Entrepreneurs, désormais vous voyez grand !
L’ENVIRONNEMENT GLOBAL EST-IL FACTEUR DE CROISSANCE ? »
L’environnement, qu’il soit géographique, politique ou culturel peut-il avoir un impact sur la croissance et le développement des entreprises ? Quels environnements favorisent l’émergence de facteurs de croissance ?
La table ronde regroupait Francis Bailly, General Manager de General Electric Europe, Maria Sendra, associée de Baker & McKenzie, Ouriel Ohayon, Manager général de LightSpeed Gemini Internet Lab, Philippe Houzé, Président du Directoire du Groupe Galeries Lafayette, Joanne Sanders, Fondatrice de Bolt Staffing Service, Jean-Louis Missika, Ville de Paris - Adjoint à la Ville de Paris chargé de l’Innovation, de la Recherche et des Universités.
“CULTURE CLUB” LE MANAGEMENT AU SECOURS DE LACROISSANCE DES ENTREPRISES. La vision de l’entrepreneur et l’organisation des hommes au sein d’une entreprise sont à l’origine des success stories. Comment articuler organisation et hommes en fonction d’une stratégie volontariste ou émergente ?
La table ronde regroupait Raymond Nasr, ex-Directeur de la Communication de Google Inc., Alan Lewis, Président de NovoCell, Jacques Souquet, Président de SuperSonic Imagine, Michel Berty, Cofondateur et ancien dirigeant Capgemini US, Pascal Josselin, Cofondateur de CRM Company Group, Pierre Deschamps, Ancien Président du Conseil de surveillance d’Unilog.
Quelques verbatim...
“Quand j’entends le mot “impossible”, ça m’énerve, je m’y penche d’autant plus !”
Que faut-il garder quand une entreprise grandit ?
Deux américains à Paris
Raymond Nasr, ex-Directeur de la Communication de Google Inc.
Raymond Nasr aime la France, le foie gras et le bon vin, avec une préférence pour le Chablis... C’est donc un esthète, admirateur de la “french touch” qui parle : “Cette première rencontre offre de bonnes raisons d’être optimiste quant à de nouvelles opportunités entre la France et les Etats-Unis. Elle offre une authenticité que les Etats-Unis ne peuvent seuls détenir. Ala Silicon Valley, on peut être applaudi pour le développement de l’entreprise qu’on a créée mais en France, au Louvre, on se sent tout petit ! Dès aujourd’hui, il faut commencer à travailler à F.A.C.E. 2009 sur le modèle de cette manifestation : de bons intervenants et de bons sujets... Mais comment y apporter l’esprit français ?”
Larry Sanger, cofondateur de Wikipédia
Larry Sanger découvre Paris et apprécie son Arc de Triomphe... “Les personnes que j’ai rencontrées lors de ces deux jours sont sympathiques, cette sympathie est le reflet de la France... F.A.C.E. est justifiée car les Américains pensent que les Français sont antiaméricains mais je m’aperçois que cela ne se justifie pas tant que ça !”
Philippe Houzé, Président du Directoire du Groupe Galeries Lafayette et Président du Conseil d’Etablissement d’ADVANCIA-NEGOCIA
En tant que Président du Directoire du Groupe Galeries Lafayette, quel regard portez-vous sur la F.A.C.E.?
Il est fabuleux de faire se rencontrer des entrepreneurs des deux pays, France et Etats-Unis. La France a besoin de jeunes entrepreneurs et ce genre de manifestation réveille la capacité à faire parler du succès des entrepreneurs et des financiers qui les font vivre.
Que peut apporter cette rencontre aux entrepreneurs présents ?
De précieux conseils pour se développer à l’international. Cela dépend des métiers. En ce qui concerne le grand magasin, le développement est très lié à la compréhension du comportement des consommateurs. On a d’abord voulu une base solide en France, puis se développer à l’international avec un art de vivre “à la française”...
Que pensez-vous que cette rencontre apporte à ADVANCIA ?
C’est un grand succès pour l’Ecole et pour la CCIP d’avoir transformé une idée en rencontre riche d’échanges et de networking sur le thème de l’entrepreneuriat. La qualité des intervenants et des partenaires ainsi que la contribution de l’Ambassade américaine constituaient déjà un succès. On peut déjà en imaginer la répétition à New York l’année prochaine, un nouvel élan est donné ! Cet événement constituera une spécialité et une reconnaissance pour ADVANCIA.
Par ailleurs, les jeunes entrepreneurs ont besoin de mentors, de coaching et de formation. Plus celle-ci sera importante et plus ils auront fréquenté
Dominique Restino, Président délégué de l’Institut du Mentorat Entrepreneurial de la CCIP et Vice- résident du Conseil d’ADVANCIA
En tant qu’entrepreneur, à quoi peut vous servir cette conférence FACE ?
Elle sert l’ensemble de la communauté des femmes et des hommes qui entreprennent pour construire l’avenir. J’y vis et j’y respire ! Elle les met en avant. Cette initiative, remarquablement menée par Frank Vidal, Jabril Bensedrine et Jerry Sanders, doit être renouvelée et accentuée. Elle doit, pas dans la même ampleur, être prise une fois par jour !
En tant que Président délégué de l'Institut du Mentorat Entrepreneurial (IME) de la CCIP, comment considérez vous cet événement ?
Cet événement, au même titre que l’IME, met en valeur ce que j’appelle l’IRVE : Information, Réseau, Vitesse et Espace. Ces quatre facteurs concernent l’outil internet qui a totalement révolutionné le business. Internet gomme les frontières. Les jeunes défient le conventionnel grâce à lui et c’est une chance pour l’entrepreneuriat français ! Par ailleurs, cet événement rejoint l’IME qui a pour but de “penser plus loin et plus haut pour faire plus grand” ! Il faut avoir une jeunesse qui bâtisse son avenir, l’aider à croire et à entreprendre et lui donner confiance.
Jeremie Renouf et Vanik Eschibegian, étudiants Master 1 en Entrepreneuriat à ADVANCIA
Que pensez-vous de cet événement ?
J.R et V.E Nous sommes heureux qu’ADVANCIA ait co-organisé cette conférence. Elle assoit l’image de marque de notre Ecole à l’international. Les conséquences sont positives pour tous, étudiants, enseignants et entreprises partenaires.
Que vous a t-il apporté ?
J.R Il permet de constater que la création à l’étranger est accessible et c’est très motivant ! De petits projets ont su se développer. Il est aussi plaisant de voir que des entrepreneurs américains se sont déplacés en France, certains pour la première fois. Je me sens proche d’eux !
V.E Nous avons apprécié un grand nombre de témoignages de success stories. Nous avons réussi à passer le cap du baccalauréat et du Bachelor en Management et Entrepreneuriat, nous réussirons dans la création ! En ce qui concerne le déroulement de ce premier jour, j’ai apprécié l’humanité, la simplicité et la
“fraîcheur” des intervenants...
Jabril Bensedrine, Directeur Général de Triana Venture Partners
Pourquoi Triana est-elle co-organisatrice de F.A.C.E. ?
Ma société est co-organisatrice car elle soutient le développement nord-américain d’entreprises françaises à fort potentiel de développement sur le marché mondial.
Pourquoi avec ADVANCIA ?
Pour des raisons historiques qui remontent à la journée de décembre 2006 consacrée aux besoins des entreprises françaises à haut potentiel. ADVANCIA était déjà positionnée comme “le lieu” où les choses se passent au niveau français. De plus, ce projet a enthousiasmé nos partenaires américains. Jerry Sanders, Managing Director de San Francisco Science, également présent en 2006, a voulu faire connaître ADVANCIA, école atypique dans le paysage français, et faire venir ses amis. C’est l’association de notre réseau et de son réseau qui a permis de réunir un plateau de qualité pour ces deux journées.
Comment F.A.C.E. est-elle perçue aux Etats-Unis ?
Comme une success story ! Elle constitue une initiative atypique : ces intervenants, comme vous et moi, constituent une diversité d’entrepreneurs qui ont réussi avec rien. Elle est également perçue avec de l’envie car une forte demande émane dans le monde pour créer des communautés entrepreneuriales sur le
même format, pas obligatoirement bilatérales. Elle est perçue différemment sur la côte ouest et sur la côte est. En effet, la côte ouest est orientée vers l’Asie, c’est le bout du monde... Faire venir des intervenants de là-bas est déjà un succès en soi. Il n’existe en effet que des groupes d’entrepreneurs et des initiatives sectorielles mais pas de véritable association franco-américaine. Ces intervenants font preuve d’une forte implication. Imaginez que ce déplacement représente une semaine entière de leur temps de travail, eux qui n’auraient pas 5 minutes à accorder chez eux pour une interview...
Comment poursuivre l’action après F.A.C.E. 2008 ?
Rendez-vous à New York en juin 2009 avec la prochaine conférence. D’autres partenaires américains, dont la New York University, se sont déjà montrés intéressés pour y participer. Les média commencent à relayer l’information. La base est un terreau fertile... La plate-forme est une sorte de toile d’araignée, un réseau !
Jerry Sanders, Fondateur et Managing Director de San Francisco Science
Pourquoi avez-vous choisi d’être le cofondateur de F.A.S.E. ?
Je suis francophile. J'aime la France. Elle n’a pas seulement joué un rôle historique dans la culture de l'ouest américain, elle a influencé fortement l'histoire américaine dans son ensemble, ce qui est généralement moins connu. En outre, j'ai été ennuyé de voir les relations franco-américaines se détériorer durant les dix dernières années. Je réfléchissais à ce que je pouvais faire pour améliorer les relations entre nos deux pays. Sachant que les entrepreneurs sont des "initiateurs" et que ces relations franco-américaines
requièrent un "renouveau", l'entrepreneuriat était un excellent point de départ. Par ailleurs, les Français sont reconnus pour leurs brillants ingénieurs et scientifiques. Les Etats-Unis le sont par leurs entrepreneurs
et leur culture de l'entrepreneurship. Créer une organisation reprenant les points-clés de ces deux nations a donc du sens.
