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Elie Auvray- President of the Board & Chief Executive Officer
Elie Auvray co-founded Jahia Solutions Group, starting french operations in 2002 and is acting as President of the Board and CEO. In 1996, Elie founded Voice, a software vendor, pioneering the easy-to-use web application development with Vivendi Group as their first customer. In 1999, Voice merged with the company of the former President EMEA of Cisco in order to create a global software provider, Reef Internetware. Working closely with the CEO, Elie was the General Manager for Reef France, the first country in term of sales (overachieving sales objectives 7 quarters in a row), and built the first US sales team in San Francisco. Consequently, Elie lead the Europe Presales organization, developing and supporting the company's Partners network. Reef successfully raised 85 million euros in 2001 from international venture capitalist (Goldman Sachs, 3i, Viventures). Reef Internetware IP was acquired by Mediasurface in 2002. Elie has a Master of Business & Tax Law, a Master of Contract Law and is a graduate from the Business Law Institute (IDA) of Paris.
Serge Huber - Chief Technology Officer
Serge Huber is the Chief Technology Office (CTO) at Jahia as well as a co-founder and the initial developer of the software. He has more than 15 years of experience in developing WCM and CMS solutions in various technologies, and is constantly striving to find new ways to build high-quality and high-performance software. He has experience in building high visibility mission critial applications for customers such as the French government or Garmin. He now overseas the development of the software as well as spending time talking to integrators and partners to help them leverage Jahia. His development skills range from assembly language to high-end data modeling tools, although currently Java is his current weapon. Previous to that, Serge worked co-created in 1999 Xo3-MyComponents and acted as the CTO until a management buy-out of the IP allowed the creation of Jahia. During his time at Xo3, Serge wrote CMS systems in both the Delphi and C++ languages, and then built upon that experience to create Jahia in Java. Prior to that, he has also worked on the Visible Human project to build high-performance extraction tools to help physicians visualize parts of the human body, and real-time augmented reality software. An early start, he developed his first application at the age of seven and won a programming competition at the age of 16 and was part of the demoscene in the Imphobia diskmag group. His current hobby is developing iPhone applications. He holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from the Swiss Federal Institute Of Technology.
Stéphane Croisier - Product Strategy
Stéphane holds a Masters Degree in Information System and a Master of Business Management from the University of Geneva. Stéphane also successfully passed the Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) certification. Stéphane worked at Arthur Andersen in the Electronic Commerce and Computer Risk Management Division as an IT expert for several years. Then in 1999, he founded Xo3 SA - MyComponents.com Inc., and was acting COO and part of the Board of Directors. Xo3 SA - Mycomponents.com Inc. successfully raised CHF 5 million in 2000 from a Swiss based venture capitalists. Xo3 software IP was acquired through a management buy out. Stéphane finally co-founded the Jahia project in 2002.
Tristan Renaud- Vice President of Sales and Corporate Development
Tristan has 15 years of experience doing business for Product and Services companies, in Western Europe, North America, India and Oceania. For technology driven companies, he has been in charge of Customer Relations for firms such as EADS group, SAFRAN group, and organization like the United Nations and the French Ministry of Defense. Prior to joining Jahia, he hired and coached a 100-person team of Engineers and Managers, and has been involved in the business development strategy and organization of Service activities. Tristan was involved in defining the development strategy, both through organic, direct and indirect sales channels, and through external growth. His main tasks have been targeting potential acquisitions of mid size firms, working with CEO's and owners to define business synergies and their integration plan, or developing and managing partners' network. He holds two Master Degrees in General Engineering from Supelec and Arts et Metiers (France).
Emmanuel Garcin- Vice President & General Manager North America
Emmanuel has 13 years of international general management experience within the software and Content Management industry, working in the US, Europe and Asia. Before joining Jahia, Emmanuel was the Vice President, Digital Publishing and CRM Solutions for Boston–based Houghton Mifflin, a leading US publisher. During his tenure, Emmanuel defined and implemented the Digital Publishing and CRM projects for Houghton Mifflin and its divisions, managing and co-ordinating a staff of up to 100 people. With his team, Emmanuel allowed Houghton Mifflin to dramatically improve its publishing efficiency and extend its offering to Digital goods, leveraging cutting edge Content Management and eCommerce technologies. Prior to Houghton Mifflin, Emmanuel hired and led the presales team for Reef North America, a Web Content Management company. Before moving to the US, he also worked as a Financial Controller for L’Oreal in Shanghai and as a consultant for IBM Global Services in Paris. Emmanuel is French and American and holds a MSc in Engineering from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (France), a MSc in Economics & Finance from Science Po Grenoble (France) and a MBA from Insead -delivered in the US (at the Wharton Business School), Europe and Asia.
