Bio - ir. Luc Vautmans, MSc.
° 07 January 1971 - married - 3 children.
Luc Vautmans is an academic civil engineer (Master in Engineering - KU Leuven) with specializations in energy conversion, nuclear techniques and ...
Bio - ir. Luc Vautmans, MSc.
° 07 January 1971 - married - 3 children.
Luc Vautmans is an academic civil engineer (Master in Engineering - KU Leuven) with specializations in energy conversion, nuclear techniques and aerospace design. Luc complemented his basic education with numerous additional courses in business administration, corporate finance, sales and leadership, including the Executive Development Program of the Boston Business School (Class of '11). Luc acts free(lance) as a sr. management consultant in aerospace (Executive Director Satellite Projects) to Asgardia & IARC.
Luc started his career in the space business, with Verhaert Space (the current QinetiQ Space) in Kruibeke. In +13 years Luc realized about 15 large projects for human spaceflight in close collaboration with ESA, NASA and the Russian space agency Roskosmos (POCKOCMOC), including the 5 major experiments that the Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne performed during his 2 space flights. Luc held successively posts as Project Manager, Contracts Manager, Head of Project Office (aerospace), General Manager Belgium (petro-chemical multinational) and CPMO for 2 sister companies (off-shore sector) and guided teams of +200 employees.
In 2013, at the age of 42, Luc was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma after a routine examination; a very aggressive cancer, metastasized through more than 40 large tumors to various vital organs. The statistical prognosis on overall survival was 3 months with a survival probability of only 3%. That is now more than 5 years ago and it is expected that Luc will also bring his most important project to a successful conclusion. In the last 5 years since his diagnosis, Luc has made about +50 trips with the family, with each of the children separately and with some loyal friends: skydiving (skydiving) at exotic locations, skiing, paragliding, sailing and long solo journeys by motorcycle. Luc is convinced that our brain is a very good pharmacy for our body and called his modest therapy 'Adren@lpine' (Adrenaline + Alps). Luc documented his bucket list adventures in +90 edited videoclips for his children.
Luc is co-founder and board member of Melanoompunt.be (non-profit), the first patient organization in Belgium for melanoma patients and their next-of-kin and also Patient Advocate for the Melanoma Patient Network Europe (MPNE).
Luc is the president of Skydive Antwerp - Hoevenen (non profit), a skydive club with its own turbine aircraft and an annual turnover of + 200k€.
Luc likes good food, excellent wines, special beers, smart books and bad jokes.
