Eric Ceyrolle Email & Phone Number

Marseille, FR

Bürgmeister - Finsterwalder - Ring 12 - D-82515 Wolfratshausen

SmartRay is a leading Company in high performance and compact 3D vision sensors

After working hard, playing hard and moving fast for the past 30+ years, I decided to pursue my life-long dream of sailing with two old friends across the Atlantic in a 51-foot sailboat and soaking up the sun in the Caribbean (without worrying about that week’s business!)

Achieved sales over $240m in 2008,Delivered 35% organic sales growth and 78% gross margin from 1/10/06 to 30/09/08,Set up worldwide pricing strategy,Built up a network of 350 channel partners and a direct sales force of 225 sales engineers,Signed the sales and marketing alliance with Mitsubishi to increase market share in Asia through Mitsubishi.

Responsible for a $140M region,Grew Asia (excluding China & Japan) from $3M up to $20+M, Led Japan out of a steady declining business in the SEMI industry into three straight years of sales and profit growth in Factory Automation from 2003 to 2006,Grew Europe up to $60+M with a 45% market share,Led acquisition and integration of two European vision.

Set up, developed and structured the European business, Grew sales from $1M to $30+M,Hired 35 people, opened 5 offices.

A $100M market leader in real-time computersFull P&L Responsibility for $20M - Managed 75 employees - Cut $2M of cost while growing sales

A $600M market leader in CAD/CAM systemsGrew sales from $20M to $70M - Managed and led up to 110 employee