Bart Keppens received an Engineer degree in Electronics in Leuven in 1996. His master thesis, togetherwith his colleague Steven Servaes, ‘Transmission Line Pulsing (TLP) techniquefor analyzing ESD reliability’, performed at IMEC, Leuven, Belgium, receivedthe BARCO-award for best Industrial Engineer thesis in 1996. In 1996 Bartjoined IMEC and was responsible for device electrical characterization, supportfor the ESD group and for the Non Volatile Memories group for layout andtesting. 

From May 2002 he joined Sarnoff Europe, Belgium, solving ESD related problems for customers worldwide, first as ESD engineer, later as technical leader, ESD design specialist. From 2006, Bart supports the Business Development initiatives as Technical Director for ESD. After a management buy-out in June 2009, Sarnoff Europe became 'SOFICS - Solutions for ICs' where Bart is Director Technical Marketing working with semiconductor companies worldwide.