J'ai eu le grand plaisir de recontrer Frank Vidal il y a deux ans. J'ai été inspiré par sa vision et le rôle d'ADVANCIA dans l'évolution de l'entrepreneuriat en France. Jabril Bensedrine, Frank Vidal et moi- même avons lancé la French American Society of Entrepreneurs. Paris est aujourd'hui le centre de notre organisation et ADVANCIA en est son cœur.
Comment F.A.S.E. et F.A.C.E. sont-elles perçues par la communauté entrepreneuriale de la côte ouest des Etats-Unis ?
Au début, personne ne savait comment les appréhender : la France ? l'entrepreneuriat ? pourquoi ? Avec l'aide précieuse de Mike Malone, célèbre journaliste de la côte ouest américaine, les portes se sont peu à peu ouvertes et de plus en plus de personnes ont manifesté leur enthousiasme envers la France. Désormais F.A.C.E. et F.A.S.E. ont atteint une taille critique et je suis persuadé que ces deux institutions perdureront et que les liens entre nos deux communautés entrepreneuriales vont se renforcer de plus en plus.
Comment conserver cette impulsion et capitaliser après cette conférence inaugurale ?
La couverture médiatique est primordiale. Plus nous serons reconnus par les médias, plus il nous sera aisé de parler de l'histoire de F.A.C.E. et d'en faire une institution incontournable...
Trois grands thèmes ont rythmé la journée, et pour chacun d’entre eux, un débat et une table ronde. Moments choisis.
THINK BIG ! Réussite, ambition : au-delà de leurs différences individuelles, quelles sont les caractéristiques communes propres à tous les entrepreneurs ? Comment Français et Américains hiérarchisent-ils leurs potentiels ?
Le débat, mené par Philippe Bloch, Expert-animateur en entrepreneuriat et Eric Shine, Rédacteur en chef de Inc. magazine, a rassemblé Fabrice Sergent, Pdt Fondateur de Cellfish Media et créateur de Club Internet, Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, cofondateur et PDG de Price Minister, et Craig Newmark, fondateur de Craigslist (site de petites annonces aux Etats-Unis).
A été évoqué le regard “autocentré” de la France qui ne dépasse guère son territoire ni celui de l’Europe. Il semblerait qu’une entreprise puisse se développer en dehors du web. Internet est la condition sine qua non du développement mais il existe cependant des “business géniaux” qui ne figurent pas sur la “toile”. Le développement d’une entreprise, même aux Etats-Unis, demande assez d’énergie et de conviction. La meilleure garantie de perdurer est d’être capable d’envisager l’échec.
Quel est le but de l’entrepreneur ? Réaliser sa passion ? S’enrichir ? Faire le bien ? Se faire plaisir ? “Quand on est heureux, cela se voit et l’énergie est contagieuse !” “Aidons-nous les uns les autres même si on gagne de l’argent !”. On cite même Victor Hugo : “Il n’y a rien de plus puissant qu’une idée dont l’heure est venue”...
La table ronde regroupait Jerry Sanders, co-organisateur de F.A.CE., Jonathan Benassaya, Cofondateur CEO de Deezer, Marc Rochet, Président du Directoire de l’Avion, Rémi Barbier, Président Fondateur de Pain Therapeutics, Sandra Le Grand, fondatrice et PDG de CanalCE, Larry Sanger, cofondateur de Wikipedia et Dominique Restino, Président délégué de l’Institut du Mentorat Entrepreneurial de la CCIP et Vice-Président du Conseil d’ADVANCIA-NEGOCIA.
Il a ici été évoqué que “d’être viré peut être un cadeau” et qu’un entrepreneur doit toujours regarder au-delà
de l’horizon. Il faut aussi ajouter “le grain de folie qui fait avancer. Enfin, en s’associant, on peut parfois trouver une famille... Quels sont les pré requis pour être entrepreneur ?
Etre entrepreneur est un état d’esprit, pas une position. Posséder le statut de demandeur d’emploi car sur les 321 000 créations constatées en 2007 en France, 30 % l’ont été par cette catégorie.
L’environnement - financier - joue un rôle également. Aux Etats-Unis, de plus, on constate la vitesse avec laquelle les entrepreneurs peuvent fermer une entreprise et en réouvrir une autre. Etre entrepreneur, c’est avoir une idée mais c’est avant tout considérer le marché. C’est gommer la peur de l’échec, surtout financier. C’est rester crédible, ne pas demander un financement supérieur à celui dont on a réellement besoin...
Jerry Sanders s’adresse à ses “collègues français” : “Profitez de la robustesse de l’Euro par rapport au dollar... L’Europe est importante. Avec votre aide, des entreprises américaines pourraient installer des infrastructures en Europe. L’heure est venue pour les entrepreneurs français !”
Quels sont les différences entre un entrepreneur français et américain ?
Il faut plutôt parler de points communs que de différences. Toutefois, la France valorise davantage la sécurité que le risque, tandis que les Etats-Unis considèrent le seul fait d’entreprendre qui valorise automatiquement la création.
Fondateur et dirigeant de LinkedIn : une référence internationale dans le monde des réseaux sociaux ... Il sera présent à la première French American Conference of Entrepreneurs !
Cette matinée est dédiée aux échanges entre professionnels d’un même secteur d’activité.
En réservant votre place pour un des ateliers du samedi 28 juin vous vous assurez de rencontrer des personnes clés liées à votre métier aussi bien en France qu’aux Etats Unis.
La dynamique forte de cette matinée est avant tout de mettre en relation les acteurs du développement et d’implantation des entreprises en France et aux USA.
Chaque atelier se déroulera de la manière suivante :
Alain Azan
60 ans, President de Sofinnova Ventures Inc depuis 1987.
25 ans de Venture Capital don’t 21 en Californie.
Managing Partners de fonds successifs totalisant $1B. Investissements dans le Venture Capital dans la Silicon Valley en Sciences de la Vie (Biotechnologies) et Technologies de l’information.
Originellement filiale de Sofinnova SA a la creation en 1976 a San Francisco puis Partnership independant depuis 1997.
Nombreux actionnaires institutionnnels francais comme la Caisse des Depots, AXA, le Credit Agricole, AGF, Natexis ou groupes familiaux comme Dassault, Lagardere, Merieux, Bongrain.
Sur le dernier fonds leve de $375M en 2006, 2/3 des investisseurs sont Americains (Fonds de Pension, Fund of Fund, Endowment funds d’Universites) et 1/3 Europeens.
Succes historiques de Sofinnova comme Genentech, Chiron, Tandem , Tandon, Millenium Pharamceuticals, Phone.com, Actelion, InterMune, Premisys Communications, Tumbleweed.
Ingenieur fabrication mecanique puis formation complementaire en finance et management a l’Insead a Fontainebleau (MBA 1978)
Marie, pere de deux garcons, 24 et 10ans
President du Conseil de Gestion du Lycee Francais La Perouse a San Francisco
Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (promotion Juillet 2006) au titre du Ministere des Finances (Thierry Breton)
Janet M. Baker was Co-Founder, and served first as President and later, as CEO of Dragon Systems (Newton, MA). Founded in 1982 with bootstrap financing, Dragon Systems grew without debt, to nearly 400 employees globally and $70 million/yr revenues, before its sale in 2000 (negotiated all-stock transaction value about $600 million). Among its many innovations, Dragon created the first commercial general-purpose speech dictation software, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, acclaimed worldwide with hundreds of awards for its market and technology leadership, and invented audiomining, the first general-purpose search engine for audio materials in multiple languages, over multiple channels (e.g. microphone, telephone, and broadcast recordings).
Janet Baker pursued her undergraduate studies at Tufts University (including 1-yr. at Tűbingen University in Germany), was a Research Affiliate at MIT (Research Laboratory of Electronics), did graduate work in biophysics/neurophysiology at Rockefeller University (New York City), and received her Ph.D. from Carnegie-Mellon University in Computer Science (Automatic Speech Recognition sponsored by the DARPA SUR Program). She was a Research Staff Member at IBM, and later worked as Vice President of Research for Verbex (Exxon Enterprises) before co-founding Dragon Systems with her husband James Baker. Throughout her career, Janet has been a frequent presenter at both business and technical conferences, and featured in numerous press and other media publications.
Over the years, Janet has been very active, working with corporate and government sponsors and researchers from the international community (ALVEY, ATR, DARPA, ESCA, ESPRIT, LDC, NIST, etc.) to advance technology, and to foster rigorous performance evaluation standards. While a Research Scholar (2005-2007) at MIT's Dibner Institute (History of Science and Technology), she founded Saras Institute (www.SarasInstitute.org), a nonprofit public service entity. Recently she has been involved in a U.S. Govt. sponsored initiative making recommendations for long-term technology funding programs. Janet lectures at major business schools on nurturing entrepreneurship, and consults with corporations on successfully turning innovative research into successful products, creating new markets internationally, etc.
Remi Barbier is Chairman, President & CEO of Pain Therapeutics, Inc., a drug development company he founded in 1998. The Company specializes in new drugs for the central nervous system and hematology/oncology. Pain Therapeutics expects to receive FDA approval for its first drug candidate in 2009; is located near San Francisco, CA; and trades on NASDAQ under the ticker, “PTIE”. Remi Barbier also co-founded three biotech companies in the areas of chemistry and genetic research, all of which are now publicly traded or acquired at a profit. In 2002, Remi Barbier won the prestigious Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year Award” in Silicon Valley. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago and Oberlin College.
Thibaut rejoint Qosmos en 2005 pour accompagner la stratégie de développement de la société, en France et à l’international.
