CTO & Co-Founder
Chris De Rouck
Software engineer and aviation technologist. Built Aviatize from the ground up to digitize flight school operations worldwide.
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Chris leads the technical vision at Aviatize, ensuring the platform remains at the cutting edge of aviation management technology. With a Master's in Computer Science Engineering and a background in corporate innovation at Philips, he combines rigorous engineering principles with a deep understanding of what flight schools actually need.
Before Aviatize, Chris worked on large-scale enterprise systems at Philips, where he developed the discipline for building reliable, scalable software. He brought that engineering rigor to aviation — creating a platform that handles the complexity of multi-aircraft, multi-instructor, multi-student operations without breaking.
Chris is passionate about eliminating the spreadsheet-and-whiteboard management that holds flight schools back. Every feature in Aviatize reflects his belief that flight school software should be as intuitive as consumer technology while being as robust as enterprise systems.
Credentials
- Master's in Computer Science Engineering
- Former corporate innovation engineer at Philips
- Full-stack architect of the Aviatize platform
Areas of Expertise
- Aviation software architecture
- SaaS platform development
- API design & integration architecture
- Data-driven operations management
- Mobile application development