Octave | A propos de nous

À PROPOS DE NOUS

En tant que leader dans le secteur du stockage d'énergie par batteries de seconde vie, nous développons des solutions durables pour la transition énergétique. Notre approche innovante s'inscrit dans une démarche circulaire, afin de réduire les déchets. Découvrez comment nous contribuons à un avenir plus propre et plus circulaire pour tous.

La mission d'Octave est de promouvoir le développement durable en offrant des systèmes de batteries de première vie et en réutilisant les batteries de véhicules électriques en fin de vie pour en faire de précieuses sources de stockage d'énergie. Cette double approche nous permet de répondre à la demande croissante de solutions énergétiques efficaces et respectueuses de l'environnement.

REJOIGNEZ-NOUS

Chez Octave, nous chérissons la créativité, la durabilité et l'entreprenariat. Nous sommes constamment à la recherche de personnes passionnées pour rejoindre notre aventure. Si vous êtes prêt à relever un défi dans une scaleup cleantech, faites-nous signe à recruitment@octave.energy !

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CIRCULAIRE

Alors que le secteur de l'e-mobilité est en plein essor, la durabilité des batteries lithium-ion suscite des inquiétudes. Chez Octave, nous nous engageons dans une économie circulaire et réduisons l'empreinte carbone globale de nos batteries.

TECHNOLOGIE DE POINTE

Nous exploitons des algorithmes de big data et de machine learning pour analyser le comportement et la dégradation de notre flotte de batteries, prolonger leur durée de vie et optimiser les performances de chaque système de batterie

RENOUVELABLE

Les batteries sont complémentaires aux énergies renouvelables et permettent de palier l'intermittence de l'énergie solaire et éolienne, et d'offrir de la flexibilité au réseau électrique.

Notre équipe

Maxime Snick

Co-Founder & CEO

Maxime holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering and an MSc in Energy management. He is an international expert in the energy markets, with extensive experience at key players in the power market, such as EPEX SPOT (Europe’s leading power exchange), ENTSO-E, Elia, ENGIE and Brugel.

Jonas Engels

Co-Founder & CTO

Jonas earned his Phd summa cum laude, while researching the topic of optimal control of battery energy storage systems in the electricity market. During and after his PhD, Jonas worked as an R&D engineer at one of Europe’s leading energy startups (REstore, now CBS) where he played a key role in developing REstore’s battery optimization capabilities.

Nicolas Quintin

Co-Founder & Head of Data

Nicolas is an energy engineer and data analytics wizard. He has worked for major European utilities (Total Energies and ENGIE) as a power trader and a quantitative analyst. Nicolas also worked as a Battery Data Engineer at Gogoro in Taiwan, a world-class leader in battery swapping technology for light-weight electric vehicles.

Amaury Carval

Embedded System Engineer

Amaury graduated with a Master in Electrical Engineering at Polytech'Lille. He has a background in embedded system engineering and combines experience from the automotive industry and the startup world.

Louise Van Isterdael

Head of Sales - EMS

Louise has an MSc in Business Engineering. She started her career in ENGIE’s energy trading department and has more than 5 years of experience in developing onshore wind energy projects.

Sam Vandemaele

Electrical Design Engineer

Sam is freshly graduated with a master of Electrical Engineering Technology from the University of Ghent. He is currently following the Postgraduate Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering while pursuing an internship at Octave

Svend Vanderveken

Software & Devops Engineer

With more than 20 years of experience in software engineering and data engineering, Svend's expertise is focussed on streaming pipelines, event driven architectures and cloud computing. He has been a team member of two successful startups already: Mnubo (Montreal) and Real Impact Analytics (Brussels).

Loïc Defour

Data Scientist

Loïc is an applied mathematician specialized in Artificial Intelligence. He has contributed his expertise as a Data Science Consultant at McKinsey & Company, focusing on serving heavy industry clients, and subsequently as a Data Science Manager at UCB, a prominent global biopharmaceutical company.

Valentino Barbarossa

Business Development Manager

Valentino holds a MSc in Industrial Engineering. Over the past five years, he has managed large-scale PV, BESS, and EV infrastructure projects at companies like ENGIE and John Cockerill. Valentino's experience in project management and business-driven energy solutions has strengthened his expertise in the energy sector.

Justin Foguenne

Finance & HR Manager

Justin holds an MSc in Business Engineering and is a CEMS graduate. Following his role in Private Equity at Bain & Company, he joined Toqua as Head of Operations & Finance to drive the decarbonization of shipping. His passion for battery technology shines through in his master's dissertation on dynamic wireless charging.

Pieter Bolckmans

Head of Sales - BESS

Pieter holds a Bachelor's degree in Energy Technology with a specialization in electrical energy. Over the past 8 years, Pieter has worked as a Business Developer for several of the top 5 EPC solar installation companies. In his previous job, Pieter already developed several Octave projects, which only increased his enthusiasm for Octave.

Melina Schlachter

Full Stack Developer

Melina is a recently graduated Full Stack Developer with expertise in popular web development tools like Django and React.js. Throughout her training she gained hands-on experience in building dynamic and responsive web applications, which significantly deepened her passion for the field.

Julien Lamandé

Backend Developer

Julien Lamandé is a backend developer with master’s degrees in AI from Sherbrooke University and IT from EFREI School. He has over seven years of experience, served as full stack ML Engineer at GSK in Belgium, where he specialized in machine learning, data engineering, and big data solutions. Previously, he worked as a software designer at Alstom, focusing on basic software development in RTOS environments. Julien is proficient in Python, C++, ADA, Java, and cloud technologies like Azure and Databricks.

Hamidreza Behi

Research Manager

Hamidreza holds a PhD in Science Engineering, with a research focus on battery thermal management systems. During his PhD at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, he actively contributed to several European and national projects. Following the completion of his doctorate, Hamidreza served as a Senior Mechanical Cell Engineer at Dyson and later as a Research & Platform Manager at Université libre de Bruxelles.

Notre conseil d'administration

Luc Sterckx

Chairman of the Board

Luc Sterckx holds a MSc and a PhD in Chemical Engineering, as well as a post-graduate certification in Business Administration. He combines a hands-on, practical approach with general management expertise from a very wide range of companies of various complexities and sizes, including mergers & acquisitions, startups and turnarounds.

Jean-Nicolas Lunden

Board Member

Jean-Nicolas has a financial and management background and led ABInbev’s corporate venture capital group prior to joining SPDG where he manages investments across energy and mobility.

James Pearson

Board Observer

James helps early-stage digital startups – notably in the fields of energy and sustainability tech – to grow and scale through imec.istart’s globally recognized acceleration program and investment fund.

Camille Laufer

Board Observer

Camille is a senior investment associate at SPDG with a background in M&A and private equity within the energy infrastructure sector. She has previously held roles in major utilities such as RTE, Total and Elia Group, as well as in advisory at EY. Camille is dedicated to supporting the sector towards more sustainable energy solutions.

Olivier de Duve

Board Observer

Olivier worked for more than 17 years in investment banking, capital markets and investment management in New York, Paris and London. He now manages Simplicity and Inventures Investment Partners. He is also a Board member and private investor in various start-ups and is active in the Steering Committee of the de Duve Institute, a multidisciplinary biomedical research institute.