Bien connu du monde des réseaux, Thibaut Bechetoille bénéficie d’une solide expérience du management et de la direction d’entreprises. Avant de rejoindre Qosmos, il a fondé l’opérateur de services de réseaux privés virtuels Maiaah!, dont il a occupé la direction générale jusqu’à son rachat par Easynet en 2002. De 1992 à 1998, il a été Directeur Général de Wellfleet, puis Bay Networks France. Il est ensuite devenu Directeur des Opérations EMEA au sein de Nortel Enterprise Solutions. Thibaut Bechetoille a débuté sa carrière dans la Silicon Valley pour le compte de Bridge Communications. Après la fusion de Bridge Communications avec 3Com, il a occupé le poste de Directeur Marketing de 3Com pour l’Europe du Sud.
Thibaut possède un diplôme d’ingénieur (ENSIMAG) ainsi qu’un MBA (HEC Group).
Jonathan Benassaya.
27 Ans, diplômé de l’Essec en finances d’entreprise et de l’Ecole Supérieure des Arts et Métiers, Jonathan Benassaya commence sa carrière dans une Banque D’affaires. Lassé des fusions acquisitions, il fonde en 2005 Connect’in Advertising, régie spécialisée dans la vente Online d’espaces publicitaires dans les jeux vidéo, devenue Magic Party En 2006. A ce moment, il rencontre son futur associé Daniel Marhely et développe avec lui le site d’écoute de musique en ligne Blogmusik, devenu deezer.com. Ce jeune businessman élu l’un des « produit de l’année ! » par Musique Info Hebdo n’a pas dit son dernier mot. Ambitieux, bouillonnant, ce n’est donc pas un hasard s’il est nominé pour l’homme marketing de l’année 2008 par le magazine Marketing Magazine.
DEEZER DE BONNE AVENTURE…
Deezer, c’est tout d’abord l’histoire d’un site « réinventeur » de musique, derrière lequel se cachent ses deux jeunes fondateurs Jonathan Benassaya et Daniel Marhely.
Après avoir lancé un premier site d’écoute de musique sous le nom de Blogmusik, fermé volontairement en plein trouble du marché musical, ils décident de mettre en place leur business model, en négociant avec les principaux ayants droits. Pour la première fois et en toute logique, ils signent un accord avec les sociétés de droits d’auteurs SACEM et SESAM le 22 août 2007. C’est à cette même date que le premier site d’écoute de musique illimité, gratuit et légal est lancé.
Deezer.com est né. Le concept est simple : Proposer en écoute gratuitement, librement et légalement toutes les musiques, du rock jusqu’au hip hop en passant par le jazz, l’électro ou la musique du monde… Parallèlement, il s’agit de rémunérer les artistes et l’ensemble des ayants droits en partageant les revenus publicitaires. Grâce à son offre novatrice et sa philosophie, Deezer rencontre un vif succès, la presse salue largement l’événement. Moins de deux mois après son lancement, Deezer annonce l’acquisition des catalogues des principales maisons de disque major ou indépendantes : Sony BMG, Because Music, Believe…
L’aventure continue, les deezernautes se multiplient au fil des jours. Afin de faire évoluer l’offre rapidement et de s’inscrire dans sa stratégie de développement, le site décide de lancer son propre réseau social et d’élargir son univers musical.
Ecouter ses envies musicales, en un clic et instantanément parmi 1,5 millions de titres
Accéder à des radios thématiques : Hip Hop, Rock, Electro, Jazz, Live, Scène Française, Disco…
Surfer sur des radios intelligentes.
Etre informé sur les artistes, les albums, les titres.
Partager ses playlists, ses goûts et humeurs musicales avec ses amis via la communauté de Deezernautes.
Ecouter sans limite toutes les nouveautés .
Créer son propre univers musical et son ambiance sonore.
Faire découvrir des nouveaux talents…
Télécharger et stocker ses propres MP3
Telle est l’offre de Deezer et ce n’est qu’un début... Ce n’est donc pas un hasard si Deezer a été élu, par les lecteurs de 01Net, le site le plus innovant de l’année 2007 et ce devant Facebook et Dailymotion. Deezer existe grâce à ses fidèles deezernautes, près de 2 millions à ce jour et 5,5 millions de visiteurs uniques par mois dans le monde. Répondre immédiatement à toutes leurs envies reste la priorité de toute l’équipe Deezer, car les habitudes musicales changent, évoluent. Deezer c’est aussi votre espace, nous souhaitons le faire évoluer avec vous et écrire ainsi, grâce à vous, la suite de l’histoire…
Jabril Bensedrine initiates and coordinates the design of Triana's projects and new ventures. His expertise focuses on the assessment of strategic options, market intelligence, feasibility studies, strategic planning, and project development. Before founding Triana, Jabril took part to the design or funding of projects totaling several hundred million dollars as an expert for financial consulting firm Kenneth J. Dalto & Associates. He also held training and management positions at higher education institutions and took part to the development of a new high-tech business incubator in the Paris region. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Paris-Dauphine, a PhD in Business Administration from the ESSEC Graduate School of Business, and was a post-doctoral scholar from 1998 to 2002 at the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.
Michel Berty
Michel Berty was an executive of the CapGemini Group FOR 25 YEARS. He founded CapGemini America and ran it as Chairman and CEO during 10 years. CapGemini is one of the largest IT consulting and services firms in the world with 50,000 consultants and annual revenues in the range of $8 billion.rnFor the last ten years, Mr. Berty has been President of MBY Consultant and was instrumental in launching several start-ups. He still sits on the Boards of several French and American companies inlcuding Triana Venture Partners.rnrnMr Berty is a French Foreign Trade Advisor, and former Vice President at the French American Chamber of Commerce in New York.
Philippe Bloch a 49 ans, et est diplômé de l'ESSEC (promotion 82).
Après ses études, il passe deux ans à New York, au titre de la coopération, en tant qu'Attaché Commercial auprès de l'Ambassade de France. A son retour, il démarre sa vie professionnelle au Groupe Expansion, où il est pendant trois ans éditeur du magazine « L’Expansion » et d'autres journaux du groupe.
Son premier livre « Service Compris » (publié chez Lattès, puis en édition de poche aux Editions Marabout, traduit en italien et en portugais) est sorti en février 1986, et s'est vendu à ce jour à plus de 500 000 exemplaires, ce qui correspond à 100 tirages successifs.
Philippe a réalisé à ce jour plus de 1 200 conférences et animations de conventions en France et en Europe réunissant plus d’un million de participants, et créé en janvier 1987 PBRH Conseil, une entreprise de communication, de conseil et de formation ayant pour but de mettre concrètement en application les idées de son livre.
Son produit de formation “Service Plus® - L'Etat d'Esprit Service” a permis de former plus de 250 000 personnes dans des entreprises comme Citroën, Elf, Carrefour, France Télécom, EDF-GDF Services, Parc Astérix, les Caisses d’Epargne, Monoprix, Le Printemps, etc.
En avril 1990, il lance “Service News® - le Mensuel de la Qualité de Service”, avec pour objectif de faire chaque mois le point sur tout ce qui bouge dans le domaine de la qualité du service en France, en Europe et en Amérique du Nord.
Son second livre, “Dinosaures & Caméléons”, sort en avril 1991 aux éditions Jean-Claude Lattès, et se vend à plus de 60 000 exemplaires.
En 1994, il décide d’allier la théorie et la pratique en introduisant en France le concept d’Espresso Bar, développé avec succès en Amérique du Nord. L’enseigne qu’il a créé (et quittée en juin 2004), Columbus Café, exploite actuellement 35 points de vente en France et au Moyen-Orient, et employe plus de 250 personnes.
Son dernier livre « Bienheureux les Fêlés… » (sous-titré « Tout le monde peut créer son entreprise »), qui raconte l’histoire mouvementée de Columbus Café et défend les valeurs d’innovation, d’audace et d’initiative, est sorti en mars 2003 aux Editions Robert Laffont (www.bienheureuxlesfeles.com).
Chroniqueur à « L’Entreprise », il anime chaque week-end sur BFM (www.radiobfm.com, 96.4) « L’Entreprise BFM », une émission entièrement consacrée à l’esprit d’entreprise, dans laquelle il reçoit de nombreuses figures emblématiques de l’entrepreneuriat français. Il vient de lancer un site internet communautaire «(www.bookeetown.com) et travaille à la rédaction d’un nouvel ouvrage.
Guillaume Bouchara, President of Nextep & Executive General Secretary of AGIPHARM [1]
Guillaume Bouchara’s career started at TEV, a consulting firm specialized in healthcare issues and financial studies (Dafsa, Eurostaff). He then joined Pfizer to develop its health economics department. In close collaboration with the President of Pfizer France, he undertook the setting-up and development of the first association regrouping American pharmaceutical companies established in France which was to become AGIPHARM a couple of years later, and the primary interlocutor in France of The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) .
[1] AGIPHARM (Abbott, Amgen, Baxter, Biogen Idec, BMS, Celgene, Cephalon, Genzyme, Janssen Cilag, Lilly, MSD, Mundipharma, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Schering Plough, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals)
Mr. Bouchara initiated the transformation of that group of companies into the official association now known as AGIPHARM and was nominated as Executive General Secretary. He currently coordinates the association’s relations with the different administrations in France and the United States - embassies, ministries, the French Prime Minister’s cabinet and Presidency, the French Congress - and international organizations.
In 1999, Guillaume Bouchara created Nextep, a health economic and strategic consulting company. Today, Nextep is made up of three departments: Economic Intelligence & Regulatory Affairs, Economic Affairs & Business Development and Public Affairs & Strategic Communication. Nextep missions are conducted in France, Europe and the United States.
Guillaume Bouchara holds a Masters degree in Strategy & Management from HEC-ESSEC-University Paris X and a BA in Mathematics and Social Science from University Paris X
Joanne Bouldt Sanders
Founder and President, Bolt Staffing Service, Inc.
