevingsvergunning waarbij de medewerking van een architect niet is verplicht. Voor veel toepassingen zonder structurele werken, is in Vlaanderen geen medewerking van een architect verplicht om een omgevingsvergunning aan te vragen. Maar de werken zijn vaak wél vergunningsplichtig en het is niet evident om de juiste plannen en gegevens te voorzien die nodig zijn om zo’n vergunning aan te vragen via Omgevingsloket Vlaanderen. Bovendien is het indienen op zich voor velen ook een hele uitdaging waardoor veel dossiers niet of gedeeltelijk volledig zijn en de doorlooptijd van een eenvoudige vergunningsaanvraag erg lang kan worden.

    • Future business designer
      Feb 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

      Thomas More's Interior Design & Architecture department (ID&A) in Mechelen is known for its collaborative creativity. I research, evaluate and create new business opportunities to grow the school's activities both within the educational framework as well as beyond education.

    • Opleidingscoördinator Postgraduaat PG21 - Projectmanagement
      Jul 2021 - Jun 2026 · 5 yrs

      PG21 is een hands-on excellentietraject voor jong afgestudeerde interieurvormgevers, toegepaste architecten en service designers die beogen om een eigen studio uit te bouwen of zichzelf willen profileren als ondernemende, hands-on projectmanager.

  • Citamine (7 yrs 8 mos)
    • Chairman
      Feb 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

    • Founding Board Member
      Dec 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos

      Citamine creates and implements urban farming solutions for medium-sized cities, based on circular business models. We are ambitious to turn our home base Mechelen into the most edible city of Europe, creating show-case solutions to both inspire and implement in other European cities.

  • Co-Owner and innovation lead at Kontour
    Dec 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 8 mos

    Within Kontour, I protect our vision to embrace genuine craftmanship and empower it through innovation and design to deliver bespoke leather saddles and bicycle accessories.

  • PinkOliv (23 yrs 5 mos)
    • Interim Manager
      Jul 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

      As an interim manager, I assist companies and organisations on a short to mid-term basis in detecting their challenges and adapting to a rapidly changing environment by installing a design thinking culture with high-performing co-operative teams, by developing and implementing new innovation strategies, managing complex innovation projects, designing and applying new business strategies, redesigning and implementing new marketing and sales strategies.

    • Owner
      Mar 2003 - Present · 23 yrs 5 mos

      PinkOliv is a creative agency that applies design thinking and value creation strategies to develop strong brands, products, and ventures. We guide start-ups to create sustainable business concepts and support SME's and corporates on their quest to stay relevant in a quickly changing environment.