PlanRadar chooses Matthieu Walckenaer to lead its French subsidiary

This fast-growing player in the ConTech and PropTech markets offers a simple, fast and efficient digital solution to increase productivity and profitability on all types of projects. To ensure the launch and growth of its new subsidiary, the company has just appointed Matthieu Walckenaer Country Manager France.

Matthieu Walckenaer joined PlanRadar on July 1 as Country Manager France. Based in Paris, his mission is to orchestrate the development of activities in France, a strategic market for the company based in Vienna since 2013.

Aged 41 and father of 3 children, Matthieu Walckenaer graduated from Neoma Business School. He has a solid knowledge of the digital sector acquired over the past 7 years as co-founder and CEO of Nudge APM, a software publisher dedicated to application performance management.

This entrepreneurial experience, carried out successfully until the sale of the startup in 2019, allowed him to develop a real multidisciplinary expertise, at the same time commercial, marketing, managerial, financial and technical.

He had previously held commercial positions with a strong international dimension for more than 11 years at SAGEMCOM then SOLUTIONS 30, of which he was in charge of sales for 4 years. In this capacity, he was notably in charge of opening new markets, creating new subsidiaries in Europe and carrying out external growth operations.

This appointment is in line with PlanRadar's international development strategy, which today has 7 offices around the world and has strong ambitions on the French construction and real estate market.

“Today it is essential to work and communicate in multiple sites. This is why our role in the digitization of the construction and real estate sectors is more necessary than ever. PlanRadar enables teams to track, connect and resolve issues from the office to the field. We are delighted to support our French customers, old and new, thanks to a team led by Matthieu Walckenaer, to enable the sector to improve quality, optimize costs and complete projects more quickly. "
-Ibrahim Imam and Sander Van de Rijdt, Co-CEOs of PlanRadar

“PlanRadar has developed a very intuitive and easy-to-use solution that addresses key needs in the management of construction and real estate projects. The major advantage of this collaborative solution is that it enables our clients to be more efficient in their day-to-day work. The digitization of companies and teams in this sector will ensure their growth and success by gaining in productivity and quality, essential in this complicated period we are going through where we have to reinvent ourselves and adapt quickly. Not to mention that PlanRadar is giving our clients a new brand image to enable them to attract young talent. "

“All these reasons pushed me to integrate this very ambitious project to which I will be able to bring my knowledge and my experience. France is one of the largest markets in Europe in this area, we are going to invest heavily, in particular by hiring sales and marketing teams; already 3 people arrived in August and other recruitments are underway. We are also fortunate to be able to rely on a dynamic and highly competent team based in Vienna who has demonstrated the strength of our solution with already more than 8.000 customers in 45 countries. The opening of an office in France will allow us to be close to our new customers and to create a very large community of PlanRadar users in France. "
-Matthieu Walckenaer, new Country Manager France of PlanRadar

Key figures

• More than 8.000 customers in 45 countries
• Over 25.000 projects carried out each week
• More than 100 employees
• 7 offices around the world
• € 30M fundraising in 2020