Mayor, City of Sonoma, CA
Joanne Bouldt Sanders was born in Jarny, France in 1967. Her mother is French. Her parents met while her father served in the United States Air Force and was stationed in France. The young family lived in France for a short time before moving to her father’s native California.
Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Joanne attended Sonoma State University School of Management. After graduating with a Bachelors Degree in Management, she launched her career in the staffing industry with Olsten.
Joanne married Morgan Sanders, a native Idahoan, in 1994. They established their home in Pocatello, Idaho. Leaving her job behind in California, the newlywed started her own employment agency in the basement of their home. Joanne landed several government contracts and built an excellent reputation in the community. Her company became an instant success. Morgan left his job in the food industry and joined the company as the CFO. The Sanders sold their four year old company in 1998 and moved back to the Bay Area to be closer to Joanne’s family.
With experience and a solid track record, the Sanders built another successful staffing firm in a competitive California market. Inc. Magazine ranked BOLT Staffing Service among the 500 fastest growing private companies in the nation in 2003. Today, the company has two offices in California’s North Bay Area.
Joanne is passionate about serving the communities around her. She is the City of Sonoma Mayor, a Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District Director, and a board member of a variety of government, professional and community organizations.
Joanne resides in Sonoma, California, with her husband Morgan and their three young children.
Anne Busquet has 30 years of general management experience with major P&L responsibility and extensive track record in launching new businesses and products. She is Principal at AMB Advisors where she advises companies on business strategy, marketing and development, and an Angel Investor with Golden Seeds Group.
Ms. Busquet started her career at Hilton International in
Paris before joining the American Express Company where she held several high executive positions including Senior Vice President Merchandises Services, Executive Vice President Card Marketing U.S., and President of Relationship Services and President of Interactive Services and New Businesses. She created and led a Strategic Venture group that invested $360 million over 5 years in businesses and start-ups. Simultaneously, as a Division President within the American Express Company she led global interactive initiatives and sat on the American Express Executive committee
Within InterActiveCorp (IAC) an internet commerce conglomerate, Ms. Busquet became CEO of Local and Media Services, and led a group of businesses including, Citysearch, Evite, Entertainment Publications (EPI), ServiceMagic and TripAdvisor (until August 2005 Expedia Spin-off) with revenues of $300 million.
Ms Busquet serves on the Board of Pitney Bowes, Blyth, Inc, and Invoke Solutions and on the Advisory Boards of JEGI and Second Space.
Ms. Busquet received her B.S. from
CornellUniversity and her MBA from ColumbiaUniversity. She is a Trustee of French Institute Alliance Française and also served on the Board of Teach For America and Children Harlem Zone.
Dr Jean Caraux has founded the French affiliate of Celgene Inc. (Nasdaq: CELG) in 2006. Celgene is a global biopharmaceutical company primarily engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative therapies designed to treat cancer and immune-inflammatory related diseases. Dr Caraux has served in several biotechnology companies (Amgen, Pasteur-Mérieux) and has been a board member or consultant for several European biotech companies. Dr Caraux is a former Director at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM). His expertise covers development and commercialization of innovative drugs for cancers, hematology, rheumatology, nephrology, neurology, transplantation.
Dr. Geert Cauwenbergh is the founder and President of Phases123, LLC, a company focused on identifying and developing high potential health care technology platforms and emerging health care companies. Before founding Phases123, Geert was the founder and CEO of Barrier Therapeutics, a biotechnology company listed on the Nasdaq. Prior to these positions Geert was Vice President of R&D and global Vice President of Technology for J&J. He is a Senior Advisor to Triana Venture Partners and sits on many Boards, including as Vice Chairman of Bio New Jersey, and was inducted into the New Jersey High Tech Hall of Fame. Dr. Cauwenbergh holds a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the University of Leuven's Faculty of Medicine.
Based in Palo Alto, California, Jean-Francois “Jeff” Clavier is the Founder and Managing Partner of SoftTech VC, one of the most active seed stage investors in Web 2.0 startups. Since 2004, Jeff has invested in more than 40 consumer Internet companies developing new concepts (such as social media) or revisiting “old” ideas with a new set of economics and technologies. In 2007, Jeff was recognized as one of the 13 “Web 2.0 King Makers” by Business 2.0, and is often noted for his investments in categories such as “passion-centric communities,” or for having already sold five of his companies in the past two years through successful M&As. In September 2007, he announced the formation of SoftTech VC II, L.P. – a $12M seed fund that will invest in 40 startups in the “Web 2.0” space. Jeff’s 19 years of operational, entrepreneurial and venture capital experience enable him to add relevant perspective and value to the companies in which he invests.
rnJeff’s initial investments were in the search, social media, online communities and application infrastructure sectors. Most recently, he added gaming and monetization to his investment focus, and he has been dabbling in Enterprise 2.0, system infrastructure and a few other emerging categories. Jeff invests primarily, but not exclusively, in Silicon Valley-based startups.
A popular speaker and moderator, Jeff participates in dozens of industry events throughout the year. These events range from local Silicon Valley panel discussions to international conferences, where he shares his passion for building Internet startups, angel and VC investing, innovation and entrepreneurship. Jeff has also produced a number of technology conferences and is a founding co-chair of the SDForum Search Special Interest Group.
Jeff’s blog, Software Only, was one of the early venture capital blogs, started in 2004, where he primarily covered social media, search, online communities and investing. After a few years of active posting, Jeff switched to micro-blogging, and a less time consuming production, using Twitter.
Prior to founding SoftTech VC, Jeff spent more than 16 years in the enterprise software world as an entrepreneur, senior executive and venture capitalist. Throughout his career, he was exposed to global markets leading development teams in Europe and on Wall Street, designing products sold internationally and investing in software infrastructure startups across the U.S. and Europe.
In 2000, Jeff became President of RVC Capital, the firm managing the Reuters Greenhouse Fund with $600M invested in 82 companies, including Yahoo!, Verisign, Phone.com and Infoseek. He joined the venture arm of Reuters from the company’s product development division, where he was leading a 250+ staff in Paris, London and New York, and was responsible for the Risk Management and Desktop products. Jeff joined Reuters through the acquisition of Effix Systems, a Paris-based startup company he helped develop in 1989 while still in school.
Jeff was born, raised and educated in France, earning a MS in Computer Science and a research degree in Distributed Computing. He has been happily living in Silicon Valley since 2000 with his wife Bernadette and their two children. When he is not busy working, Jeff likes to spend time with his family and friends, cook, collect wine and wander around Outland on his hunter. He also skies, hikes, dives and plays golf so poorly it is not even funny.
Franck Delorme (49), Sparus-Software President & CEO, an ISV specialized in enterprise mobile device management & security, since March 2005; Franck began his career in 1982 as software architect at Dassault Systèmes, the world-leader in Computer-Aided-Design software, before moving in the sales support and marketing area. After spending 4 years in the U.S., as Boeing account manager and IBM channel sales manager, he ran Dassault Systèmes Computer-Aided-Engineering Division. In 1995, he joined Sofinnova Partners, a renowned Venture Capital firm, as General Partner, focusing on the IT & Telecom software sector. Franck graduated from Ecole Centrale de Paris.
Dr Stephane Denepoux is currently consultant and expert in biotechnology project and business developpement, he is member of the Advisory Board of Nextep an economic research and strategic consulting company, specialized in healthcare issues (www.nextep.fr).
He has been before Director of Programmes of EuroBio 2006, The European Biotechnology Crossroads. This unique gathering of biotechnology experts, to be held in Paris in 2006 (October 25-27), is expected to become, over the coming years, the European equivalent of the US-based BIO meeting, i.e. the largest platform for pharmaceutical and other biotechnology stakeholders.
Previously, Director Life Sciences of Holdus Ventures, a California-based HealthCare Consulting, Dr Denepoux had extensive R&D and international consulting experience. Prior to joining Holdus Ventures, from 2001 until 2004, Dr. Denepoux was the Scientific Officer of The World Life Sciences Forum BioVision, also referred to as the ‘Davos of Life Sciences’. BioVision is a multidisciplinary life science gathering of opinion leaders from Science, Society and Industry, launched by the first Vice-President of the European Commission, Prime Minister Raymond Barre (also co-founder of The World Economic Forum in Davos) and Professor Fédérico Mayor, former Director General of UNESCO. As such, Dr Denepoux was in charge of programme coordination, speaker invitation and corporate communication for the Forum. He benefited from his global overview of the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors by also contributing to the development of BioSquare, the most international European Biotech Partnering Event to take place in Europe.
Throughout the steady development of BioVision and BioSquare, Dr Denepoux collaborated extensively with the European Commission (DG Research and DG Industry) for the establishment of a European biotech network - the EuroBioClusters Initiative. In a leading European Life Science consulting firm, he also previously managed large scale international projects on rules and regulations of GMO containment for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, on setting-up clinical research evaluation tools, and on new global planning unit for the World Health Organization (WHO).
Stephane Denepoux, who holds a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology, had his formal training in Europe and in the USA, from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Lyon and from the University of Texas South-Western Medical School in Dallas. He conducted research in immunology at the Schering-Plough laboratories in Lyon, at the UT South-Western Medical School in Dallas, at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and as a member of the Basel Institute for Immunology, Hoffmann-La Roche in Switzerland.
Pierre Deschamps
Diplômé de l’Ecole Centrale Paris, Pierre Deschamps a été associé en 1969 à la création d’Unilog, société de conseil et de services informatiques, dont il a été membre du Directoire de 1991 à 2003 et président du Conseil de surveillance de janvier 2004 à janvier 2008. Depuis mars 2008, Unilog a pris le nom de sa société-mère, Logica.
Pierre Deschamps est actuellement administrateur de plusieurs PME.
