About us

Hylyght supports experts in different fields – physiotherapists, doctors, trainers and coaches - with a strong focus on collecting, analysing and reporting actionable data. Based on decades of research, our customers can hit the ground running, with plenty of room to add their own expertise as well.

With close ties to universities and research groups such as Ghent University and the Victoris sports innovation consortium, we make sure that the knowledge in our platform remains of high quality and evolves with the latest evidence.

The team

At Hylyght, we value quality, transparency and clear communication. We are a small team of people with different skills, but we enjoy what we do!

Pieter Vansteenkiste

Chief Scientific Officer

Fabián Espinosa-Díaz

UI / Frontend Developer

Lode Goossens

Founder / Sports Science / Sports Physio

Bart Chanet

Founder / Backend Developer

Maarten Cammaert

Full Stack / Hardware Developer

Nacho

Chief Ball Fetcher

International partners

Hylyght works with international experts who bring our evidence-based methods into daily practice in their local context. They support organisations in implementing testing protocols, interpreting results and integrating Hylyght into their workflows.
Interested in becoming a partner in your region? Get in touch.

Gülşah Başandaç

Turkey representative and instructor

Gökberk Acar

Turkey instructor

History & our scientific roots

Hylyght gained 10+ years of experience as SpartaNova, a spin-off of Ghent and Brussels University. We maintain preferred partnerships with many scientists as well as numerous professionals who have both feet firmly planted in the field. This allows us to bring the best of both worlds to our users.

Academic Advisory board

Em. Prof. Dr. Johan Pion

Johan was head of the talent identification and development department of HAN University of applied science in the Netherlands. He is a guest professor at Ghent University in Belgium.

Prof. Dr. Damien Van Tiggelen

Damien obtained a PhD degree in motor rehabilitation & physiotherapy at Ghent University. He is Head of Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Military Hospital Queen Astrid (Brussels, Belgium) where he leads a team of civilian and military medical doctors and physiotherapists specialized in musculoskeletal injuries. At Ghent University Damien is Professor, working on research projects concerning prevention and risk factors of overuse injuries of the lower limb within the musculoskeletal research group.

Dr. Kristof De Mey

Kristof holds a PhD in sports physical therapy and is now Sports Technology, Innovation and Business developer at Victoris, facilitating the transfer of the university’s research results towards the socio-economic environment in which the university operates. The last couple of years, he built an extensive network in the sports technology and innovation domain with initiatives as SportUp, Sportamundi and the Sports Tech Research Network.

Prof. Dr. Erik Witvrouw

Erik is professor at the department of Rehabilitation Science and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Ghent University. His main area of research is prevention and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries in sports. He authored more than 200 SCI publications in international peer reviewed journals and obtained funding for more than 30 scientific and corporate service projects.

Dr. Roel Vaeyens

Roel holds a PhD in physical education and is a director in sports business with 20+ years working experience in the sports industry and a proven track record in football club management and sports science

M. Sc. Vincent Bastiaans

Vincent Bastiaans holds a master degree in Human Movement science and is an executive MBA candidate. He is the head of HAN SENECA, expertise centre of prevention, health and lifestyle. With his teams he is responsible for the cross-over between education and research and business, mostly on talent detection and identification, Sports Nutrition, Sports Economics, Sports Management and Healh Promotion.

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