SEDI-ATI Fibres Optiques, created in 1972, designs, develops and manufactures optical fiber based components, such as couplers, wavelength filters or fiber bundle assembly. SEDI-ATI is specialized in harsh environments for its main market sectors which are military, aeronautics and space applications, industrial applications, medical applications, communication and astronomy applications.

J-F Vinchant Holding Strategy (JFV@HS) is an active holding company, mostly owned by Jean-Francois VINCHANT with the participation of IDF Capital.

Since mid-2011, Polycaptil has acquired FCE, located at Guyans-Vennes, near Besançon in France. I manage both companies in order to put them in strong synergy as the Electronic and Mechatronic Pole of Delta group. This acquisition has strenghen the internal sales growth of Polycaptil by an external growth : the entity has approx. 30 people for an approx. 5.5 M€ revenue.FCE is specialized in subcontracting electronic cards for series requiring a very high level of quality and performance :- SMD line (IIneo) at 20k components per hour- ROHS and non ROHS soldering equipment- AOI, in-situ and functional tests- ISO 9001 v2008, UL and ISO 13485Main applications and domains are :- Medical : laboratory instrumentation- Industrial control : LED backlighting systems- Sport : LED based scoring systems- Avionic and defense : special electronic cards and circuits

POLYCAPTIL is an SME specialized in combining technologies such as electronics, optics and micromechanics :- Optoelectronics : sensors, optical barriers, lighting and detection using optical fibres …- Mechatronics : automatic distributor of trays for self services, piloting of moving parts …- Subcontracting of electronic PCBAs by using our SMC line for prototypes, small and medium series.Applications are for the following markets :- industry (sensors and boards for special machine and robots, optical barriers, liquid level detection, manufacturing inspection …)- distribution (automatic distibutor of trays for canteens, management of cash machines, contact free sensors for public areas …)- medical (hand cleaning …)

Business development and relation with customers.Operational management of supply chain and manufacturing.I did a transition with the founder who has retired at the end of 2009 to take over the global management of this SME.

Avanex France executive committee member.Industrialization and transfer of new products into production.Production and supply-chain transfer to Asian contract manufacturers (Thailand) in less than one year: global management of the project with team definitions, communication and social relations management.Definition and execution of related restructuring plans.Definition and setting of a product life cycle.

Avanex France executive committee member.Management of Europe for the Corporate and US and Asia regions for France.Restoring good relationships with Avanex France customers and Avanex Corp.Time to reply to any customer or Corporate requests below 24 hours.Revenues consolidation for France.

Management of Alcatel Optronics overall portfolio: optical amplifiers, optical interfaces et laser and pump modules in France, AWG and silica on silicon in Scotland, fiber Bragg gratings in Canada and electronic sub-systems in USA.Contribution to the due diligence to acquire Kymata in Scotland and integration of these activities to the global portfolio.Setting of solutions oriented strategy.

Alcatel Optronics France executive committee member.Direction of the operational unit dedicated to the manufacturing and development of optoelectronic wafers and chips for the company.Manpower increase from 70 à 160 people in less than 2 years to answer to the huge demand.Hierarchical management of project leaders and chip projects for the company.Strengthening of industrial culture, change accompanying, 2/3 shifts evolution.Management of an investment budget of 20 M€ (equipments for clean room).

Industrialization of products and development of optoelectronic chips at Alcatel Optronics.Hierarchical management of engineering project leaders and chip development project leaders.Contribution to the strong growth of the company through yield improvement and cost reduction.

Management of the laser module test teams in 3 shifts at Alcatel Optronics.

Introduction into production of the first DWDM laser chip and the first integrated laser-modulator chips at Alcatel Optronics.

Study on optical switching on InP: first 4x4 optical switch matrix.

Research in optoelectronics at Laboratoires d'Electronique Philips.