Depuis les élections consulaires de 2004, Pierre Deschamps est membre de la CCIP et président de deux écoles de la CCIP : ESIEE, l'école d'ingénieurs des technologies de l'information, et ESIEE MANAGEMENT, la business school des technologies.
Pierre Deschamps est président des Entrepreneurs et Dirigeants Chrétiens depuis avril 2006.
Agé de 64 ans, Pierre Deschamps est marié, a trois enfants et six petits-enfants. Il est chevalier de l'Ordre national du mérite.
Stéphane Distinguin, CEO de faberNovel, groupe dédié à l’innovation et à sa mise en pratique créé en 2003. Implanté à Paris et San Francisco, faberNovel intervient comme concepteur et développeur d’expérimentations innovantes (faberNovel), consultant en management de l’innovation (filiale faberNovel Consulting) et opérateur de services web et mobiles communautaires (filiale af83) pour le compte de grandes entreprises (RATP, Vodafone, SFR, Gaz de France, Lyonnaise des Eaux, L’Oréal, Universal Music France, 3 Suisses, Accor…). faberNovel s’est diversifiée avec la création d’entreprises telles que digitick, Timuzo, Chugulu Games, C4M, DoYouBuzz, SpinMedias, playy.tv, eXo platform ou Persistant Labs …
Très impliqué dans le tissu de l’économie de l’innovation, Stéphane Distinguin préside depuis 2004 Silicon Sentier qui regroupe une centaine de sociétés parisiennes dans le domaine des nouvelles technologies. Cette association est membre du Conseil d'Administration de Cap Digital et développe deux projets majeurs du Paris numérique : le Quartier Numérique, laboratoire in vivo de l’Internet à très haut débit et mobile dans le 2ème arrondissement et LaCantine, lieu d’accueil, d’échange et de partage pour les acteurs des TIC en Ile-de-France.
Concerned about the increasingly undeniable global warming trend, embarrassed by the US's failure to agree to the Kyoto Protocols, appalled by the US invasion of Iraq, and flabbergasted by claims that this invasion had nothing to do with oil, Eberhard persuaded Tarpenning to join him to take a fresh look at electric cars as a way to address these problems.
Extensive technical research convinced Eberhard that electric cars were indeed the most efficient, least polluting alternative to gasoline-powered cars. Why, then, had electric cars failed so many times in the past? Eberhard concluded that just about every EV attempt since the oil embargo of the '70s failed because the makers of those cars tried to achieve too much. These EV makers tended to be idealists who hoped to create a car for every American with their first model. But in trying to make an electric car affordable by everyone, they made cars that were desirable by nearly no one.
If we can't compete on price, Eberhard figured, then let's compete on performance, and let the price fall where it may. And along the way, re-invent the electric car, making it highly desirable, even if not affordable to all. With this philosophy, the Tesla Roadster was born: beautiful, unbelievably quick, and yet the most energy efficient car on the road. With less constraint on price, Eberhard and Tarpenning conceived a completely new drivetrain, powered by commodity lithium ion batteries like those in consumer electronics – and achieved the longest driving range of any production electric car by a factor of two.
Eberhard grew Tesla Motors from two people to a team of 280 people in 4 countries, with expertise across the disciplines needed to create a car company. Along the way, he raised over $100M from both Venture Capitalists and angel investors. He led the development of the Roadster from inception through design and testing including the stringent safety testing required by the US Department of Transportation, and also including performance and range tests that validate his original claims of 0-60 mph in less than 4 seconds, and nearly 250 miles range per charge.
Even before the first Tesla car ships, Eberhard's vision has had a deep impact on the auto industry and the public perception of what an electric car can be. For example, recently Bob Lutz, Vice-Chairman of General Motors, publicly commented that he restarted GM's electric car program, creating the upcoming Chevy Volt as a direct response to the Tesla Roadster.
Eberhard has recently left Tesla Motors, as they say, to pursue other opportunities. He is being quiet about those opportunities for now, but you can be sure his next venture will be at least as interesting as Tesla Motors has already been.
Bill Fontana is the Manager of SCI2, a New York City incubator affiliated with PaceUniversity, and designed to provide early-stage companies, and growing foreign-based companies seeking North-American development, with funding and commercialization expertise.
Mr. Fontana is also a Senior Advisory Board member of ELM Venture Partners, and its sister organization ELM Research and Strategy, which both support several SCI2 start-ups in the technology industry and assist foreign-based entities to build presence in the United States.
Prior to joining SCI2, Mr. Fontana had more than 20 years of financial services experience in the United States and internationally, during which he oversaw a wide range of financing deals totaling several billion dollars.
As Division Head of Citibank in charge of the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Southern Europe, then Citibank Southeast Asia, Mr. Fontana had responsibility for the development from the ground-up of numerous foreign subsidiaries.
He spent ten years as a troubleshooter and business development specialist for CitiGroup, during which he lived and worked in Athens, London, Bangkok and Jakarta.While living in London, Mr. Fontana was responsible for establishing de-novo foreign subsidiaries in Hungary, the CzechRepublic and Poland. Subsequently he relocated to Bangkok where he was responsible for Southeast Asia. In 1995 he established Citibank in Hanoi and in 2001 he was asked to assume responsibility as Executive Vice President of Thai Farmers Bank, the second largest bank in Thailand with assets of $15 B and 12,000 employees. In 2002, he helped negotiate an IMF agreement for Thailand.
Christophe Gurtner rnrnDiplômé de l’Institut Supérieur du Commerce (ISC), à Paris
rnPrésident-Fondateur de la société Uniross S.A. www.uniross.com
Christophe Gurtner a effectué les 13 premières années de sa carrière professionnelle chez Saft (groupe Alcatel). Il a exercé des responsabilités commerciales et de management au niveau international, dans différents domaines liés aux batteries et à l’énergie.
En 2001, il a réalisé un LBO sur Uniross Batteries, une société basée en Grande-Bretagne et contrôlée par Saft. Il transfère alors le siège en France.
Aujourd’hui Uniross réalise un CA de 100 M€ et emploie 750 personnes réparties dans 14 filiales et 4 usines situées en Europe, en Amérique du Nord, en Asie et en Afrique.
Il a fait d’Uniross une entreprise de Développement Durable, non seulement au travers de ses produits, mais aussi de son partenariat avec le WWF, son engagement dans la collecte et le recyclage de produits en fin de vie, son engagement éthique et social.
Il fonde le Cercle Uniross pour un Développement Durable en Action, qui réunit régulièrement des experts (Economistes, Sociologues, Climatologues, Spécialistes en Biodiversité), des représentants des Pouvoirs Publics et des Associations ainsi que des entreprises.
Entrepreneur, créateur d’emplois, socialement engagé, il décide enfin par la fondation du JOCIF, qu’il préside, de contribuer à la création de créateur d’emploi.
Prior to LinkedIn, Reid was Executive Vice President of PayPal. At PayPal, Reid was in charge of all business relationships: business development, corporate development, international, government relations, and banking/payments infrastructure. During his tenure at PayPal, Hoffman was instrumental to the acquisition by eBay and was responsible for partnerships with Intuit, Visa, MasterCard and Wells Fargo.
Reid also has held management roles in large technology companies, including Fujitsu Software Corporation and Apple.
Currently, in addition to LinkedIn, Reid serves on the Board of Directors for SixApart and Mozilla Corporation (Firefox).
Reid has also invested in a wide range of Web 2.0 companies, including Facebook, Digg, and Wikia.
Reid graduated with distinction from Stanford University with a B.S. in Symbolic Systems and from Oxford University with a Master’s degree in philosophy.
Pascal JOSSELIN, Co-President CRM Company Group, Founder & CEO Yoono Pascal is founder and member of the board of an innovative performance-driven marketing Agency listed in Paris, CRM Company Group, $60M of market capitalization, 230 people.
Previously Pascal joined Fi System, a major European listed web Agency as a member of the Board, in charge of European Operations from 1999 to 2002.
Pascal started his career as a founding member and President of a leading Independent DM Agency sold to Fi System in 1999. Pascal graduated from ESC Rouen, graduate school of management.
Sandra Le Grand Fondatrice et Présidente-Directrice Générale de Canalce (Premier Prestataire Français de services auprès des comités d’entreprise et de leurs salariés)
Titulaire d’une maîtrise de gestion et marketing du tourisme et des loisirs, Diplôme de l’Institut d’administration des entreprises (IAE) de Paris, Sandra Le Grand commence sa carrière au sein du Groupe Coca Cola en tant que Négociatrice grands comptes (1989-1993), puis occupera successivement les postes de Responsable du développement des ventes (1993-1995), Manager d’une équipe de vente en grande distribution (1995-1997) puis Channel Marketing (1997-2000). rnrnAprès 11 ans passés chez Coca Cola, Sandra Le Grand, manager confirmé de 34 ans, se lance en juillet 2000 dans un projet novateur et ambitieux en créant « www.canalce.com » le premier site dédié aux comités d’entreprise.
Elle a voulu apporter aux élus de CE la valeur ajoutée d’une équipe jeune, créative, dynamique et dédiée, composée de spécialistes dans tous les domaines concernant les CE. Elle leur propose ainsi une sélection originale et qualitative de produits et de services en s’appuyant sur plus de 500 partenaires (billetterie, cinéma, spectacles, loisirs, voyages, chèques cadeaux …).
Une idée simple : fédérer une offre compétitive et de qualité au service des comités d'Entreprise pour optimiser temps, pouvoir d’achat et idées en créant une valeur ajoutée personnalisée.
Aujourd’hui, la société Canalce compte un portefeuille de plus de 2 500 CE abonnés représentant 800 000 salariés et générant 25 M€ de Volume d’affaires avec une équipes de 85 personnes.
