Paul-François Fournier's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Directeur Executif Innovation - Membre du Comité Executif @ Innovation is one of the core priorities of Bpifrance, ranging from support of R &D to the strengthening of innovative companies capital structure, including funding of breakthrough innovation. The innovation Division of Bpifrance (250 peoples) is supporting innovation and investing in promising sectors and industries for the future like information technologies, environment and health. For this, the innovation Division of Bpifrance has two means at its disposal: · Funding of innovative projects carried out by start-ups and SMEs through reimbursable loans, zero interest rate loans or grants. Furthermore through the support of collaborative projects aiming at technological developments or acquisition of new technologies. About 3000 projects or companies benefit from a financial support by Bpifrance in a global amount of 1 Billion € each year. · Direct investment to strengthen the equity and quasi-equity capital of innovative companies in order to boost their development on a national and international level. To this end, the innovation Division has investment funds (mainly serie A/B) at its disposal managed by four specialized teams: digital technology with the Ambition Numérique fund (300M€) , health through the Innobio fund (180M€) , environment through the Ecotechnologies fund (150M€) and a new “large venture” fund (600M€) for investment of more than 10M€ in tech companies. Bpifrance invest directly more than 100M each year in tech companies. From March 2013 to Present (2 years 10 months) Board Member @ From May 2011 to March 2013 (1 year 11 months) Executive Vice-Président Orange Technocenter (Chief Product Officer) @ Established in January 2006, the Technocentre is the Group’s "product and design factory". At its helm, Paul-François Fournier is responsible for overseeing the marketing and development of the Group’s innovations, for the benefit of Orange customers, in order to develop and deliver the right products and services at the right time and to make these innovations accessible to as many customers as possible, in as many countries as possible where the Group is present. He is also to supervise the definition and implementation of the design strategy for all Group products and services, providing customers with a consistent experience across all interfaces. These products must be useful, easy to use, reliable and environmentally sound. They are the fruit of a collaborative effort between the R&D, marketing, design and networks teams, organised in project mode within the Technocentre. The Technocentre concentrates marketing, development and implementation expertise on more than forty projects in a multicultural environment. More than 450 people work at the Technocentre on its four sites: Châtillon (France), London (UK), Amman (Jordan) and Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). Beyond the Technocentre’s “flagship” products such as the Livebox (more than 10 million in service), TV over ADSL (7.7 million customers), Internet Everywhere (3.2 million customers), 160 products were launched in 2010, including Cityzi in Nice (contactless technology), Bonus Zone in Africa or even the Contact-list back-up application which won over 1.5 million customers in a few months. From January 2011 to March 2013 (2 years 3 months) Board Member @ From April 2011 to February 2013 (1 year 11 months) EVP Audience and Advertising Line of Business @ In charge of the development of the Online and Advetising Business of Orange/France Télécom. Orange, with 55M UV/Monthes, is one of the largest portal (web/mobile/TV) across Europe and is partnering with all major internet players. From 2006 to April 2011 (5 years) SVP BroadBand Europe @ In charge of BroadBand Business Unit in France (2001/2004) and in Europe (2004/2007) - Project Manager for the Livebox, Home Gateway deployed across Europe (9M units end 2009) - Member of the Board of Wanadoo. From 2002 to 2007 (5 years) Marketing @ From 1994 to 1999 (5 years) 1994 @ Ecole nationale supérieure des Télécommunications From 1992 to 1994 1992, Télécom @ From 1989 to 1992 Paul-François Fournier is skilled in: Strategy, Telecommunications, Business Strategy, Mobile Devices, Product Management, Strategic Partnerships, Product Marketing, Team Management, Business Development, Start-ups, Télécommunications, Stratégie marketing, Stratégie commerciale, Stratégie, Start-up