Wim Soens is the Founder and Managing Partner of EY CogniStreamer. In this role, he leads a software product team and business that provides proprietary collaborative innovation management technology, supporting clients to engage with innovation ecosystems and support broad innovation and transformation projects.
Wim started his career at a multinational electronics company in 1990 and held several positions in procurement, resource planning and financial management. In 1996, he became managing director of a start-up pioneering in the multimedia and web development fields.
A few years later Wim founded CogniStreamer, which quickly became a market leader in collaborative innovation software and services. In December 2016, CogniStreamer was fully acquired by EY.
Wim holds an MS in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Business Engineering from Ghent University in Belgium.