Elle répond aux besoins des CE qui dépensent chaque année 11 milliards d'euros au bénéfice de leurs salariés mais qui manquent de temps et de moyens pour leur apporter une offre complète ; C'est la mission de Canalce d'être leur intermédiaire pour répondre à ces besoins qui ne font que croître.
rnDe plus, Sandra Le Grand a une passion : celle de l’entrepreneuriat
Elle soutient la création d’entreprise notamment à travers sa présence active dans de nombreux clubs de dirigeants : membre du Comité directeur de Croissance Plus, Jury 92 Entreprendre, HEC entrepreneur …
Ainsi qu’en intervenant lors de témoignages et tables rondes : salon des Entrepreneurs, ESSEC, Science Po, APEC …
Alan J. Lewis, Ph.D., joined Novocell in February 2006 as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director. Prior to Novocell, Dr. Lewis served as CEO and Director of Signal Pharmaceuticals before its acquisition in 2000 by Celgene, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule drugs for cancer and immunological diseases.
He then served as President of the Signal Research Division at Celgene. Dr. Lewis previously held the position of Vice President of Research at Wyeth-Ayerst, where he spent 15 years leading research efforts in diabetes, CNS, cardiovascular, inflammatory, allergy, and bone metabolism diseases. Dr. Lewis currently serves as a Director of BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Sosei, Cytochroma, Inc., and BIOCOM. He holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of Wales in Cardiff and completed his postdoctoral training at Yale University.
Hervé N. Linder est avocat admis au barreau de l’Etat de New York. M. Linder est diplômé de l’University College London et titulaire d’une Maîtrise en droit public, d’une Maîtrise en droit privé, mention droit des affaires de l’Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, d’un DEA en droits anglais et nord-américain des affaires de l’Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, ainsi que d’un Master of Laws (LL.M.) de Columbia University. M. Linder exerce en droit des affaires internationales, droit commercial et droit de l’immigration. Son expertise se concentre sur la représentation de sociétés américaines et européennes dans de nombreux domaines relatifs à la gouvernance d’entreprise, aux fusions et acquisitions et au droit des sociétés. Avant de nous rejoindre, il a exercé le droit de l’immigration et le droit des affaires internationales aux cabinets Wuersch & Gering LLP et CMS-Bureau Francis Lefebvre à New York. Par ailleurs, M. Linder est membre du Conseil d’Administration de la Chambre de Commerce Franco-Américaine de New York, membre de l’Union Internationale des Avocats, de l’American Bar Association (Sections droit des affaires et pratique internationale), de la New York Bar Association (Comité sur la formation juridique et l’admission au barreau) et de la New York County Bar Association. M. Linder parle l’anglais, le français et maîtrise le portugais et l’espagnol.
Michael S. Malone is one of the nation's best-known technology writers. He has covered Silicon Valley and high-tech for more than 25 years, beginning with the San Jose Mercury News, as the nation's first daily high-tech reporter. His articles and editorials have appeared in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, the Economist and Fortune, and for two years he was a columnist for The New York Times. He was editor of Forbes ASAP, the world's largest-circulation business-tech magazine, at the height of the dot-com boom. Malone is the author or co-author of a dozen books, notably the best-selling "Virtual Corporation." Malone has also hosted three public television interview series, and most recently co-produced the celebrated PBS miniseries on social entrepreneurs, "The New Heroes." He has been the ABCNEWS.com Silicon Insider columnist since 2000. Malone's newest book, "Bill & Dave" was named (by In These Books magazine) as Bes t Business Biography of 2007.
Philippe Manteau is of counsel in the New York office and a member of the Corporate Group. His practice focuses on growth and mid-cap companies; governmental organizations and individuals in Europe; and the U.S. and Asia in the areas of corporate, business and distribution law, as well as antitrust and technology transactions.
Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Mr. Manteau was working with the French practice of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP from 2003 to 2006. Before that, from 2000 to 2003, he served as manager of the Antitrust and Distribution law team at HSD Ernst & Young, France, before heading the European Union desk of Ernst & Young's legal practice in the U.S., Donahue & Partners. From 1996 to 2000, he worked for Herbert Smith in Paris and Brussels, where he established and developed its Paris-based antitrust practice. In 1995, he worked in the Legal Department of Peugeot Germany GmbH.
Mr. Manteau's training and international experience allow him to identify, analyze and resolve issues arising in cross-border transactions for European and U.S. clients.
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· New York
· Paris
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· New York State Bar Association
· American Bar Association
· Paris Bar Association
Raymond Nasr
Raymond Nasr is the former Director of Executive Communications at Google Inc. In this role he was responsible for several aspects of the public communications for the senior management of the company, including Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt as well as Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Prior to Google, Nasr was Director of Corporate Relations at Novell Inc, where he led the company's corporate and government relations efforts. Before Novell, Nasr held various positions in the areas of public relations and corporate speech-writing at Apple Computer Inc, and at Sun Microsystems Inc. Since 2004, he has served as a Special Faculty Advisor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University helping to improve MBA's communications skills and is an Associate Fellow at the Said School of Business at Oxford University. Currently, Nasr maintains a communications consultancy and is the immediate past President of the Churchill Club, a Silicon Valley-based business and technology forum. Nasr received his BA in Communication Studies from UCLA (1984), and his Law Degree with Honours from Cambridge University (1986). In June of 2007, Nasr became a Certified Sommelier through the London-based Court of Master Sommeliers.
Craig Newmark
Founder and Customer Service Rep
A web-oriented software engineer by training, with 30 years of IT experience at companies such as IBM and Bank of America, Craig now spends his days working as a customer service rep at craigslist.
In 1995 while Craig was working at Schwab, he started craigslist as an email list for friends and co-workers about events going on in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1999, Craig retired from IT consulting to work full-time on craigslist. What started as a fun side project in Craig's living room has since grown into one of the busiest sites on the internet, helping people with basic day-to-day needs such as finding a job, an apartment and a date, all within a culture of trust.
Craig continues to embrace his inner nerd though he no longer wears thick black glasses that are held together with tape, and he retired the plastic pocket protector some years ago.
Craig is involved with a variety of community efforts and is particularly interested in organizations promoting public diplomacy, mideast peace and new forms of media such as participatory journalism. He's on the boards of Sunlight Foundation, OneVoice, FactCheckED, and VotoLatino, Consumers Union.
Ouriel Ohayon is the General Manager of LightSpeed Gemini Internet Lab, an israeli VC investing in early stage Internet startups. rnOuriel sits on the board of Wikio and Ads-Click. He's also the editor of the french version of TechCrunch and of his personal blog and the founding member of iDrink, one of the main internet social event in Israel. Ouriel graduated from HEC School of Management.
Emmanuel Olivier was awarded a master's degree in business administration in 1991 from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce of Nice Sophia Antipolis. He then worked as an audit manager for the international audit firm Ernst & Young for seven years, including two years in Philadelphia, PA. Emmanuel joined Esker in 1999 as CFO. In this role, he supervises and coordinates the finance departments worldwide. He is also involved in the integration process of newly acquired companies and is the executive in charge of Esker's financial communications.
Jonathan Ortmans serves as president of Global Entrepreneurship Week, an initiative to inspire young people everywhere to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity. From November 17-23, 2008, thousands of activities at a local, national and global level will connect young minds to generate new ideas and seek better ways of doing things.
In November 2007, Ortmans joined British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Carl Schramm, the president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, to announce the plans for the first-ever Global Entrepreneurship Week, supported by NYSE Euronext, IBM and Ernst & Young. Under his leadership, the initiative has expanded quickly to include more than sixty countries, representing everything from entrepreneurial powerhouses to emerging economies.
Ortmans brings a wealth of experience to the project, having served as a senior fellow at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation where he has worked to help advance new thinking about the role of entrepreneurship within a nation’s economy and culture and its power to address global problems.
Previously, Jonathan served as a congressional aide to the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means; executive director of the Columbia Institute for Political Research; and, has founded three businesses, the most recent of which carries his name. Educated in England as an economist, Jonathan has been published in several journals, serves as an advisor on public engagement and outreach initiatives to several government agencies, foundations and members of the Cabinet, and devotes extensive time to moderating and facilitating meetings worldwide.
Hervé has over eighteen years of professional experience in the US and Europe in enterprise software, telecommunications, electronics, and aerospace. Hervé started his career in R&D at MIT, transitioned into management consulting with Bain & Company and later venture capital with Telecom Italia, before pursuing an entrepreneurial career in Silicon Valley.
Prior to StoreXperience, he co-founded Avisé Partners in 2004 to create the gateway to North America for European technology firms. As an example of successful engagement, Hervé launched Neocase Software, a leader in CRM applications, in the US. In the span of his career, Hervé worked for other companies like Archimedes Technology Group, Avanti Partners, Thomson-CSF, or Construcciones Aeronauticas S.A. and conducted research at MIT.
Hervé demonstrated his ability to build complete organizations from incorporation to steady revenue. His track record in recruiting qualified professionals and defining business processes, combined with his ability to work effectively in the US and Europe represents a real asset for StoreXperience.
Hervé is a graduate from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the French National College of Aeronautical Engineering.
Florence RIBES (ESCP and MBA at ATLANTA, US) is a specialist in corporate finance for High tech industry and Netbusiness ; she founded IRIS FINANCING in 1999 and has achieved many M&A operations ( Netcrawling – Nielsen , Net4Music – Make Music, Langages Virtuels – Groupe Genesys, Impact Technology (Prologue ) NPA Conseil - CentreFrance…) and Fund raisings (Celtipharm, Nsoft, ATempo,Synerway, ..) ; she also set up LBO operations ( Groupe Dedienne plasturgy – DPSA….)
She was previously VP Business Development at the investment bank of Banques Populaires, specialized in the IPO of High tech companies on Euro NM ( euronext) and listed many software and services companies such as Silicomp, Prologue, Genesys, Cyrano, AlphaMos …
She was at the start of the Internet Business in France, as Chief Financial Officer of Infonie in 1995 and listed the company on Nouveau Marché in 1996, prior to sell the company to Telcos.
