Xavier Bourgois

Xavier Bourgois is Senior VP - Information Technologies at BARCO N.V. He is Senior Vice President of Information Technologies. He joined Barco in 2015 after a career at General Electric and continuing at The Stanley Works, International Paper and bpost. He held positions of increasing leadership in Operations, Supply Chain, IT and Business Transformation. Xavier holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Master of Mechanical Engineering from KU Leuven.

Experience

• INNOCOM
  • CIO Advisor Jan 2021 –
• Vlerick Business School
  • Guest lecturer Mar 2021 –
• Nyala Blue
  • Co-founder, CTO Apr 2021 –
• Barco
  • Senior Vice President IT - CIO Jun 2015 – Apr 2021
• bpost
  • Director IT operations and Enterprise Analytics/BI Jul 2011 – May 2015
• Essensys Management
  • Interim Manager Jun 2011 – Aug 2012
• International Paper
  • Director Business Process Re-engineering Oct 2010 – Jun 2011
  • CIO Europe May 2008 – Feb 2011
• The Stanley Works
  • Director Business Transformation Jan 2007 – Apr 2008
  • Supply Chain Integration Director Jan 2006 – Jan 2007
• GE Industrial Systems
  • Customer Service Manager May 2001 – Jan 2002
• General Electric
  • Supply Chain Manager Residential Products 1999 – 2001
  • Black Belt Six Sigma 1997 – 1999

Education

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business Master Business Administration 2003 – 2005
• Vlerick Leuven-Gent Management School Master Interim Management 2011
• KU Leuven Master in Mechatronics Engineering (Robotics, Mechanics and IT) 1989 – 1995