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Olivier RIBET
Executive Vice-President - Dassault Systèmes
Olivier Ribet > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Olivier RIBET
Executive Vice-President, EMEAR - Dassault Systèmes

Olivier Ribet è membro del Comitato Esecutivo dal 2018, incaricato di sviluppare il mercato di Dassault Systemès in Europa, Medio Oriente, Africa e Russia, supportato dai manager regionali e dai loro rispettivi comitati di gestione. È inoltre incaricato di supervisionare la collaborazione tra il management delle regioni di tutto il mondo, per definire e condividere le best pratice di pianificazione, esecuzione e leadership.

Olivier Ribet è entrato in Dassault Systèmes nel 2013 in qualità di Vice President per il settore High-Tech. Nel 2017 è stato nominato responsabile di tutti i settori industriali di Dassault Systèmes e di tutte le iniziative cross-settoriali.

Ha maturato oltre 20 anni di esperienza internazionale nell’industria del software, high-tech e delle telecomunicazioni. Prima di entrare in Dassault Systèmes, Olivier Ribet ha ricoperto posizioni dirigenziali nel marketing e nelle vendite presso Bull, EDF ed in seguito Microsoft, dove è rimasto per più di 15 anni. Nel corso della sua carriera ha guidato team di vendite, marketing e ingegneria del software in Europa, Asia e negli Stati Uniti.

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Stéphane SIREAU > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Stéphane SIREAU
Vice-President, High-Tech Industry - Dassault Systèmes
Stéphane SIREAU > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Stéphane SIREAU
Vice-President, High-Tech Industry - Dassault Systèmes

Stéphane SIREAU is Vice President, High-Tech Industry, at Dassault Systèmes, responsible for helping high-tech companies digitally transform by using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to build virtual twin experiences.

Stéphane SIREAU has over 20 years of experience working in the high-tech space. Based in Silicon Valley, he led the launch in 2016 of GE Digital’s alliance program in Europe to create new cloud-based industrial IOT solutions. In 2012 he co-founded Orange Mobile Enterprise, Orange’s business unit dedicated to mobility and IOT solutions.
As a globally-minded executive, Stéphane has lived and worked in the USA, Europe, and Asia. In 2009 Stéphane set up Orange Institute, a global think-tank dedicated to digital innovation. Prior to that, he worked for 4 years in China where he pioneered Orange’s supply chain management in Asia, including its first program of sustainability audits.
In his latest role, Stéphane worked at DNV, one of the world’s leading assurance companies, leading global sales of digital assurance, sustainability, and supply chain solutions.

Stéphane is a British-French dual national and lives in the Paris region. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) and is a graduate of ICADE-ICAI (Spain). He received an Executive MBA with distinction from INSEAD and Tsinghua University (China) in 2009.

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Syed ALAM > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Syed ALAM
Global High Tech Industry Lead, Managing Director - Accenture
Syed ALAM > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Syed ALAM
Global High Tech Industry Lead, Managing Director - Accenture

As a Managing Director and the Global high-tech Industry Lead at Accenture that includes semi-conductor, enterprise tech, network equipment, consumer tech and med-tech clients, Syed ALAM is responsible for all worldwide activities within Accenture's high-tech division. Before joining Accenture in 2007, Syed spent more than 7 years in the semi-conductor industry. He works at the intersection of business strategy and high-tech industry helping companies transform by developing and executing growth strategy, creating new revenue streams in adjacent markets organically and through M&A, leveraging new revenue models and optimizing the supply chain operations to equip for growth.

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George MULHERN > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
George MULHERN
CEO Cradlepoint - Ericsson
Jochen APEL > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Jochen APEL
Vice-President Digital Industries - Nokia
Tony GUERION > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Tony GUERION
Head of Global Sales, Vodafone Internet of Things (IoT) - Vodafone Business
Tony GUERION > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Tony GUERION
Head of Global Sales, Vodafone Internet of Things (IoT) - Vodafone Business

