Steven Noels

Steven is CTO and manages technology strategy for NGDATA. He was the co-founder of Outerthought – now known as NGDATA – and is the original designer of Lily, which sits at the core of the NGDATA software portfolio. He has 15 years of product management experience, delivering solutions in data reporting applications, content management and publishing systems and large-scale legal databases. Steven is extensively networked with the open source community in and around the Apache Hadoop Big Data ecosystem. Prior to NGDATA, Steven held various senior roles in technology consulting and product management with Alcatel and Wolters-Kluwer, specializing in complex and large-scale data management challenges. He’s a member of the Apache Software Foundation and holds a board position in the GentBC innovation platform. Steven holds a B.Sc., an Executive Master in CS and has been lecturing at the Antwerp Management School.