Julien THEYS

💼 Professional experience

Agilytic

Managing Partner & Co-Founder Since 2016

• Over 400 advanced analytics projects. Sample cases on our results page.
• Client management
• Teams and deliverables supervision
• Data Scientist recruitment & selection

Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management

Guest speaker and scientific collaborator Since 2015

Strategy seminar, new business seminar, masters’ thesis supervision. Executive MBA and masters programmes.

Bpost

Senior Innovation Manager 2015-2016

• Design, Prototyping and Deployment of innovative solutions for telecom customers

Reference: Mrs. Isabel Corne

Edge Consulting

Manager 2012-2015

• « Customer experience » programme manager for a leading telecom operator in Belgium
• Change management programme to comply with new telecom legal obligations (2012)
• Business case for the launch of a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)

Reference : Mr. Pierre de Boeck

Omdia - London, UK

formerly known as Screen Digest pre-acquisition

Senior Analyst 2007-2011

• Forecast modes for the smartphone market (manufacturers and operating systems)
• Content monetisation expertise (app store, mobile advertising)
• Consultancy for international technology market leaders

Reference: Mr. Ben Keen

Zenab

Audiovisual consultant 2002-2007

• Digital rights management technology assessment for European lobbies
• Development of a movie theatre complex in Brussels
• Development of a European video-on-demand service
• Management of a film producers’ professional association

Reference: Mrs. Nicole La Bouverie

🦾 Certifications, trainings

Methodologies

• AI fluency | Anthropic (2026)
• Certified SCRUMmaster (2014)
• Certified ITIL Foundation (2014)
• Certified PRINCE2 (2014)
• Net Promoter Score 2 Certified (2015)
• Net Promoter Economics (2014)
• Net Promoter Score (2013)

Software & programming

• Tableau Desktop certified associate
• HTML, CSS

🎓 Academic credentials

• Master of Business Administration Warwick Business School, 2012
• MSc Management Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management, 2002
• Executive programme in Management and philosophies Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management, 2018
• European Certificate in Audiovisual Financing and Commercialization Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, 2004

🇺🇳 Languages

🇫🇷 French: native

🇬🇧 English: C2 - fluent

🇳🇱 Dutch: C1

👤 Outside work

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Married, 2 sons

🧳 Travel

🍽 Gastronomy

🎸 Guitar & live music

🏟 Arsenal f.c.

💡 Favorite quote

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. — William Arthur Ward