Patrick Ferran Email & Phone Number

Paris, Île-De-France, France

With our platform approach, we seek to foster a new operating model for your R&D, Engineering, Product Development and Manufacturing by:- Identifying, securing and managing external new, innovative technology partnerships to augment or complement your internal capabilities. - De-risking your pipeline early enough by organizing prototype or PoC activities and validate fast what works or not.- Responding to unmet needs in your market through a scalable and flexible innovation operating model we can organize for you, Decentralized Innovation.In short we want to accelerate time to market for your pipeline of projects and ideas.This is what we do with our clients for their R&D, engineering and manufacturing needs. If you are interested to learn more, please feel free to reach out.

Paris

NineSigma is a global leader in Open Innovation helping its clients accelerate their growth through innovation. I was co-President of NineSigma in Europe and responsible for all the business activities of the company in Europe and in the USA.

2or3things provided management and project consulting in the IT / Innovation space. 2or3things developed internet services and technology around RSS, information and social media.

Xyleme was founded in November 2000 for developing an XML-based repository for managing large volumes of semi-structured data. After joining the founding team, I worked as business development and closed the first deals in the media space. I ran the operations of Xyleme in Europe, until we decided to focus the business in the e-learning space and in the USA. Xyleme was eventually acquired by a PE firm in Colorado.

Paris

Rand is a distributor of CAD/CAM software to SME's. I was in charge of the North France & Paris office, with the goal of turning the business unit around. Went back to profit after 10 months of activities.

Paris

After my MBA I worked at Accenture in the BPO and CRM practices.

Paris / Cleveland, Ohio

Worked in the avionics/aeronautics business for 6 years. First as a project engineer and manager, where I spent a year in the USA. Then appointed area manager for customer & operations support in Africa and the middle East.

Schenectady, New York

AT GE Corporate R&D in Schenectady, NYDeveloped a software to simulate the glass compression molding process for a French company, Cristallerie d'Arques.

Ingénieur Civil - Ecole Polytechnique De L'Ulb / Master Of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Mba, Finance - Economics

Master Of Philosophy - Mphil, Contemporary Philosophy

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy