Kris Maes has been in the ICT industry for over 25 years. He has worked for 15 years as an international Program & Interim Manager in different industries. Most of his background is in ERP applications, more than in MES, although the integration MES-ERP has been an integral part of his experience.
Kris joined imec in 2019, when imec had started the migration of the old, heavily customized MES solution towards a modern architecture. This is an ongoing program in which imec navigates between the industry best practices as represented by standard functionality and the imec specific requirements as being an R&D facility rather than a production fab.