Jean-Claude Junqua Email & Phone Number

CE2Innovate (www.ce2innovate.com) helps companies innovate like lean startups. By combining purpose and passion I believe that we have the power to change the world. Innovation and business success are byproducts of a strong desire for a better world, successful collaborations and trusted partnerships. This is why I founded CE2Innovate. CE2Innovate focuses on Innovation, Strategy and International Business Development by 1) tackling problems that can improve the lives of people around the world, 2) launching startups within large organizations by accompanying teams from customer discovery to raising funds, 3) facilitating collaborations between innovative companies in US, EU and Japan, and 4) mentoring and advising technology accelerators and startups. By leveraging open innovation, design thinking, lean startup approaches and out of the box business strategies, CE2Innovate helps startups and public companies reach their next level of growth, while contributing to society.Advisor/Consultant/Mentor: BJIT CORP, CloudKPI, Tsubame Radio, Linearhub, IMSV, Smappee, Sigma AI, NextRetail, SUPPLIO, GINTEL ...Advisory boards: SMI, Silencer Devices, eCare21...

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Es

Sigma AI is a global data collection, labeling and annotation services company. For companies building the next generation of AI, including Generative AI, Sigma provides highest quality data at scale.

Mountain View , California , Us

Mentor of early stage startups. At Singularity University's SU LABS we believe that by leveraging the power of exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, synthetic biology or digital fabrication (to name a few) we can create new sustainable business solutions and tackle the world’s most challenging problems.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

The Refiners is a San Francisco-based accelerator devoted to helping foreign startups thrive in the bountiful yet complicated environment of Silicon Valley. Over a three-month period, startups receive access to funding, networking and mentorship opportunities.

Brussels, Be

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Plug and Play is a global innovation platform that connects startups to corporations and invest in a number of startups every year. Plug and Play specializes in providing startups access to an ecosystem that increases the opportunity for success and in providing an environment for domestic and foreign organizations to scout for new technologies, investment opportunities and innovation ideas.As an Executive in Residence I review startups and company pitches offering guidance and advice. As a mentor and advisor to startups in the Plug and Play ecosystem, I provide guidance on partnership strategies, business/revenue models, Go To Market strategies, etc.

Harelbeke, West-Flanders, Be

Smappee develops innovative solutions that both the user and the environment benefit from. The Smappee products foster sustainable energy consumption by changing the users' energy habits and making energy saving fun. The smart monitors analyse the use of electricity, solar energy, gas and water. Smappee was the first energy monitor of its kind, tracking electricity consumption in real-time and down to appliance level for all important electrical devices, and has been market leader ever since. Users gain insights via itemized bills and discover their energy consumption, energy guzzlers, standby power, etc. in real-time, at anytime and anywhere via the user-friendly and award-winning Smappee app. By simple savings, Smappee will pay for itself within one or two years. Furthermore, the Smappee Comfort Plugs™ and its partnerships with other IOT solutions empower consumers to turn their house into a smarter and better home. SMEs and multisite customers can rely on the Smappee Pro, which offers real-time data on one or multiple sites, down to individual appliance level, using the same easy installation and user-friendly app as the consumer version. Smappee was founded in 2012 and has been award-winning ever since. The company is headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, and offers its solutions in 85 countries worldwide.

EAEC aims at promoting Transatlantic cooperation, collaboration, trade and investment between European and North-American companies, institutions and economic regions while fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship. EAEC members coach, support and assist both European companies wishing to establish themselves or invest in North America, and North American companies wishing to establish themselves or invest in Europe (http://www.eaecouncil.com/)

Capio is developing the next-generation of context aware speech recognition and natural language processing technologies that are redefining human computer interaction. Built on deep learning and parallel computing principles, Capio’s unique architecture delivers an unmatched combination of speed and accuracy for speech recognition and contextual understanding. The result is a human-like and conversational interface that connects with devices of all types, enabling a quantum leap forward for voice-activated experiences.

Newark, Nj, Us

Created the seed, built a team and took an internal startup targeting a $100M+ business to market in the area of Long Term Care and Seniors. Managed a multidisciplinary team, led strategy and developed partnerships to create an ecosystem based on a holistic view of health, leveraging social interactions and communities. Focused on solutions and new service models taking advantage of hardware capabilities.

Newark, Nj, Us

In charge of R&D for Panasonic in Silicon Valley. Strategy and Synergy Development between different organizations of Panasonic R&D Company of America. Development of new business opportunities and innovation strategies.Led a Silicon Valley hub for Panasonic in North America focusing on new user experience, wireless & WebCE technology solutions to create new business opportunities through technology creation/acquisition, partnerships , rapid prototyping, open innovation & speedImpact: Acceleration of the pace of change in Panasonic through the creation of several opportunities in new business areas such as Healthcare IT and Enterprise Solutions

Newark, Nj, Us

Managing Director at Panasonic San Jose Laboratory; Consumer Electronics industry Led the creation of new business opportunities based on a collaborative innovation model taking advantage of internal R&D and synergies with Universities and external companies. Focused on open innovation and speed and led the creation of new innovation methods. Supervised venture activities.Impact: Directed teams who created award winning innovation and products and in the process established new innovation approaches .

Led Global Speech effort for Matsushita/Panasonic in Japan including teams in China (Beijing), Japan (Osaka and Tokyo), and U.S. (San Jose and Santa Barbara). Started new R&D activities in AV processing and human interfacesImpact: Led technology development that resulted in multi-million licenses

Led the development of speech technology for Panasonic in the areas of speech recognition, speech synthesis, dialogue systems and multimodal user interfaces.Led a team which integrated these technologies into several Panasonic products.More than 100 scientific papers, 80 patents and 2 books published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in the area of Speech Recognition.Completed Executive Development Training (EDP), one year course (mini-MBA)

Business Model Innovation

Design, Foresight & Innovation

Education record

Habilitation À Diriger Des Recherches (Degree Granting The Right To Direct Research), Computer Science

Ph.D., Computer Science