Jim Vingerhoets holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium. After working as development engineer for telecommunication systems, he joined Fike Corporation in 2007 as Scientist Explosion Protection and has gradually evolved into an expert in explosion safety, risk assessments, consequence modelling, protection technology and design, engineering and innovation.
Jim's current role is Explosion Safety Consultant. Jim regularly lectures on various explosion safety topics and is also Delegate in European standardization.