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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)