Tony GUERION joined Vodafone in 2010 and was appointed Head of Global Sales, Internet of Things (IoT) on 1st September 2016 responsible for IoT’s global sales strategy and the continued growth of the IoT business. Prior to this, Tony held the role of Sales Director for Southern Europe & Middle East, Internet of Things (IoT) for two years, where he was responsible for delivering significant growth for Vodafone’s IoT business in that region. Previously, Tony was Head of Vodafone’s IoT product portfolio, where he spent three years developing a market-leading portfolio of IoT solutions and launching innovative products in different markets. Before joining Vodafone, Tony held a number of leadership positions in the management consulting industry and across several global telecommunications operators. “IoT delivers great opportunities to businesses and organisations, providing savings, security, efficiency, new business models, quality of life, sustainability, etc. I firmly believe that by working alongside clients to find the best solutions we can support their business to transform and increase their competitiveness.” Tony has a degree in Economics from the Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) and in Telecommunications Engineering from the National Telecommunications Institute in Paris. He also has an MBA from the London Business School.

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Eric BLIVET > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Eric BLIVET
Dassault Systèmes - High Tech Industry Sales Strategy Director
Philippine de T’Serclaes > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Philippine DE T’SERCLAES
WW Chief Sustainability Officer at Dassault Systèmes - Dassault Systèmes
Florence VERZELEN > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Florence VERZELEN
Executive Vice President, Industry, Marketing & Sustainability - Dassault Systèmes
Florence VERZELEN > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Florence VERZELEN
Executive Vice President, Industry, Marketing & Sustainability - Dassault Systèmes

Florence VERZELEN is Dassault Systèmes’ Executive Vice President in charge of Industry, Marketing & Sustainability since 2018. Her role is to grow the portfolio of solutions and significantly increase the revenues of Dassault Systèmes in the 12 industries it serves, in order to achieve sustainable growth and rapid business development. To this end, she focus on creating “forward looking” industrial solutions that will help all industrial players to transform through digitalization. Florence has also created the sustainability function within Dassault Systèmes, with the vision that digital solutions can help transform the industries to help them become more sustainable. She is also leading Dassault Systèmes’ service organization, transforming its business model towards “outcome based” solutions.

Before this latest appointment, Florence was working at Engie, a world leader in the energy sector – holding different positions, as Business Development Vice President, Engie Qatar CEO, Performance Plan Vice President and finally Engie Europe COO.
Florence has an extensive experience in both public and private sector, having held different positions in the European Commission and the French Administration.

She is also an experienced board member, with board position at PSA and currently at Air France; CNES, the French Space Agency and Institut Montaigne, the leading think tank in France. Florence is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique / Corps des Mines.

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Taherah KUHL  > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Taherah KUHL
Vice President, Business Services - Dassault Systèmes
Taherah KUHL  > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Taherah KUHL
Vice President, Business Services - Dassault Systèmes

Taherah joined DASSAULT SYSTEMES in 2016. She is Vice President Global Business Services Industry, which includes Logistics and Financial Services. DASSAULT SYSTEMES has presence across multimodal forms of transport within the end-to-end supply chain. Taherah works with a team of highly experienced individuals and is responsible globally for driving the strategy on these segments, to understand the industry needs & challenges, define the vision, go to market and value proposition. Together her team work closely with our key customers and internal stakeholders to design the solutions of the future and meet customer needs globally. The Business Services Industry is developing solutions that are disrupting these industries through DASSAULT SYSTEMES world renowned virtual twin capability.

Prior to joining Dassault Systemes, Taherah spent over 25 years in Financial Services taking a consultative approach to her customers on multi factor risk and portfolio optimisation solutions as well as big data/AI technology. Taherah graduated with a BSc (Hons) Degree in Biochemistry and an MBA from Imperial College, London.

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Clément CHENUT  > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Clément CHENUT
Circular Economy Leader - Capgemini
Stéphane David  > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Stéphane DAVID
Digital Program Coordinator / Technological Research Department - CEA
Stéphane David  > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Stéphane DAVID
Digital Program Coordinator / Technological Research Department - CEA

Stéphane works at the CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et Alternative, France) where he coordinates the Digital Program of the Technological Research Department, one of the main European RTOs for research activities in microelectronics and digital systems. As such, he is part of the internal working group dedicated to establishing and promoting “digital frugality” guidelines from a technological perspective. He holds a doctorate in physics from the University of Grenoble and an MBA from HEC Paris.

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Ralf Bucksch > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Ralf BUCKSCH
Technical Executive EMEA - IBM Sustainability Software