Olivier Ezratty Email & Phone Number

Île-De-France, France

Paris Area, France

I am a freelance technology author, consultant and trainer/teacher helping organizations shape their product and ecosystem strategies. I'm also a regular speaker. Since 2018, I'm focused on quantum technologies. I published a related ebook covering the topic in a 360° fashion, starting in 2018. I released its (1366 pages) 6th edition in September 2023 in English (all free). I am also the coproducer of two series of podcasts with Fanny Bouton on quantum technologies (in French). Beforehand, I was publishing an in-depth report on the Las Vegas CES every January between 2006 and 2020, a thorough Startup Guide helping startups get up to speed, and a ebook on artificial intelligence (first version in 2016, and updates in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021). Beforehand, I was a software development engineer and R&D lead at Sogitec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, and had various marketing and business positions at Microsoft France from 1990 to 2005, including CMO and Director of Developer Evangelism. He has an Msc in Computer Science from Ecole Centrale Paris (CentraleSupelec since 2015).I'm also an amateur photographer and author and cofounder of the initiative "Quelques femmes du numérique !", http://www.qfdn.net.I'm easy to reach at olivier@oezratty.net , +33 6 67 37 92 41 and @olivez.

Paris

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Responsable d'une mineure de cinquième année de l'école d'ingénieurs en informatique EPITA sur les technologies quantiques avec coordination des intervenants et enseignement sur la moitié du cursus.

Paris

Expert for Bpifrance for due diligence of various deep tech collaborative research and startup projects on quantum technologies and artificial intelligence for various programs: i-LAB, i-NOV, i-Démo.

Paris Et Grenoble

Formateur pour le CEA INSTN sur les technologies quantiques dans un séminaire de découverte du sujet d'une journée.

Paris

Author of the ebook "Understanding Quantum Technologies", 1,366 pages in English, a reference to discover in a 360° fashion quantum techs from science and technology to business and societal matters. It is also available in paperback version on Amazon. This is the 6th edition, the 3 first from 2018, 2019 and 2020 were published in French. The book is also published on Arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.15352

Paris

Author of the blog "Opinions Libres" covering entrepreneurship, innovation in deep techs and innovation policies (artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductors, medtechs, etc). https://www.oezratty.net.

Paris

Author of the project "Quelques Femmes du Numérique !" (Some Digital Women), a photography project to showcase women working in the digital space : entrepreneurs, developers, sales/marketing/communication, HR, legal, policy makers, funding, startup ecosystem, CIOs, CTOs, etc. About 800 portraits (and bios) done as of March 2022 making it the largest and most diverse showcase of women working in the digital industries and jobs. I also developed their web site: https://www.qfdn.net. The project is produced by Marie-Anne Magnac. It became an association in 2016.

Paris Area, France

J'étais formateur pour Capgemini Institut dans deux cycles : une formation de deux jours de découverte de l'intelligence artificielle pour les équipes informatique et maîtrise d'ouvrage (à partir de novembre 2017), et une autre d'une journée sur l'informatique quantique, destinée aux mêmes audiences (à partir/depuis mai 2019).

Paris Area, France

Author of the French language startup guide "Guide des Startups", the most comprehensive source of information for wanabee startup entrepreneurs, covering all the basics of startups creation and describing all the help they can get from the French startup ecosystem. The last edition was published in 2019. Free PDF, downloadable on http://www.oezratty.net. A circulation of over 400 000 since its creation. It's the reference open source startup guide for French speaking entrepreneurs.

Paris Area, France

Wilco is a startup accelerator in the Paris region. It helps high-tech startups with early stage loans and coaching. I do some due-diligence for startups candidates, participate to their selection. From 2017 on, I participated to the healthcare track of the accelerator.

I'm teaching on the marketing of innovation in the computer science track of Ecole Centrale Paris. I also organize their projects activity, including teaching them how to present and communicate.

I participated to the selection of startup companies in this private investment fund. The fund has stopped most of its activities in 2013 after some changes in regulations among other things.

I was in charge of evangelizing the Microsoft platform to a broad array of audiences: developers, IT pros, computer science students and research, Independant Software Vendors, software houses, large corporations. This included running a team of 45+ with technical evangelists, marketers and business developers.

I was running marketing operations for the French subsidiary of Microsoft. Included product marketing (launching Windows 2000, Office 2000, etc), communication (changing comm vendors, upgrading our online comm strategy), PR, strategic marketing (handling surveys) and customer service + telesales.

Held various marketing positions at Microsoft France :- Developer tools product marketing- Systems & Tools Product marketing group manager- Partner & Ecosystem Group Marketing Manager- IT/developer Seminars Group Marketing Manager- Enterprise Marketing Department Manager

Within the communication branch of Sogitec in charge of electronic publishing services, I developped and managed the development of various production software for laser printing, tables layout, including new graphical software on Windows 1.0 and 2.0. I run a team of up to 7 developers.