Experience

IPM France

• France
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding partner, CEO then Chairman

  • 2008 - Jul 2023

  ⇨ As a specialist in touchscreen kiosk solutions, IPM France works for major accounts in the following market segments: administrations and local authorities, transport and mobility, Health and Telecom operators. ⇨ Our clients include: the CNAM, Free mobile, La Société Générale, La Française des Jeux, Vélib’… ⇨ IPM’s strength? Know-how and knowing the how-to! Our network of partners allows us to develop global solutions and provide a complete turnkey service package, from… Show more ⇨ As a specialist in touchscreen kiosk solutions, IPM France works for major accounts in the following market segments: administrations and local authorities, transport and mobility, Health and Telecom operators. ⇨ Our clients include: the CNAM, Free mobile, La Société Générale, La Française des Jeux, Vélib’… ⇨ IPM’s strength? Know-how and knowing the how-to! Our network of partners allows us to develop global solutions and provide a complete turnkey service package, from upstream consulting through to on-site maintenance of interactive kiosks. ⇨As a true project manager, with its expertise and 20+ years of experience, IPM France is committed to the success of its clients’ projects.

• R&D Director then General Manager

  • 2001 - 2008

  Romans-sur-Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France IPM was an Italian payphone group. After buying Landis & Gyr, its directors let us manage this French subsidiary with a high degree of autonomy. Around 2003, the payphone sector faced strong competition from GSM. In parallel, the big operators concentrated their resources on more promising technologies at the time: ADSL, 3G, fibre optics, which caused the market to collapse. My future associates and I decided to join forces to develop interactive kiosks. We dared to take a chance… Show more IPM was an Italian payphone group. After buying Landis & Gyr, its directors let us manage this French subsidiary with a high degree of autonomy. Around 2003, the payphone sector faced strong competition from GSM. In parallel, the big operators concentrated their resources on more promising technologies at the time: ADSL, 3G, fibre optics, which caused the market to collapse. My future associates and I decided to join forces to develop interactive kiosks. We dared to take a chance and, in 2005, we launched ourselves on this new market and had no hesitation in taking on the major groups. Our first tender from RATP, where we were up against Jean-Claude Decaux, was successful; and this was followed by SNCF, Orange, etc. In 2008, Italy agreed to sell us the company, and the three of us then took control. My main mission in this phase was to completely reorganise our company, to make it efficient and effective on a market very different from that of payphones, to acquire new skills, and then to forge partnerships with suppliers to allow us to offer a complete solution to our clients.



Landis & Gyr

• R&D Director

  • May 1993 - Jan 2001

  Valence Landis & Gyr was a Swiss Group with a 10,000-strong workforce in 3 divisions, one of which specialised in public payphones. In 1993, it bought Smart Ingénierie, a start-up specialising in chip cards, with a view to winning back France Telecom and rolling out this technology in the Group. Over a two-year period, we won a number of large contracts with France Telecom and developed smartcard payphones, sold worldwide. In the space of just a few years, this company’s turnover rose from 30… Show more Landis & Gyr was a Swiss Group with a 10,000-strong workforce in 3 divisions, one of which specialised in public payphones. In 1993, it bought Smart Ingénierie, a start-up specialising in chip cards, with a view to winning back France Telecom and rolling out this technology in the Group. Over a two-year period, we won a number of large contracts with France Telecom and developed smartcard payphones, sold worldwide. In the space of just a few years, this company’s turnover rose from 30 million francs to more than 200 million francs. I was involved in integrating this R&D centre in the Group by putting in place an efficient organisation and precise processes. I was in charge of the development of France Telecom’s latest generation of payphones (RNIS) and a range of products distributed internationally. Show less



Mecelec Electronique

• R&D & Industrialization Manager

  • Sep 1989 - May 1993

  Tournon-sur-Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France This SME, with an 80-strong workforce, manufactured payphone kiosks and carried out electronic cabling subcontracts, mainly for Dassault Electronique. After collaborating in bringing a state-of-the-art wireless telephone onto the market, we - within a consortium - were involved in the Pointel project, a precursor of the GSM network.



KROHNE

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• R&D & Industrialization Manager

  • Sep 1985 - May 1989

  Romans-sur-Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France The German Group, KROHNE, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of solutions in the field of industrial process instrumentation. I started out, aged 24,as an electronics engineer.. After one year, I became manager of the R&D & Industrialisation department, which had 6 employees. I was responsible for its organisation and integration in the Group’s development units. We developed a range of level detectors which could be used in explosive atmospheres.