TAGSYS RFID Leadership
| Alain Fanet - Chief Executive Officer Mr. Fanet is a well-recognized veteran of several fast-growth international high-tech companies. He provides TAGSYS with a unique blend of entrepreneurial and global business management experience. Mr. Fanet is the co-founder and CEO of Arteris, a global semi-conductor system-on-chip design firm, and a co-founder, President and COO of T.sqware, Inc., a high-performance network processing firm. He has also served as VP and General Manager with Globespan Virata and more recently as the President of the European Technology Tour Association, an industry body that helps emerging technology companies expand internationally. |
| Bruno Davoine- Vice President, Sales & Markting Mr. Davoine is responsible for TAGSYS' global sales, marketing, and go-to-market strategies. Mr. Davoine has more than 20 years of sales management experience in the IT, software and telecommunications sectors. Prior to joining TAGSYS, he served as President and General Manager of Tahoe SAS, and held sales and management positions at Cable & Wireless Ltd., Adobe Systems, and Symbiotic. In his previous positions, Mr. Davoine implemented successful sales strategies for new vertical and geographic markets, and helped establish new direct and indirect sales channels. In the telecommunications market specifically, Mr. Davoine has direct experience realigning sales and marketing strategies from being focused on selling component technology to complete enterprise systems—in much the same way the RFID market has had to transition from providing tags and readers to developing holistic solutions. Mr. Davoine completed two Bachelors in Civil Engineering and Architecture at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and graduated with a Masters of Civil Engineering from l'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées. He has served as chairman of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) France, and is a non-executive board member of Redwood Consulting International. He has lived and worked in France, the U.S., UK, and Canada. |
| Richard Bailly- Vice President, Operations & Engineering Mr. Bailly oversees Operations & Engineering tasks for TAGSYS including product and software development as well as supply chain management, from purchasing to customer satisfaction. Prior to TAGSYS, Mr. Bailly applied his leadership skills at Eurocopter (EADS Group) where he managed 40 buyers in France and Germany and lead the re-engineering R&D subcontracting strategy through change management. Earlier, Mr. Bailly spent 10 years in the smart card industry, including 3 years in the USA, holding several key management positions within Gemplus (now Gemalto) in the purchasing area (value engineering, purchasing intelligence, outsourcing) and developing strategic alliances with key partners. Mr. Bailly is a graduate of Industrial Purchasing Management Institute in Bordeaux and holds a Master’s degree in Economical Sciences. |
| Christophe Loussert - Vice President, RFID Integration A co-founder of TAGSYS, Mr. Loussert has over 10 years of experience in the development, integration and mechanical engineering of complex RFID systems. Mr. Loussert drives the engineering and development of advanced RFID systems for select clients. His breakthrough innovations include TAGSYS' tunnel designs which can rapidly identify several hundreds of items, either at rest or in motion. Prior to working at TAGSYS, Mr. Loussert was a Senior Engineer of submarine robots for the Singapore Navy, where he designed complex high tech robotic systems based on fiber optics. Mr. Loussert holds a degree in "Advanced R&D Numerical Simulation in Hydrodynamics". He graduated from French engineering school ESIM, and the Imperial College of Sciences and Technology in London |
| Gaelle Delore- Financial Director Mrs Delore joined TAGSYS in 2010 as Chief Financial Officer. Mrs Delore has over 10 years extensive experience in accounting, financial reporting, planning & analysis, auditing and risk management. Prior to TAGSYS, Ms Delore was with Ernst & Young where she led several key missions covering auditing for software and technology organisations and mergers. Ms Delore hods a Finance Degree from Commercial Institute of Nancy, France. |
| Didier Elbaz- Vice President, Quality Didier Elbaz oversees all aspects of TAGSYS’ regulatory and quality assurance programs. In addition to his in-depth knowledge of quality system development and compliance, project management and process optimization within the smart technologies industry, he has experience in securing “win-win” strategies with suppliers and customers to improve product quality, cost and performance.
Mr Elbaz has worked over 15 years in the electronics packaging industry and holds several patents in this area.
Earlier, he lead several management positions within Gemplus (now Gemalto) where he contributed to the internationalisation of the production process by helping launch several manufacturing sites throughout the world. |
| Sandrine Viala - HR Director Mrs. Viala has over 15 years experience in the human resources field and has managed recruitment, compensation policy, corporate restructuring plans, management consultancy, and payroll information systems for various companies, including Gemplus. She holds a DESS diploma in HR Management from the Institute of Administration of Aix-en-Provence and a Masters Degree in Economy and Social Law. |
