Denis Clijsters

Entrepreneur and Real Estate Investor

Name:Denis Clijsters

Date of birth:

Address:Pocatello, ID 83204

Phone:

Email:denis@clijste.rs

Website:https://denis.clijste.rs

-An entrepreneur with a focus on international business and finance, I have a passion for social impact.

-Extensive practical experience in culturally diverse business environments has informed my worldview and honed my skills at strategic planning, attaining efficiency, team-building and ultimately empowerment of the organization.

-A self-proclaimed "geek", business partners describe me as people-oriented, hands-on, and dynamic, willing to take risks to achieve successful outcomes.

-My affinity for technological problem solving has also served as an invaluable tool in pushing limits, fostering lasting change.

Work Experience

10.2006 - present

1. Ama-gi Consulting

Management Consultant

Currently working at:
– Wereldwerf vzw – transformation of a non profit movement towards a social profit fund – De Sterreburcht CVBA, working on financial revamp and next stage of the co-op and co-housing project
– Immo Via – Real Estate and Short Term Rental (STR): All round Management Consulting and IT Automation
– Bricks & More LLC – Co-founder of the real estate partnership investing in US Real Estate via Tax Liens, Tax Deeds and Foreclosures

Past Projects:
– Audit Training at Lahore Stock Exchange
– Business Development at Netherlands-Thai Chamber of Commerce (NTCC) and Belgian-Thai Chamber of Commerce (BeluThai)
– Publication Office at South Asian Federation of Exchanges, Islamabad

Areas of interest and expertise:
– Management Consulting
– Real Estate investing experience since 2008 in Belgium and the USA.
– Virtual/Alternative currencies for (intra) organisational usage
– Digital transformation processes and process automation
– Tech Startups
– Intercultural Management (India, China, Europe, US)

12.2008 - present

2. ImmoVia / Aflats NV

Advisor

Advising on the existing real estate portfolio, sales processes and short term apartment rental b2b business as well as exploring international expansion possibilities towards the US.

12.2015 - present

3. Bricks & More LLC

co-founder and real estate investor

Bricks & More LLC is a partnership with Jef Viaene, owner of Immovia NV (Geel, Belgium) with 15 years of experience and Denis Clijsters. The focus of Bricks & More LLC is to invest in US real estate, focused on middle class housing and redevelopment of often depressed areas. In the US we are actively involved in Pocatello Old Town community where we own and operate a community mall and we have nearly 70 rental units which are undergoing renovations.

07.2014 - 09.2015

4. Machineparty Inc

Co-founder and COO

Machineparty is the twitter-for-industry revolutionizing procurement and b2b financing. The Machineparty platform is a paradigm shift for industry and moves towards buyer-led and transparent market places and algorithmic funding of transactions. Started in the US with a satellite office in Delhi, India. Machineparty is currently in hibernation and re-positioning after we’ve burned our initial USD 370K of funding.

02.2013 - 07.2014

5. Corsendonk Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

Branch Manager - Hyderabad

With 30 team members in our Hyderabad office and projects ranging from BPO, finance, IT and small scale real estate, there was always enough stuff on our hands.

11.2007 - 07.2011

6. Murray Rothbard Institute vzw

Co-founder, Finance and IT

Recently, the institute has changed its name to Institute for Philosophical and Social Education (IFESE vzw). We’ve translated books from English to Dutch, organized (summer) seminars on Economics, Politics, Law and Ethics at the Universities of Antwerp, Ghent and Leuven in Belgium. My current work has been reduced after having left Belgium.

08.2009 - 09.2009

7. State Bank of India – Goa (SBI)

Research

A summer work internship in collaboration with the University of Antwerp (UA) and the Goa Institute of Management (GIM). The main purpose of this project was to perform research for the State Bank of India (SBI): drafting a survey, interviewing SBI customers and analyzing the survey results, presentation of survey results to local management team of SBI in Goa. For this project, we worked closely together with 4 other Indian students of the Goa Institute of management.

Education

09.2010 - 06.2012

1. University of Antwerp

Master of Business Administration, Finance and International Business

Master Thesis: Emerging Market Central Bank Policy Responses towards the current (2008) financial crisis.

08.2010 - 01.2011

2. Huazhong University of Science and Technology...

International Student at the School of Economics and Management

HUST is located in Wuhan, Central China. This project was part of the Erasmus Mundus exchange project by the EU under the name of CONNEC.

09.2008 - 06.2010

3. University of Antwerp

Bachelor in Applied Economic Science and Business Administration (TEW)

09.2006 - 06.2009

4. University of Antwerp

Bachelor of Social and Economic Sciences (SEW)

Certificates and Awards

08.2015 - 08.2015

1. Keiretsu Academy

Training program as part of the Keiretsu Forum in San Francisco to help fundraising and due diligence process.

03.2011 - 04.2011

2. Talking Today’s Communication and...

Awarded via AIESEC in collaboration with Talking Today (Belgium), a 2 month presentation master program in Belgium

3. CEFR 2 (Official European Language...

4. European Resource Bank, Yalta, Ukraine

Winner of the Dragon’s Den for non-profit competition on behalf of the Murray Rothbard Institute. Funding for a European webinar sharing platform.