• Implementation of the Pôle Universitaire d'Innovation (PUI Provence) of which Aix Marseille University is the leader.The PUI Provence is a program funded by France 2030 that aims on the one hand to strengthen the acculturation of students and research staff to innovations through new training courses and on the other hand to structure business development forces towards companies to increase collaboration contracts, research contracts, revenues from technology platforms and the creation of Deeptech companies.

Expertise and technical assistance missions for the European Commission.• Coordinator of a high-impact action on industrial transition and assistance in the preparation of the Walloon regional strategy in the framework of OP ERDF 2021-2027.

GIP INNOVERGNE is a Regional Innovation Agency, certified by the French Ministry of Research, which operates in Auvergne.▪ Creation and full management of the Agency ▪ Support to innovative start-ups and SMEs including technological, financing, IP, regulations and legal issues▪ Networks management (innovation, clusters) ▪ Coordination of a large partnership gathering main public organisations dealing with economic development and innovation in Auvergne ▪ Operator for public stakeholders (regional and national levels) ▪ Public policies monitoring and evaluation ▪ Contributions to the design and the implementation of regional strategies (SRESRI, SRDEII, RIS3)

ALTERINOV is an original concept of innovation platform dedicated to :• High value-added technical ceramics• Ceramics for electronics, microwaves and photonics• Sustainable and intelligent housing environmentIt leans on cooperative principles to reduce the risks that companies support when they introduce a new project. Its mission is to sustain the development of innovative projects through a logic of mutualisation of means, which allows the realization of technological services based on very attractive and state-of-the-art equipments, and also returns other specific services such as industrial accomodations for SME and start-up, or access to a co-design center.Accomplishments: • Feasibility study of the project (recently certified by French ministries in charge of competitiveness clusters) • Strategic positioning, business model, financial engineering, Private / Public Partnership, funding (investments and subsidies), legal aspects, communication plan and business development

This work was part of the academic project at EM Lyon business school during the MBA.Accomplishments :• Studied the playground equipments industry and assessed French private markets to grow existing business opportunities • Recommended new offers, entry strategies into foreign markets, and partnership opportunities with Chinese companies

KEMSTREAM SAS builds and sells innovative and advanced vaporisation systems, designed for MOCVD, ALD and all gas phase processes and precursors. It also offers consulting services. 4 employees, 1st year turnover 250k€.Co-founder of the company, I was in charge of financial aspects, partnerships, intellectual property and R&D.Accomplishments :• Wrote the business plan and found first customers• Obtained 150k€ of subsidies and a 35k€ zero interest loan• Developed first prototypes and selected subcontractors• Registered patents and trademark.

QUALIFLOW SA, MBO of an ASM International business, manufactured valves and flow regulators for high purity gases and liquids. The company diversified in vaporisation systems and thermal equipments for various industries. 100 employees, turnover ~20 M€.As Research Manager, I led a team of 5 engineers and was a member of the product committee of the company. I reported to the VP Operations and was directly responsible for a budget of ~ 350k€.Accomplishments :• Defined R&D new axes after a restructuring• Closed and redirected some projects resulting in a cost saving of about 500k€• Designed gas and liquid flow sensors and registered patents• Developed innovative systems for the vaporization of liquid precursors• Provided a technical support to the Chinese staff (joint venture)

PIXTECH SA was a flat panel display company, commercializing a field emission display technology. With facilities in Santa Clara (CA), Montpellier and Rousset, the company had a partnership with ACER UNIPAC Optronics (Taiwan). 150 employees, turnover ~15 M€. I reported to the CTO of the company and coached a team of 10 engineers. My responsibilities encompassed numerous transverse projects amongst which the improvement of the displays characteristics and the product life time and reliability.Accomplishments :• Managed a European research project (EC-IST program, with THALES AVIONICS)• Characterized PVD and CVD coatings used in vacuum display technologies, resulting in new designs and manufacturing processes• Provided expertise and technical supports to Operations and Product Managers

Accomplishments :• Developed an assembly process for FED flat panel displays• Involved in a transfer of technology to a Taiwanese foundry (12 months spent in Hsin Chu, ACER-UNIPAC group)• Registered patents

Accomplishments :• Created a computerized measurement set-up and studied the oxygen diffusion into some electronic materials used as capacitors or thermistors