Benjamin Levrard

Intrapreneur at Michelin Innovation Lab
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Greater Clermont-Ferrand Area, FR

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Experience

    • France
    • Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Intrapreneur
      • Jun 2023 - Present

      Projet intrapreneurial dans la transformation digitale et la décarbonation de la logistique des ports et des terminaux portuaires incubé au sein du Groupe Michelin Projet intrapreneurial dans la transformation digitale et la décarbonation de la logistique des ports et des terminaux portuaires incubé au sein du Groupe Michelin

    • France
    • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Head of Open Innovation & Strategic Partnerships / Connected Mobility
      • Apr 2019 - Jun 2023

      *Transversal management (4 people) and coordination with business, marketing, communication, R&D, sales, legal, M&A & Michelin Venture Capital teams *Scout, select & run the best partnership / equity / M&A opportunities : more than 20 new partnerships (R&D, commercial, etc..) signed over > 1000 scouted start-up & companies in Connected & Green Mobility in Europe, US, Israel & China *Lead Venture Capital analyses (business plan, valuation) & recommendations for C-level decision (e.g Compredict, Primo 1D) *Build & lead networking & deal-flow with innovation ecosystems (accelerators, scouters, Venture Capital funds, associations, corporates) *Design & coordinate new sponsoring / communication campaigns in start-up events (e.g GrandPrixAutoTech, Blue Ocean Awards) & business schools (e.g. ESCP, HEC) *Member of jury of international start-up competitions*Lead many growth strategy projects (with external consultants) on identification of new digital businesses (e.g. Data Marketplace, Agriculture, Maritime, Space, Mining) Show less

    • Connected Mobility Innovation project Leader
      • May 2014 - Apr 2019

      *Project management (~ 10 people, budget : 5 M€) with budget/milestone reporting *Coordinate architecture / product design of innovative IoT products and digital services around connected tyres & vehicles for automotive ADAS & GPS segments *Build & manage complex partnerships with international partners & customers (start-up, Automotive OEM & Tier 1 suppliers) from development to pre-industrialization *Coordinate IP / licensing / patent strategy & business plan *Successful development and pre-industrialization of new RFID chips in tyre Show less

    • Head of tyre performance expertise team
      • Jul 2011 - May 2014

      *Management & recruitment of a team of ~10 people (technicians, engineers)*Build & validate new expert tools / methods / numerical simulations from molecular to vehicle scale to optimize material properties & design of disruptive tyres *Launch & coordinate 5 new R&D partnerships with best Universities (EUR & US)*Coordinate IP / patent strategy

    • Senior innovation leader in tyre performance
      • Sep 2008 - Jul 2011

      Portfolio management of R&D projects to analyze road/tyre contact performances and optimize material / design of innovative tyres for trucks & passenger cars

    • France
    • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Expert Member / New mobility usages
      • Mar 2019 - Sep 2022
    • Space & Planetary science permanent researcher
      • 2005 - Sep 2008

      *Project management with main Space Agencies (NASA, ESA) and Universities on long-term evolution of orbital dynamics & climate of planets (Earth, Mars) *Development of 3D computational simulations coupled with geophysical observations and spacecraft missions imagery analysis *40 publications in peer-reviewed journals (e.g Nature, Science) and conferences *Project management with main Space Agencies (NASA, ESA) and Universities on long-term evolution of orbital dynamics & climate of planets (Earth, Mars) *Development of 3D computational simulations coupled with geophysical observations and spacecraft missions imagery analysis *40 publications in peer-reviewed journals (e.g Nature, Science) and conferences

    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Assistant Lecturer & Researcher in Physics & Astronomy
      • Sep 2003 - Sep 2005

      Lecturer in Physics & Astronomy courses at B.Sc and M.Sc level Research activities in simulations of current and past Martian climates. Relationship with spacecraft missions Mars Express, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey. Lecturer in Physics & Astronomy courses at B.Sc and M.Sc level Research activities in simulations of current and past Martian climates. Relationship with spacecraft missions Mars Express, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey.

Education

  • Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon
    Master's degree, Physical Sciences
    1995 - 1998
  • Observatoire de Paris | PSL
    Ph.D., Planetary Astronomy and Science
    2000 - 2003
  • Observatoire de Paris | PSL
    Master’s Degree, Astronomy & Celestial Mechanics
    1998 - 1999

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