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To complete the 12-year term of office, honoured to have been chosen by the Federal Council to chair ComCom. Exciting topics to be dealt with: support for the roll-out of 5G and award of the universal service licence.

highlight 2018 - 2019: 5G frequencies allocation process and auction

For over 50 years, as an environmental pioneer, CSD has been offering global solutions for nature and the environment, gravel pits and quarries, roads and railways, buildings and areas, as well as water and energy. CSD has 30 offices in Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Lithuania.

Deeption is the Spin-off of the EPFL Social Media Lab, former transdisciplinary research center initiated under my leadership of Innovation at EPFL.Applied artificial intelligence to generate Alternative Data in finance generating Live algorithmic trading strategies (sharpe ratio 1.8) purely based on inflection points of public opinion.

The EPFL Social Media Lab is a research center able to combine and mobilize various expertise and skills in order to address the increasingly complex issues and challenges associated with the Big Data and Social Media.The EPFL Social Media Lab has developed “Horizon”, the world’s first platform to track and understand the public opinion from the web. The platform, powered by disruptive social media analytics solutions based on Artificial Intelligence, Deep Machine Learning and Graph Analysis, was critically acclaimed for the coverage of the COP21 conference event.

Sept. 2008 – December 2016, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, Switzerland (www.epfl.ch)- Vice President, Innovation and Technology Transfer (http://vpiv.epfl.ch/), Member of the Executive Senior Management.• Developed the EPFL innovation Park from 7’000 m2 to 50’000, creating 1’500 additional high skill positions, launching 150 startups - later raising > 1 Billion MCHF venture capital (90% of the total raised by EPFL startup since 1999), and getting in 26 large Swiss and International companies bringing additional 2 digit MCHF over the last 5 years in research collaboration for the labs of EPFL.• Initiated or developed projects (Solar Impulse, Alinghi, Montreux Jazz Digital Archives, Hydroptère, Rivages) that considerably raised the visibility of EPFL at the international level.• Promoted transversal innovation to address societal challenges through the creation of 5 transdisciplinary centers resulting in cooperation contracts and affiliate membership. • Doubling the number of the innovation and technology transfer team and securing almost half of the budget from non-public funding.• Signing yearly more than 100 contracts with industrial partners.• Increased more than 3 time the revenues from IP licenses.

Representing the interests of the Swiss Confederation in CSEM board. In charge of reporting defined by the strategic mandate.

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Machinery ManufacturingPlumettaz is an amazing innovative company since 1920s, currently deploying solutions for FTTHFROM VINEYARDS TO TELECOMMUNICATION http://www.plumettaz.ch/en/plumett/groupe_psa_hist.aspx

ALi Europe Sàrl (Abilis), an ALi Group company, provides true single-chip CMOS solutions for OFDM-based radio communications standards, enabling any electronics device with a display to receive digital TV broadcasts.

The Kudelski Group (www.nagra.com) is a world leader in digital security. The Kudelski Group is headquartered in Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, its stock is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange (Symbol “KUD.VX”) and is part of the Swiss Market Index Mid-Cap (SMIM).2004-2008 Executive Vice President in charge of Business Development, Member of the Executive Board • Led market consolidation via M&A transactions (e.g. asset deal Canal + Technologies, 240M€), • Acquired strategic clients (Premiere, Germany) or partners (Buena Vista, USA; JV with CITIC, Beijing, China, 2004), • Initiated and managed the MobileTV (2005) activities with a world first launch based on DVB-H technology for 3 Italy for the Fifa Worldcup 2006.

2000-2003 Corporate Secretary, member of the executive board of the Group, • Head of Corporate Development & Corporate Communication, • Taking care of governance and oversight of the subsidiary companies.

Various positions with Swisscom in Berne, in particular as Business DevelopmentManager, Data&Multimedia and then Product Marketing Director of Broadcasting Services1996-2000 Swisscom, Berne, Suisse (www.swisscom.ch) (SCMN)1999-2000 Broadcasting Services : Business Steering Director • Product management (P&L), • World-first live streaming of a sport event (Athletissima, 2000)1997-1999 Data and Multimedia, Business Development and Planning manager • Participations management, Exit of the cable activities.1996-1997 Radiocom Directorate (PTT Telecom), New business development manager • International strategy, online initiative, Swisscom IPO preparation

Research topic : 4 languages communication in Switzerland : Broadcast News and National Integration.

Research topic : New Technologies and Audiovisual Newsmaking: Sources in a globalization context. Visiting Professor McGill University, Montreal, Canada

1984-1987 Fribourg University, Switzerland, Institute of Journalism and social communications: Graduate Assistant & Coordinator of the French speaking working group for the study to define private broadcasters introduction in Switzerland (Ordonnance fédérale sur les essais locaux de radiodiffusion)main publications topics: media policy, local radio, women journalists