She had acquired previously a strong financial background with US Companies (Young and Rubicam) and audit firm ( Price Waterhouse Coopers)
Président du directoire
56 ans, ingénieur (ENSMA-IAE), Marc ROCHET est connu pour être l’un des managers expérimentés de l’aérien. Il maîtrise tous les aspects du transport aérien : l’organisation, l’exploitation la commercialisation… D’Air Inter à AOM, en passant par Air Liberté, UTA, Minerve, Travelprice.com et Aga Khan Fund For Economic Development, Marc Rochet a mené avec succès les créations, fusions, restructurations ou ventes qui lui étaient confiées. Il est aussi conseiller en stratégie aérienne au sein d’Aérogestion et administrateur de plusieurs compagnies aériennes.
Kevin P. Ryan, one of Silicon Alley’s most well known Internet entrepreneurs, has started six New York-based businesses - Alley Insider, Gilt Groupe, Music Nation, Panther Express, ShopWiki and 10gen - in the past two years. He presently serves as chairman and CEO of AlleyCorp, which oversees each of the six companies, and also as CEO of Panther Express, a content delivery network.
Prior to AlleyCorp, Kevin was first president then later became CEO of DoubleClick. There, he was instrumental in building the company from a 20-person startup to a global leader with over 1500 employees. Silicon Alley Reporter voted DoubleClick “New York Company of the Year” and Kevin was named one of the “50 Most Influential Business People” by Crain's New York Business.
Aside from his professional responsibilities, Kevin serves on the boards of Human Rights Watch and the NYC Investment Fund and is a member of the Insead International Council, the Yale International Council and the Council on Foreign Relations. He was the first investor in TheLadders.com and previously served on the boards of the Direct Marketing Association, The Ad Council and Hotjobs, and the advisory board of Doctors Without Borders.
Gerald Jay Sanders
Gerald Jay (“Jerry”) Sanders is the founder and Managing Director of San Francisco Science™ (www.sfsinvent.com), a technology development group with special expertise in medical devices and information technology. San Francisco Science has developed technologies from around the globe, including technologies from Argentina, Israel and the former Soviet Union, and built and sold successful companies around them.
Earlier in his professional career, Jerry was an attorney with the Wall Street firm of Simpson Thacher and Bartlett where he served as corporate counsel to leading investment and commercial banks. He also served as Special Counsel to several foreign governments and to privately-held European companies; and Senior Counsel and Director of Development for Hyatt International Hotels.
Jerry is a founder of FASE: The French American Society for Entrepreneurs, the sponsor and host of the first annual Louvre Conference of Entrepreneurs; he is also the proprietor of a winery in Sonoma Valley in California, (www.shaynehvista.com).
Jerry is a graduate of Queen’s College and holds a Juris Doctor Degree from The University of Texas, as well as Post-Graduate Certificates from the Goethe Institute in Germany and the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Jerry is also an Associate Fellow at Oxford University, where he teaches an annual seminar on Entrepreneurship. He is the subject of a Case Study (HBS 9-498-021 January 20, 1998) entitled: “The Jerry Sanders Case”, published and taught by Harvard Business School.
Larry Sanger:
Co-founder of WIKIPEDIA
Eric (Rick) Schine is Senior Editor of Inc. Magazine, a position he assumed in October, 2007. Schine joined Inc. from Business Week, where most recently he served as European Edition Editor. Previously, he was that magazine's Deputy News Editor. Before that, Schine was Associate Editor, responsible for coverage of corporate strategies. From 1997 to 1999 he was editor of Business Week's People Department. Schine joined Business Week in 1989 as a correspondent in Los Angeles from the Los Angeles Times.
He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Brandies University, with a minor in French Literature, and a master's degree from Columbia University's School of International Affairs.
Carl Schramm is recognized as one of the world’s foremost thinkers on the importance of entrepreneurship to a nation’s economic growth. His recent books, Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and The Entrepreneurial Imperative, are regarded as emerging classics, providing new insight into the American and international economies. In 2007, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez tapped Schramm to chair the Department of Commerce’s Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century committee. Trained as an economist and lawyer, with experience in business, public policy, and academia, Schramm has founded and cofounded several health care finance and information technology companies. He is a Batten Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
President and chief executive officer of the Kauffman Foundation since 2002, Carl Schramm is one of the world’s most recognized thought leaders on fostering and advancing entrepreneurship. The Economist has hailed Schramm as the "evangelist of entrepreneurship," and USA Today noted, "On every front, the Kauffman Foundation has worked intelligently to promote and sustain entrepreneurs – in the fields of entrepreneurship education, research, policy, economic development, and access to capital." Most recently, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez appointed Schramm as chairperson of the Department of Commerce’s Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economic Advisory Committee. Schramm’s recent books, Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, with Robert Litan and William Baumol (Yale University Press, 2007) and The Entrepreneurial Imperative (HarperCollins, 2006), are regarded as emerging classics, providing new insight into the American and international economies.
An entrepreneur himself, who brings a variety of experiences in business, public policy and academia, Schramm has developed a unique perspective on the financial power of entrepreneurs and how public policies encouraging entrepreneurship can cultivate more dynamic economic growth. Under his leadership, the Kauffman Foundation has developed innovative programs that: expose students to the power of entrepreneurship, open new pathways to effectively move university innovations into the marketplace, create better-qualified angel investors as a critical source of seed capital for entrepreneurs, and engage economists of the highest caliber to study the impact of entrepreneurship. Schramm also has been instrumental in the development of the Foundation’s international entrepreneurship fellowship program, which is funded by the UK government for aspiring British entrepreneurs.
As a result of its thought leadership and its work, business leaders and government officials from around the world now look to Kauffman for leadership in helping them make entrepreneurship a part of their long-term economic development agendas.
Before joining the Foundation, Schramm enjoyed a successful career in the health care industry. He was a cofounder of HCIA, Inc. and Patient Choice Health Care, and he founded Greenspring Advisors, a consulting and merchant banking firm in the health information and risk management industries. Schramm also served as executive vice president of Fortis (now Assurant) and as president of its health insurance operations. While there, he developed several innovations, including transition coverage for recent college graduates.
Trained both as an economist and lawyer, Schramm began his career on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University and emerged as a respected thinker in health care finance, regulation, and insurance.
He founded the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Care Finance and Management in 1980, the first such research center in the nation. While at Hopkins, he led the country’s only post-doctoral training program in health finance, sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In 1987, he chaired the American Assembly on Health Care Costs and edited its volume, Health Care and Its Costs. He left Johns Hopkins to head the Health Insurance Association of America, which developed a number of industry-wide innovations in health insurance.
Besides many leading academic journals, Schramm’s work has appeared in Foreign Affairs, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Newsweek. He is a contributing editor of Inc. magazine. In addition to his graduate fellowships (New York State Regents and Ford Foundation), Schramm received two consecutive NIH Career Scientist Awards and was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow at the National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine. He is a Batten Fellow at the Darden School of the University of Virginia, a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He received the George Eastman Medal from the University of Rochester in 2005.
Maria P. Sendra
Partner and Chair, Southern California Corporate & Securities
Maria Sendra is a Partner and Chair of Baker & McKenzie’s Southern California Corporate and Securities Practice. Baker & McKenzie is an international law firm with approximately 3600 attorneys and 70 offices in 38 countries. Ms. Sendra has built an emerging technologies and markets practice which leverages global capital market and technology relationships in key jurisdictions around the world. Some of the technologies she has advised on include: biotechnology, such as monoclonal antibody platform technologies, protein chip diagnostics, and proton therapies; Web 2.0, social networking, and convergence platforms; and, emissions reduction technologies and renewable energies, such as wind, solar, and biofuels..
Ms. Sendra has also represented some of the top brand retailers and technologies in transactions tapping into emerging markets all over the world, including Latin America, Asia and Europe. Her most recent deals involved a California private equity investment in the Brazilian ethanol markets, and a U.K. private equity investment in a California wind technology company with European and Chinese components, the establishment of a local neurosciences technology center, the representation of a financial analytics joint venture with Indian outsourcing components, the development of a financing and alliance strategy for a social networking and mobile payment platform, and the establishment of a manufacturing joint venture in China and related intellectual property strategy on behalf of a premium brand US consumer retailer. In addition, she was one of the first to take a California clean technology company on the AIM exchange inLondon when domestic markets were not as focused on the sector. In the US, Ms. Sendra has worked on numerous venture capital and private equity transactions and has managed over 50 initial and secondary public offerings on the Nasdaq and NYSE. She also has extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and collaborations in research and development, manufacturing and international commercialization and distribution.
Ms. Sendra recently Chaired the 2008 Solar Company Finance and Investment Summit, and addressed the Solar Market, Company Finance and Capital Markets. She is currently Co-Chair of both the CommNexus Clean Technology and Web-Based Applications Special Interest Groups. Over the past 7 years, Oxford University has invited her to participate in their annual Silicon Valley panel on emerging technologies and entrepreneurship that includes key executives and/or founders from companies, such as Google, Cisco, eBay, LinkedIn, Craigslist, and Facebook.
Ms. Sendra is fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Valenciano, and has studied German. She received her undergraduate degree from Yale University (BA, magna cum laude), her masters degree from Indiana University (MA, with distinction), and her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where she received an Award for Excellence in Written Advocacy. She has a background in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. Ms. Sendra ran a research lab while working as a student at Yale University, and worked as a filmmaker at Harvard University.
Fabrice Sergent, one of Europe’s web pioneers, is bringing his talents back across the Atlantic as the Chief Executive Officer of New York-based Cellfish Media LLC, a leading digital content production, marketing and distribution company with subsidiaries in Germany and France.
As the CEO & founder of Cellfish Media LLC, Mr. Sergent has led innovative multi-branded properties to market and launched the world’s first wireless record label, Blingtones, all while generating over nine-figure revenue marks annually for the company.
