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Graduated from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris (1972), MSc in Industrial Engineering (1973), Deputy CFO at Microsoft Corp (1994-2003), Board Member and Private investor at several companies since 2003
Advising startups, Investing in projects, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Supporting my investments
Schools:
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, Stanford University
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Microsoft Corp
Position:
Deputy CFO
Time period:
January 2000 - December 2003
Description:
Helps the CFO run the global Finance, Administration, IT and Operations division, with a particular focus on deals, governance, integration of acquisitions, organization and cross-group issues (in particular re-organization in Business Groups), and acting as his proxy when needed.
Employer:
Microsoft Corp
Position:
Corporate Treasurer
Time period:
January 1998 - December 2000
Employer:
Microsoft Corp
Position:
Assistant Treasurer
Time period:
January 1994 - December 1998
Employer:
Microsoft France
Position:
General Manager, Business Operations
Time period:
January 1991 - December 1994
Description:
Finance, Administration, Human Resources, Legal, Operations and local Manufacturing (100 people); includes contract negotiations with Large Accounts. Technical Product Support (200 people); initiated several new programs and pay for support. Microsoft Consulting Services (20 people); started the activity in 1992. Finance, Administration and Operations for Italy, Benelux, Spain and Portugal.
Employer:
Microsoft France
Position:
Deputy General Manager
Time period:
January 1989 - December 1991
Employer:
Matra
Position:
VP Finance & Legal
Time period:
January 1987 - December 1989
Description:
VP Finance & Legal of Matra Systemes (5 subsidiaries) (sales ~ $150 million at the time): development (R&D, manufacturing) and sale of computer systems
Employer:
Matra
Position:
Assigned to Matra US
Time period:
January 1983 - December 1987
Description:
Assigned to Matra US, based in Boston, as: (1) VP Finance, Administration & Legal of Matra Datavision Inc, (2) President of Matra Technology Inc, (3) Board member of all the Matra subsidiaries in the US, (4) President of the US Audit Committees, and (5) Relation with the venture capital activities in the US.
Employer:
Matra
Position:
Automation group controller
Time period:
January 1981 - December 1983
Employer:
Matra
Position:
Assistant to the CEO
Time period:
January 1980 - December 1981
Description:
Assistant to the CEO of all Matra civilian activities (8 divisions), in charge of M&A, controls and reporting.
Employer:
Unitec
Position:
Sales and marketing export manager
Time period:
January 1978 - December 1980
Description:
Unitec, French subsidiary of Envirotech Corp (US): sales and marketing export manager for industrial products.
Employer:
Air Liquide
Position:
Operations Research engineer
Time period:
January 1974 - December 1978
Description:
Air Liquide: Operations Research engineer (in particular, wrote programs in Fortran; developed models & algorithms (one of them more efficient than the simplex algorithm for linear programming, in some specific cases))
Employer:
Military Service
Position:
Officer, assigned to the “Centre de Prospectives et d’Evaluations
Time period:
January 1973 - December 1974
Description:
Military Service: Officer, assigned to the “Centre de Prospectives et d’Evaluations”, building economic and “combat” models and programming them on a mainframe. Also, taught Operations Research at the Paris University of Dauphine.
EDUCATION
University:
Stanford University
Time period:
1973
Degree:
Industrial Engineering, MSc
University:
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris
Time period:
1972
Degree:
Graduated
INFORMATION
Hobbies:
Climbing, mountain skitennis, track & field piano and of course computer
Memberships:
Board member and head of the Audit Committee of Arc International since 2005 (France)
Board member and head of the Compensation Committee of Total Immersion (France) since 2005
Member of the Audit Committee of “Pole Emploi” (French Unemployment Agency) since 2009
Board member of Croissance Europe (Venture Fund) since 2008
Member of the Investment Committee of Compass Capital and MacinInvest since 2004
Advisory Board member of the Stanford Technology Venture Program since 2004
Board member/Trustee/Member of the Finance Committee or Treasurer of several non-profits
