Meet the Team
We are on a mission to create highly efficient and meaningful work environments
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Marco Houwen
After 20 years of creating a multitude of successful businesses and non-profit organizations, Marco focuses today on implementing purpose-driven, intent-based and self-managed leadership in organizations. He co-authored a book,” So you’ve got a DAO ” on distributed and connected leadership, helping de-centralized organizations to put in place the mindset necessary to achieve excellence in their global organizations. He participated in the creation of the Luxembourg ICT eco-system and initiated the setup of leading initiatives like Infrachain and LU-CIX. Marco serves as the Chairman of LU-CIX Asbl since its creation in 2009. He also cofounded companies like EuroDNS and LuxCloud.
Marco Houwen is passionate about human excellence and always strives to become a better leader and more important, to empower others to accept their greatness as a leader.
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Sylvain Cottong
Economist & futurist
Economist by education, Sylvain is a Luxembourg based futurist and has spent his whole career as a consultant and a coach on emerging governance, management and leadership practices, as well as on associated digital transformation projects for the private and the public sector alike. He also has a track record as a speaker on these topics at international conferences.
Sylvain enriches our team in many ways, including the promotion of design thinking as a process and a method, where he has been a pioneer for more than 10 years.