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Management Team
Esterel Technologies is currently staffed by 100+ people. Our management team has a combined total of nearly 200 years experience in business-to-business, high-tech marketing & sales, and computer science. Our R&D and professional services employees have additional backgrounds in mathematics and advanced computing.
Eric Bantégnie
President & CEO, Esterel Technologies SA
Experience
Eric Bantégnie founded Esterel Technologies in the fall of 1999 and has since been its President & CEO. In parallel, Mr. Bantégnie was also President and CEO of Simulog, a high-tech software and services company of 180-people specialized in the high-tech industries (telecom, electronics, aerospace and automotive) for simulation, product data management, and object, database and web technologies-based projects, from 1998 to 2000.
Between 1996 and 1998, he created and directed DYADE, a Research and Development joint venture, formed between the Bull group and INRIA (the French National Research Institute in Computer Science).
Between 1992 and 1996, Mr. Bantégnie was Deputy Director at the French Ministry of Industry and Telecommunications, responsible for R&D policy in the field of computer science and telecommunications.
Between 1988 and 1992, he was Director of Production of France Telecom for the Western Paris directorate (Direction Opérationnelle des Yvelines).
During 1986 and 1988, he completed coursework on three complementary professional programs during the graduation course of the French civil service "Corps des Mines", concurrently following general economy and engineering training at "Ecole des Mines de Paris", while covering operational production, sales and marketing activities.
Education
1988: Graduation from "Ecole des Mines de Paris"
1985: Engineer of Telecom State Civil Service
1982: Graduation at Ecole Polytechnique, France
1980: Laureate of the French "concours général" in philosophy (1st prize) and Physics (3rd prize)
Jean-Pierre Renault
Chief Financial Officer
Experience
Jean-Pierre Renault joined Esterel Technologies in May 2003 as Chief Financial Officer.
Between 1996 and 2003, Mr. Renault worked for Picogiga, a company producing compound semiconductors and listed in the Paris Stock Exchange. After a successful IPO in 1996, he became their CFO and Executive Director.
Between 1993 and 1996, he joined a PC distributor which was successfully listed in the Paris Stock Exchange.
Between 1991 and 1993, Mr. Renault worked as a consultant for different companies, concentrating on financial and administrative matters.
Between 1988 and 1991, he was Deputy Financial Director at Scac, a Bolloré Group company active in international forwarding.
From 1980 until 1988, Mr. Renault worked for Mory group, a French company active in European brokering and forwarding.
Between 1972 and 1980, he was the Controller at Sulzer Group, an international Mechanical Group based in Switzerland.
Education
1972: Graduated from Institut d' Etudes Politiques de Paris
(Laureate)
1971: Graduated from University of Nanterre
in Economics
Bernard Dion
Vice President Strategy & Technology
Experience
In the fall of 1999, Bernard Dion co-founded Esterel Technologies and has since been in charge of both product engineering and the development of product methodologies of use.
Prior to Esterel Technologies, Mr. Dion was part of the Simulog Group beginning in 1993, where he began as the Technical Director of Connexite, a subsidiary devoted to the development of programming systems for the Fortran language. In 1995, he joined Simulog as Deputy CEO, developing a specific branch of the company with software engineering expertise for scientific and technical computing. In 1997, he became Simulog's Senior Executive Vice-President, remaining in that position until 2000.
In 1984, in a partnership between INRIA, Bull and Thomson, Mr. Dion created CERICS, a graduate school in software engineering, which was then taken as a model for what are now "Mastères" in the French educational system of "Grandes Ecoles".
Between 1981 and 1983, he was the Head of the System Software Department at Thomson Multimedia. His team was in charge of developing all basic software for the generation of the TO7, MO5, TO9 machines intended for use by individual consumers, which was at that time a new concept, bringing user-friendly multimedia machines at very low prices.
Between 1979 and 1981, Mr. Dion was a member of the Ada language design team at Bull Corporate Research Center.
Between 1975 and 1978, he was a Lecturer and Research Assistant at the University of Wisconsin, teaching graduate courses on algorithms and optimization, and conducting research on programming languages and automata.
Education
1978: Ph.D. in Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI - Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, USA
1975: MSc in Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1974: Engineering degree, Ecole Centrale de Lyon
Cyrille Fagué
Senior Vice-President, East Operations
Experience
Cyrille Fagué joined Esterel Technologies during the company's infancy in November 2000 as Vice-President of Sales. His primary area of focus is European and Asian related business.
From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Fagué held a European Sales Management position at Viewlogic Systems.
From 1993 to 1995, he was the European General Manager for Sunrise Test Systems (prior to its acquisition by Viewlogic), a US startup company focused on automatic test program generation, where he grew the business from zero to over $3M.
From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Fagué began his exposure in the EDA industry, as Country Sales Manager for Dazix France.
