Denis Lafont-Trevisan's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

Worked in 3 startups, 1 large SI, 2 VCs. 2 IPOs.1 capital increase of a listed company.1 successful exit.1 bad exit.1 Chapter 11. No exit at all ;). 3 times P&L Manager, 2 to 10 M€. Directly managed 100+ people. 450+ tech people recruted. 100+ interviews. 50+ conferences. Dozens of memorable parties ;). Your man to make...

Worked in 3 startups, 1 large SI, 2 VCs. 2 IPOs.1 capital increase of a listed company.1 successful exit.1 bad exit.1 Chapter 11. No exit at all ;). 3 times P&L Manager, 2 to 10 M€. Directly managed 100+ people. 450+ tech people recruted. 100+ interviews. 50+ conferences. Dozens of memorable parties ;). Your man to make things happen, team wide speaking.Investment Manager, Tech & Digital @ Leading the Tech/Digital vertical of Midi Capital, helping entrepreneurs reach the next stage of development. Midi Capital is a rapidly growing independent private equity company, specialized in financing small and medium businesses in Health & Digital. Midi Capital has participations in great digital companies like Intuilab, animation studio TeamTO, Planet Cards, La Tribune, WhP, customer acquisition & retention super champions Netreview/Avis Verifies, MediaMeeting,... Midi Capital manages 280M€ and a portfolio of investments of 110 SMEs covering a wide range of industrial and service sectors. These portfolio companies employ over 9,800 people and generated revenues of over €1,4 billion altogether. In 2014, Midi Capital was nominated as one of the 3 best French companies for capital venture by Capital Finance / Les Echos. In 2013, Midi capital has been voted 4th best French Private Equity investor in number of deals and 7th in total amounts invested in the small caps sector according to Private Equity Magazine. Midi Capital has been elected one of the 5 best investments companies in 2014 by French Private Equity. From January 2014 to Present (1 year 10 months) Paris Area, FranceVice President, Digital Solutions, Aeronautic & Defense @ - In charge the P&L and development of Aeronautic & Defence Digital practice (10 M€ annual turnover, 100 people): - Ensure our customers get the best of methodology, people & technology to boost their Digital activities & reach their business targets - Leverage our experience in Web, Mobile & CRM to provide end-to-end digital services. From January 2011 to December 2013 (3 years) ParisBusiness Developper @ • Act as Bid Manager, as a liaison between sales departments & pre-sales teams to manage successful bid for customers RFP's. Generated deals for more than 4 Meuros in the last 24 months on Web, Sharepoint and JEE/.NET CSD markets. • Build up the Enterprise Search Practice of Capgemini A&D unit, working on large scale implementation of Enterprise Search Engines ( Exalead, Vivisimo, Google GSA, Lucene,...) • Lead the Drupal Factory of Capgemini, going from 0 to 3 Meuros sales in 2 years with major deals • Review project proposals & project plans to determine time frame, funding limitations, technical solution, staffing requirements and allotment of available resources to various phases of project. • Coach several key projects of the business unit like the replatforming of Voyages-SNCF.com (first French eTravel site) or the development of B2C Drupal Web sites for Turner/Time Warner US. Successful problem solving and creative thinking enabled optimal functional design & risks/cost reduction on key issues. • Give several conferences each year on open Source, Enterprise Search & business related topics: Open Source India 2010, Solutions Linux 2007,2008,2009,2010, Intranet Solution 2009,.. From January 2004 to December 2010 (7 years) Co-founder @ Access2net (Listed on Euronext ISIN FR0004167062) is a venture capital firm specialised in European new technology companies. Exit in 2004. From February 2000 to February 2004 (4 years 1 month) Business & Corporate Development @ As employee # 50 joined the founders to manage the growth to a company of 1200+ people, publicly listed realizing more than 10 M&A operations in 3 years and reaching a market cap of US $2 billion. Hard work, business creativity, versatility and deep understanding of Internet & IT markets dynamics enabled me to contribute to this growth in managing Marketing & Corporate development activities. • Managed the Investor relations process, from consensus management with sell-side, road shows with buy-side to relation with small shareholders & financial press. The company has been one of the most valuated companies of the French stock market in the technology segment. • Served as Project Lead for the second capital increase of the company. Managed the due diligences process and the day to day negotiations all along the process with the 3 banks engaged (Merrill Lynch, CAI Chevreux & Oddo). Successfully lead the roadshows with the CEO. Secured the 70 Meuros capital increase in July 2000, after the beginning of the Dotcom crash of April 2000. • Contributed to the Pre-IPO process. Participates to all key financial road shows in Europe & US. The IPO was fully successful, being the first in the French market to have US-peer valuation models. • Served as the Public spokesperson for Journalists and first contact for market analyst (Gartner, IDC, Forrester, PAC,…). Successfully generated hundreds of articles positioning the company on the target markets. • In charge of the IT Consultants P&L from 1997 to 2000. Hired more than 40 top architects and consultants in 2 years, building a strong IT consulting practice generating more than 4 Meuros/year in direct sales. Supervised careers, managed conflicts and assigned assignments to consultants. • Thanks to strong Internet background acquired since 1991 coupled with good communication skills, successfully worked with top executives from Corporate 100 to help them understand the Internet and build their Internet strategies. From December 1995 to January 2004 (8 years 2 months) Business Development @ As employee #5, joined the founder of Oleane to build a first class professional services provider. Thanks to entrepreneurial spirit, deep understanding of Internet fundamentals & strong IT background from network to application layer, contributed to take position #1 on the French market in 24 months • Act as Pre-Sales Engineer, managing the bid and coordinating Sales and Engineering team to win Fortune 100 customers. Won major accounts like Schneider, BNPParibas or Total. • Act as Marketing manager & PR Manager, presenting our offers to Seminars & Conference, managed the writing and promotion of PR materials. Built a PR campaign that led to the recruitment of 2000 new customers, leading to strong brand recognition on the market From October 1993 to December 1994 (1 year 3 months) Business Development Open Source Services @ * Select open source solutions for customers * Build and market open source distributions for Unix & Linux Systems From January 1993 to May 1994 (1 year 5 months) BS, Master in Information Systems @ ESCP Europe From 1993 to 1994 BS, Mathematical Engineering @ INSA From 1988 to 1993 Denis Lafont-Trevisan is skilled in: Start-ups, Digital Marketing, Cloud Computing, IT Strategy, Business Analysis, E-commerce, SaaS, Integration, Business Strategy, Web Development, Portals, Internet, Solution Architecture, Enterprise Content..., Strategic Partnerships, Software Development, New Business Development, Software Engineering, Digital Strategy, Web Content Management, Public Relations, Technology Evaluation, Marketing Strategy, Complex Sales, Technical Recruiting, Public Speaking, Acquisition Integration, Corporate Finance, Due Diligence, Start-up Ventures, P&L Management, Social Media, IPO, Start-up Consulting, Lean Startup, M&A experience, Technology Trends, Investor Relations, Custom Software..., Identifying New..., Social Networking..., Technology Software, Technology Solutions, Technology Leadership, Social Media Marketing, Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, Start-up, Professional Services