Mr. Sergent’s entrepreneurial spirit started early, with the creation of a comic book fair in his hometown Maisons Laffitte at the age of seventeen. Fabrice Sergent discovered the vast potential of the Internet during an exchange program at MichiganStateUniversity.
With the support of Arnaud Lagardere, he founded one of the first web agencies in France, Studio Grolier, at age twenty-two, and then Club Internet at age twenty four, the first consumer internet service provider ever launched in France.
From 1995 to 2002, he served as Chairman and CEO of Club Internet, which was later purchased by Deutsche Telecom’s T-Online for an historical 1.2b€ transaction, a landmark deal in the European new media space for its time.
From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Sergent served as the CEO of Lagardere Active Broadband, the digital arm of Lagardere SCA, one of the largest media groups of the world, with properties in books (Warner Books), publishing (Hachette Filipacchi Media), Internet, TV and radio.
Mr. Sergent also served in senior capacities with European media organizations including the executive committee of Lagardère Active (radio/TV) as well as a supervisory board member of T-Online International (Deutsche Telekom group). He is currently a director for Europe1 Interactive and Le Monde Interactif, France’s leading national newspaper’s new media subsidiary.
Mr. Sergent graduated from the Institut National des Télécommunications (France) and studied Finance and Telecommunication at MichiganStateUniversity.
Hocine Sidi-Said joined moksha8 in March of 2008 as Executive Vice-President and Head of the MENA and Asia region.
Prior to joining moksha8, Hocine led the Emerging Markets Region at UCB – a leading Biopharmaceutical group. The region comprised of Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.
Prior to joining UCB, Hocine spent close to 17 years with Pfizer Inc in various senior management and business development roles in the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe and Asia.
He has held Managing Directors’ positions in Indonesia, Denmark and India.
Hocine is French and Algerian by birth. His wife Antin is Indonesian while their daughters Diandra (13) and Lana (5) are American and French respectively.
Michael P. SmithrnAs President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Bankers Association (NYBA), Michael P. Smith has led New York State’s banking industry since 1989. The Association, founded in 1894, represents community, regional and money center commercial banks and thrift institutions with approximately 340,000 employees statewide and more than $4 trillion in assets.
During Mr. Smith’s tenure, NYBA has charted a progressive course to modernize and streamline the state and federal banking laws in the areas of pricing, geographic and product flexibility, and community involvement. In this regard, he has been directly involved in successful efforts on rate and fee deregulation, tax reform, interstate banking and branching. In 1998, he chaired a special national Task Force to help reconcile differences between the insurance industry and banking, helping lead the way to final passage of the Gramm‑Leach‑Bliley Financial Modernization Act of 1999.
In addition to his NYBA responsibilities, Mr. Smith serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Business Development Corporation. Mr. Smith has chaired the American Bankers Association’s (ABA) State Association Division, representing 50 state organizations, and served on ABA’s Board of Directors and Government Relations Council. He also serves Northeast Regional Chairman of Operation HOPE, NYBA’s national financial literacy and economic empowerment partner. Mr. Smith is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, which exists to help generate necessary political momentum to improve financial stability, liberalize trade and provide adequate development assistance.
Prior to joining the New York Bankers Association in 1975, Mr. Smith served on the staff of United States Congressman Stewart B. McKinney of Connecticut for four years. He earned a B.A. from Cornell University in 1971 and completed The Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program in 1986.
Active in charitable and civic causes, Mr. Smith is Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York and Chairman of its Development Committee. Mr. Smith has also been awarded the Medal of Honor by The Ellis Island Society.
Susan P. Strommer
President and CEO, National Association of Seed and Venture Funds
Susan Strommer is President and CEO of the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF). NASVF is the world’s largest network of seed- and early-stage investment professionals and organizations. We catalyze "innovation capital", and our network includes those who provide capital to entrepreneurs directly or indirectly: venture investors, angels, economic development organizations, incubators, universities, federal agencies, and others. Learn more about NASVF at www.nasvf.org
Dr Thierry TeilrnrnCurrently Global Head of Medical Affairs at UCB, a $3 billion pharmaceutical company, Dr Teil has 20 years of medical, pharmaceutical and biotech industry experience. Prior to joining UCB, Dr. Teil held senior positions at Aventis and parent companies, including responsibility for profit centers overseas, global marketing and medical affairs for new products and major brands, and strategic projects in Global Commercial Operations.
Thierry was also COO and cofounder of IRM and Executive Director at The Medicines Company, a $242 million biotech firm. Dr Teil sits also on the Senior Advisory Board of Triana Venture Partners.
He holds a medical degree and an MBA, respectively from the University of Lyon and from IMIS.
Jean-Pascal Tranié, co-founder Aloe Private Equity is an experienced Venture Capitalist who held senior positions at Veolia Energy during the early 90’s.
Between 1995 and 1997, he managed Vivendi's Media group as CEO of Numericable (cable networks) and of Generale d’Images (media content). He became board member of Havas (Books, Game, Digital contents), UGC (cinemas), and Babelsberg Studios, and member of the executive committee of Cegetel (telecoms).
In 1998, Jean-Pascal became CEO of Viventures Partners, the venture division of Vivendi which raised over $700M which actively supported the success of many high-growth companies.
In 2003, Jean-Pascal co-founded Aloe Private Equity, a private equity group focused on environment and renewable energy investments with an Asian angle. He sits on the board of Longmen (coalbed methane in China), ATG (clean energy and waste water treatment), Alphapet (PET bottle recycling in India), Agrogeneration (farming in Ukraine), etc
Directeur d’ADVANCIA et de NEGOCIA
De formation juridique (Université d’Aix-Marseille III) et politique (Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris), Frank VIDAL, 43 ans, a réalisé l’essentiel de son parcours professionnel au service de différentes institutions (Conseil Régional, Chambres de Commerce et d’Industrie, Ecoles supérieures de Commerce) en charge de problématiques d’éducation et de formation.
Il s’est plus particulièrement investi dans la direction de projets de création, fusion ou transformation d’établissements d’enseignement, d’observatoires dédiés à l’articulation emploi formation, de centres d’études et de recherche pédagogiques, d’une cellule de veille et de diffusion dans le domaine des nouvelles technologies éducatives, d’une centrale d’édition et de diffusion de cas pédagogiques, de services d’orientation des jeunes et des adultes.
En lien avec ses centres d’intérêt et à la demande des pouvoirs publics locaux ou nationaux, il a pris part, le plus souvent sous l’égide de la Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris (CCIP), à de nombreuses missions d’étude portant sur différents sujets de prospective éducative. A ce titre, il est l’auteur (ou le co-auteur) de plusieurs rapports, parmi lesquels :rnrn
- L’évolution démographique et ses conséquences sur le système éducatif, CCIP (1996)
- Former autrement, analyses et propositions, ACFCI (1996)
- L’emploi des jeunes, (coll.) Institut de l’Entreprise (1997)
- L’insertion professionnelle des jeunes, CCIP (1997)
- L’orientation des jeunes, CCIP (1997)
- Régions, éducation et formation, CCIP (1998)
- Le télétravail, OFEM (1999)
- La construction de l’identité professionnelle, CCIP (1999)
- La compétitivité éducative de la France à l’international, CCIP (1999)
- L’accréditation des compétences dans la société cognitive, (coll.) Ed. de l’Aube (1999)
- Les entreprises franciliennes dans le contrat de plan, (coll.) CCIP/CRCI/CRIF (1999)
- La pédagogie de l’alternance dans l’enseignement supérieur, Céraltes (2000)
- L'individualisation des formations, CCIP (2001)
- Coûts et retours sur investissement en e-learning, Le Préau (2001)
- Enseigner demain, CCIP (2001)
rnEn 2001, il a été nommé adjoint au directeur de l’enseignement de la CCIP, en charge de la prospective et de la coordination du développement pédagogique des 12 écoles relevant de l’institution consulaire.
Fin 2003, il a pris la direction d’ADVANCIA, l’une des 4 écoles de management de la CCIP, avec pour mission d’en faire un établissement d’enseignement et de recherche leader pour la formation et l’accompagnement des entrepreneurs. Ayant eu dans la passé l’opportunité de créer ou reprendre des entreprises, il apporte également à ce titre son expertise au travers de plusieurs groupes de travail ou mission de réflexion lancés à l’initiative des pouvoirs publics français afin de promouvoir l’entrepreneuriat, chez les jeunes plus particulièrement.
En mai 2006, tout en conservant ses fonctions de directeur d’ADVANCIA, il a été nommé directeur de NEGOCIA, école de la CCIP dédiée à la formation des vendeurs, commerciaux et négociateurs.
Depuis le 1er janvier 2007, ADVANCIA et NEGOCIA, chacune avec leur positionnement spécifique et leur identité propre, sont regroupées dans un nouvel établissement (ADVANCIA-NEGOCIA) qui accueillera sur l’année 2007/2008 quelque 2.400 jeunes en formation initiale et 5.000 adultes en formation continue et dont il assure la direction. Le Corps Professoral Permanent d’ADVANCIA-NEGOCIA compte aujourd’hui 110 titulaires dont 30 chercheurs. Enfin, ce sont 380 collaborateurs qui exercent leur activité au service des élèves et apprenant en formation sur l’un des trois sites parisiens de l’établissement.
Dan Vogel travaille depuis plus d’une quinzaine d'années dans le secteur de l’Informatique et de l’Internet.
En tant que PDG d’Enablon, Dan Vogel a la responsabilité globale de l’ensemble des activités de l’entreprise. Préalablement à Enablon, il a créé et dirigé le département e-Business d'un Groupe bancaire international, aux Etats-Unis puis en Europe et en Asie.
Enablon est un des premiers éditeurs mondiaux de solutions logicielles et de services online de maîtrise des risques environnementaux, sociaux, financiers et juridiques.
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