• 2011-now  OLED Business Development Manager, Asia, Saint Gobain Glass.

                   -  Define commercial and operation strategy in Asia, investments - industrial partnerships, organize and federate Asia team, secure customers, etc.

• 2009-now  Asia R&D Manager, Saint Gobain Glass.

                   -  Lead and drive R&D programs in China and Korea. 2 R&D centers. Energy, Photovoltaic, Lighting (OLED), Active Glazing, Optics...

                 - Change management. Re-allocation of resources, international multi-branch programs (energy, photovoltaic, lighting), transversal platform.

            Budget: >3.5 M€/yr (+36% 2011vs2010). Headcounts>50, International teams.

 

• 2006-2009 Saint Gobain Research Shanghai, Department and R&D Manager.

 2,5 years    - R&D Manager of the Flat Glass R&D programs in China: budget, capex investments, HR policy. Scientific collaborations manager.

            Budget: >1.8M€/yr. Headcounts: 26ppl. Growth: >20% per year until 2008.

                  - Department Manager: Start the Saint Gobain AOI activity in China: build the team, develop local partnerships, define and lead the R&D projects. New technology development (diversity of projects portofolio (stage 1 to stage 4)), innovation, product industrialization, line support.

            12 patents, multiple industrializations.

 

• 2003-2006 Saint Gobain Recherche & SG Glass France: Project & group leader.

  3 years      Advanced glazing: Innovation, exploratory research, new products dvpt (automotive & energy industries). 2 patents. Savings: 2.5M€/yr

                  Automotive glazing: industrial processes optimization, production line support, technology transfer.        Turn-over >15m€/yr.

 

• 2001-03     French Embassy in the USA, Deputy Scientific Attaché,

   2 years      Office of  Science and Technology, San Francisco.

                  Editor in chief of a quarterly publication, scientific and technology survey: survey of the USA R&D, in charge of France-USA scientific cooperation.

 

Specific projects

• 2001         Research experience at the Cambridge Univ. Engineering Department.

Subject:       MHD 2D flow model with a turbulent Hartmann layer: physical and numerical model, simulation, analyses, physical properties and error calculation.                  Publication PHYSICS OF FLUIDS 23, 055108 (2011)

• 2000         ProjetMALI, secretary general. (asso. loi 1901).

                     Humanitary project: development of Internet in Mopti, Mali. Fund raisings, partnership building, on-site installation & users training.

 

• 1996/97/98 Work Experience in IBM France and Research experience in the Optics of Solids Laboratory, UPMC (Paris 6).

Subject:       Optical Behavior of Butterfly Wings: Biomimetism, optics, spectroscopy, modeling. Work referenced in SpringerVerlag9782287005077 S.Berthier.

 

 

 

·  1999-01    - Engineering Degree from ÉCOLE CENTRALE PARIS,

- Master's Degree (DEA) « Physics of Energy Transfer»:       
Energy, fluid mechanics, thermal transfer, polyphasic media, lasers.

·  1995-99    Graduation in Physics (1999, 1^st) and Bachelor’s Degree in

Theoretical Physics (1998) at UPMC (Univ. Paris6): Quantum physics, thermodynamics, nuclear physics, solid state physics.

 

Languages, Professional trainings, Computer skills:

 

·     French, English: Fluent. Italian, Spanish, Mandarin: Intermediate German: School level.

 

·     Professional trainings: Organization and project management / Patents and IP strategy / Communication / Lean Product Development / Change Management / Intercultural Management / SMAT (safety management) / Operational Manager.

 

·     Practiced in C, Fortran, HTML, Matlab, Fluent, Labview. MacOS, Windows, Linux.

 

 

Sports:        Scuba diving (Advanced diver+ nitrox) Tennis (team competition), skiing.

Hobbies:    Motorcycle, photography (exhibitions & publications), music (guitar), traveling and meeting cultures, cultural events (exhibitions, concerts, etc).