Didier Verhulst

President and CEO

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Didier Verhulst has gained a solid experience in cellular as well as satellite networks. His professional activities include 5 years at France Télécom R&D, where he participated in the creation of the GSM standard, 2 years as a consultant with SagaTel, 12 years with Alcatel Mobile and 6 years with Alcatel Space. He had management responsibilities in France, in Australia and in India.

Luc Dartois

Chief Technical Officer

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Luc Dartois is a telecommunications expert with over 40 years of experience spanning tactical radios, GSM handsets, cellular infrastructure, and space-based communication systems. He played a key role in the development of GSM, WCDMA, 4G, and 5G radio systems at Alcatel Mobile, Nokia, and Nokia Bell Labs. A pioneer in active antenna arrays and Massive MIMO technologies, he has led numerous innovations in radio systems, RF technologies, and base station architectures. He is the author of around 50 patents.

Philippe Guillier

SVP Strategy & Marketing

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Philippe Guillier has gained a strong technical and commercial experience during 18 years spent at Alcatel Lucent where he held successive responsibilities: GSM System Engineering Manager, Network and Terminal Product Manager, General Manager of the Broadband Communication Division (France & EMAI), Alcatel Lucent Senior Officer in Johannesburg in charge of the South African region.

Jean-Marc Hanriot

SVP Engineering

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Jean-Marc Hanriot has a large experience in the computing and telecommunication industry. He held a variety of management positions in Alcatel Lucent where he was in charge of complex software development and network deployment programs, in France but also in China, Belgium and the USA. His main fields of expertise concern cellular and satellite radio systems, and he has always placed emphasis on a good operational performance based on explicit and clear engineering rules.

Basile Verhulst 

VP Business Development

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Basile Verhulst graduated from ETH Zurich and conducted Robotics Research at UC Berkeley Data Scientist. He is the co-founder of Blockdynamics, a start-up specialized in blockchain and machine learning technologies. As an associate of Cell & Sat, he contributes to its Business Development.