Meet our colleagues

From its humble beginnings as a two-person operation in 2001 to the internationally oriented company it is today, Textkernel has been shaped by the people working here. Not just the cultural diversity of our colleagues, but the variety of their academic and professional backgrounds form the engine that has fueled the development of our products and helped extend our reach worldwide. Currently our team consists of more than 145 people of 33 different nationalities. Having said that, we are still looking for new influences!

Colleagues

"Some of the things I like the most about working at Textkernel are that I can be myself and that my opinions matter. It's a great place to grow and develop yourself by learning about different areas from very smart people! "

Andrea Bravo Balado

Product Owner

Speaks:
Spanish, English, and learning Dutch!

Specialises in:
Consultancy, Support, Product Management

Likes:
Interesting conversations, history, dancing, swimming

"Working at Textkernel is encouraging me to learn more, and it comes with a familial culture. I mostly like the creative aspect that comes with my job."

Carlo Bernardini

Web developer

Speaks:
Dutch, English, Italian

Specialises in:
User experience, User interfaces, Front-end development

Likes:
Winter sports, cooking, city trips, festivals

"Always ask "Can we do better?". Ultimately if we are not moving forward we are moving backwards. On a side note, I believe that "choice is misery" but that is a topic for another conversation."

Carsten Lygteskov Hansen

Research Engineer

Speaks:
Danish, English, Dutch

Specialises in:
Machine learning, NLP, and bringing Git love to everyone

Likes:
Lifting Iron, Programming, Deep Learning, and Snow

"For me it's the familial working environment with great colleagues, which makes Textkernel such a pleasant company to work at. Creativity and initiative is appreciated; everyone gets the chance to make a difference.
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Kim Pieschel

Business Process Manager

Speaks:
Dutch, English, basic German and un petit peu of French

Specialises in:
Marketing, Writing, Lead generation

Likes:
Craft beer, Squash and Aqua tae-bo

"TK has the perfect mix of informality and professionalism."

Ludmila Lima

International Business Development Consultant

Speaks:
Portuguese, English, Spanish and basic Dutch

Specialises in:
Account management Eastern Europe and Americas

Likes:
Food, traveling, fitness

"I enjoy applying state-of-the-art academic research to our challenging and open-ended problems. Did I mention the smart and fun people I work with?"

Mihai Rotaru

Head of R&D

Speaks:
Romanian (native), English

Specialises in:
Machine Learning for Natural Language Processing

Likes:
Travelling, movies, motorcycles, photography

"A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle (Khalil Gibran)"

Panos Alexopoulos

Ontology Mining Lead

Speaks:
Greek, English, Spanish

Specialises in:
Data & Knowledge Architecture, Mining and Evolution

Likes:
Reading, Cooking and Travelling

"Testing and tasting at Textkernel go hand in hand."

Viktoria Bancheva

QA Engineer

Speaks:
Bulgarian, English, basic Czech

Specialises in:
Software Quality Assurance

Likes:
Traditional dances, yoga, swimming

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