An Innovation Engineer, Communication Expert, Bridge Builder, Change Driver, System Viewer and Pragmatic Doer, Cédric has founded and developed an engineering company, a trans-sectorial economic association and the Swiss Branch of a European innovation support network. He has initiated and managed several multidisciplinary complex projects and has accompanied organisations in transformation.Identifying complementarities where different worlds collide and able to motivate people with different backgrounds to work for a common objective, he is the initiater and driver of numerous ventures, the pioneer of successful initiatives and has both managed and animated professional networks and Public Private Partnerships. He has coached dozens of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Clusters and R&D institutions to develop innovation and internationalisation strategies, initiate R&D and innovation projects, build international cooperation and bid successfully for funding.A visionary and strategic thinker with analytical skills, he is a strong doer with a pragmatic approach. With a background in industry, academia , economic associations and public services and having lived in different cultures, he integrates, moderates, leads and facilitates cooperative projects federating different backgrounds to reach new horizons.Track record:* setup and animated a national programme for knowledge and technology transfer.* lead a change project to integrate collaborators from different sections into one communication team and developed cross departmental communication channels.* coached dozens of SMEs, Clusters and R&D institutions for innovation, cooperation and funding * developed, managed and animated national (Swiss) and European Public Private Programmes and Networks to enhance Competitiveness of SMEs and to enable Regional Innovation Ecosystems* promoted and positioned an economic sector and represented its interests towards the public authorities, the research institutions, other sectors and the broader public* founded and managed an engineering company offering services for production design, business development and innovation* worked as cabinet maker and joiner in different factories