Prior to Dazix, he was with Texas Instruments France for 13 years. He joined TI in 1978 as a Sales Engineer inthe Digital Systems Group. Then, from 1987 to 1991, he became a sales manager for TI.
Mr. Fagué began his experience in the high-tech industry with Steria from 1976 to 1978 where he worked in commercial applications development as a software engineer.
Education
1976: National Institute of Eastern Languages (Russian)
1974: Master in Computer Science at University of Paris
Fabrice Pena
Senior Vice-President, West Operations
Experience
Cyrille Fagué joined Esterel Technologies during the company's infancy in November 2000 as Vice-President of Sales. His primary area of focus is European and Asian related business.
From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Fagué held a European Sales Management position at Viewlogic Systems.
From 1993 to 1995, he was the European General Manager for Sunrise Test Systems (prior to its acquisition by Viewlogic), a US startup company focused on automatic test program generation, where he grew the business from zero to over $3M.
From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Fagué began his exposure in the EDA industry, as Country Sales Manager for Dazix France.
Prior to Dazix, he was with Texas Instruments France for 13 years. He joined TI in 1978 as a Sales Engineer inthe Digital Systems Group. Then, from 1987 to 1991, he became a sales manager for TI.
Mr. Fagué began his experience in the high-tech industry with Steria from 1976 to 1978 where he worked in commercial applications development as a software engineer.
Education
1976: National Institute of Eastern Languages (Russian)
1974: Master in Computer Science at University of Paris
Yunming Wang
Vice-President, China Operations
Experience
Mr. Yunming WANG has been promoted as Vice-President of Esterel Technologies Shanghai Office in 2005, for pioneering the relevant Chinese industries with new concepts and advanced methodologies of embedded software development.
Mr. Yunming WANG joined Esterel Technologies in 2001 as a R&D engineer, working on implementation of synchronous methodologies in company's products.
In 1996, Mr. WANG obtained the certificates of system analysts issued by State council Office of Promotion and Application of Electronics and Information System
, which means he has already been officially qualified by the state as a highest ranking engineer since then.
In 1996 and 1997, Mr. WANG was one of the organizers of ACM Programming Contest (Asia tryout), responsible of designing, checking and scoring test papers.
Education
1998/4-2001/3: Doctor, INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique) - PhD graduated in real-time embedded systems using synchronous programming principles
1995/9-1998/1: Master, computer science, Fudan University
1992/9-1995/7: Bachelor, Mathematics, Fudan University
1987/9-1992/7: Laurelled tens of prizes in national and provincial Mathematics, physics, chemistry and programming contests
Tony Karam
Vice-President Americas Operations
Gunther Siegel
Vice-President Engineering
Experience
Günther Siegel joined Esterel Technologies in September 2003 as Technical Manager of Esterel Studio and Deputy Director R&D. From 2006 to 2008, he was CTO of the EDA activity of Esterel Technologies in charge of product engineering, product marketing, and expertise development.
More recently, Günther Siegel is leading SCADE Suite and SCADE Display engineering activities.
Before joining Esterel Technologies, from 1998 to 2002, Mr. Siegel worked for Simulog (France). He managed the Professional Services Department, in charge of technical leadership and business development, specializing in Telecom, distributed and critical systems.
Education
1997: Ph.D. in Computer Sciences, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France.
1993: Engineering degree, ESSI, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Jakob Gärtner
Vice-President Business Development & Presales
Experience
Mr. Gärtner is Esterel Technologies Vice Pesident Business Development & Presales since April 2010.
He has served as Deputy Chief Technical Officer and Vice President of Expertise and Support since October 2008. Prior to his promotion into this position, Mr. Gärtner was Technical Manager of Esterel's German Market Operations. He joined Esterel Technologies in 2003 as a Technical Consultant.
Before joining Esterel Technologies, Mr. Gärtner gained over 10 years of consulting experience on safety-critical and real-time systems, specializing in positioning solutions for offshore and remote sensing markets.
Education
Jakob Gärtner has studied Computer Science and Geodesy at the TU München
Gérard Morin
Vice-President Professional Services
Experience
Gérard Morin joined Esterel Technologies October 2001 as industry marketing manager . Between 2002 and 2005, he was Vice-President of Product Marketing for the SCADE product line. He is now Vice-President of Professional Services, managing embededd software projects with our customers.
From 1994 to 2001, Gérard has managed several Engineering Departments at Ascom in France and Switzerland, specializing in Telecom and Electronic Banking embedded software. Prior to Department Manager, between 1990 and 1994, Gérard was manager of strategic engineering projects in the area of electronic payment and SmartCards, at Ascom France and Denmark.
From 1986 to 1990, Gérard was software project manager at Crouzet, developing advanced solutions for fare collection systems and electronic payment terminals.
Between 1981 and 1986, Gérard has developed several electronic devices for medical research at INSERM and CNRS.
Education
1981: Engineering degree, specialization in Physics & Electronics Ecole Supérieure Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon (CPE).
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