SEQUANS - Key Persons
… has served as our chief of staff and acting vice president engineering since October 2024. Previously he served as our executive vice president for the broadband IoT business unit from October 2020 until September 2024; from July 2013 until September 2020, Mr. Debray served as our chief operating officer and prior to that as vice president, engineering since the company was founded in 2003. Before joining Sequans, Mr. Debray was director of hardware and ASIC development in the cable product division at Juniper Networks. He joined Juniper Networks after the company acquired Pacific Broadband Communications, where he played the same role and was significantly involved in developing the cable product and team. Mr. Debray has held technical and management positions at Alcatel. He has over 20 years' experience in large project development covering all access technologies, including wireless, satellite and cable. Mr. Debray holds a MSE from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President of Operations
…has served as executive vice president of operations since October 2024. Previously he served as our chief operating officer from November 2020 until September 2024. Prior to that Mr. Kedar served as vice president of the IoT business unit from February 2016 to November 2020. Mr. Kedar returned to Sequans in June 2015 after three years as CEO of Stylls, an internet start-up offering a photo book creation and sharing application. From 2009 to 2012, Mr. Kedar was one of the lead product managers instrumental in the development of Sequans' first LTE products. Prior to this, Mr. Kedar was CEO of Dorfour, a company developing technology for LTE modems. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kedar held positions including design engineer and marketing manager at companies including Agere Systems and Texas Instruments. Danny holds an engineering degree from Technion, Israel's leading engineering school, and an MBA from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
…has served as our chief financial officer since July 2007. Prior to joining Sequans, she was chief financial officer at Esmertec AG from September 2005 to June 2007 and at Wavecom SA, from August 1998 to August 2004, and vice president of finance at Platinum Equity from October 2004 to September 2005. Earlier in her career, she was an audit partner with Ernst & Young. Ms. Choate has over 35 years of experience in management, finance and accounting, including over 20 years working with technology companies, in particular communications hardware, software and services. Ms Choate holds a BS in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Co - Founder and Managing Partner at Climb Ventures
…has served as a director since January 2005. Mr. Pitteloud is a co-founder and managing partner at Climb Ventures in Geneva since 2020. He was managing partner with Ginko Ventures from 2015 to 2020, partner with Endeavour Vision from 2007 to 2015, and principal at Vision Capital from 2001 to 2007. Mr. Pitteloud is also an advisor to ASSIA, a provider of DSL management solutions and serves or has served as a director of number of private companies. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Mr. Pitteloud was vice president of marketing at 8×8, a Silicon Valley semiconductor and telecommunication company, which he joined in 1999 as part of the acquisition of Odisei, a VoIP start-up from Sophia Antipolis, France. At Odisei, Mr. Pitteloud led the development of the company's business and financing activities. Prior to Odisei, Mr. Pitteloud held various engineering and management positions at Logitech, including Vice President of the scanner and video camera business units. Mr. Pitteloud received a BS in electrical engineering and telecommunications from the School of Business and Engineering in Vaud, Switzerland and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
- President
…has served as our chairman of the board and chief executive officer since the company was founded in 2003. Before founding Sequans, Dr. Karam was vice president of cable access at Juniper Networks, running the cable engineering and marketing departments and managing the cable sales launch in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. He joined Juniper Networks when the company acquired Pacific Broadband Communications (PBC), where he was vice president of engineering and general manager for Europe. Dr. Karam has served in a variety of senior management positions at Alcatel, SAGEM and Philips. He is a senior member of IEEE, has authored numerous technical and scientific papers and holds several patents in digital communications. Dr. Karam holds a PhD in signal processing and communication theory from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
…has served as a director since June 2016. He is currently an Executive Partner at OceanSound Partners LP, a private equity firm, and an investor in various early stage technology companies. Previously, Dr. Nottenburg served as president, chief executive officer, and member of the board of directors of Sonus Networks, Inc. from 2008 through 2010. From 2004 until 2008, Dr. Nottenburg was an officer with Motorola, Inc., ultimately serving as its executive vice president, chief strategy officer and chief technology officer. He served on the boards of Aeroflex Corporation from 2010 until 2014, PMC Sierra, where he was a member of the audit committee, from 2011 until 2016 and Violin Memory where he served as Chairman from 2014 until 2017. Dr. Nottenburg is currently a member of the board of directors of Verint Systems Inc., where he is chairman of the compensation committee. He previously served on the boards of directors of PMC-Sierra Inc., Aeroflex Holding Corp., Anaren, Inc., Comverse Technology, Inc. and Violin Memory, Inc. Dr. Nottenburg has a BSEE in Electrical Engineering from New York University, an MSEE in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique Federal Lausanne.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Executive Partner at Siris Capital
…has served as a director since March 2011. Mr. de Pesquidoux is an Executive Partner at Siris Capital, a private equity firm focused on making control investments in data/telecom, technology and technology-enabled business service companies in North America. From 1991 until December 2009, Mr. de Pesquidoux held various positions at the telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent SA (and its predecessor, Alcatel S.A. and its affiliates), where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer from November 2007 until December 2008 and as President of the Enterprise business from November 2006 until December 2008. Mr. de Pesquidoux was also previously a member of the Alcatel Executive Committee and held various executive positions including President and Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel North America, Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel Canada (formerly NewbridgeNetworks) and Chief Financial Officer of Alcatel USA. Mr. de Pesquidoux also served as the Chairman of the Board of Tekelec and currently serves as a director and audit committee chair of Criteo S.A., as executive chairman of Mavenir Systems, Inc. Mr. de Pesquidoux holds a Master in Law from University of Nancy II, a Master in Economics and Finance from Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, a DESS in International Affairs from University of Paris Dauphine and was a laureate in the "Concours Général de Droit".
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- President of TSMC Europe
Marced is currently president of TSMC Europe where she is responsible for driving the development and strategy of TSMC's business in Europe. Before joining TSMC, Marced was senior vice president of sales and marketing at NXP/Philips Semiconductors where she also served as GM of Philips' Connected Multimedia Solutions Business Unit, overseeing Philips' semiconductor solutions for connected consumer applications. Earlier, Marced spent more than 19 years at Intel, rising to the position of vice president and GM for Intel's Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Marced serves as chairwoman of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) EMEA leadership council, an organization dedicated to the advancement of the worldwide semiconductor industry.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Support
…has served as our executive vice president of worldwide sales and support since September 2016. From July 2013 until August 2016, Mr. Taluja was vice president of sales at SK hynix, a leading supplier of DRAM and Flash memory solutions, where he led the sales organization for the Americas. From March 2012 until July 2013, Mr.Taluja led the Americas' sales and marketing organizations at ST-Ericsson, the former multinational supplier of wireless semiconductor products, including LTE solutions. From November 2007 until March 2012, Mr. Taluja held various other sales and marketing position at ST-Ericsson. Mr. Taluja has more than 20 years of sales, product marketing and business development experience, including having worked for Texas Instruments and TranSwitch, specifically in the areas of wireless and wireline communications and has co-authored three patents in the field of near field communications (NFC). Mr. Taluja holds an M.S. in electrical engineering and a BS in computer engineering and mathematics from Kansas State University.
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- Executive Vice President, Marketing and Strategy
…leads our marketing, product marketing, business development, and strategy initiatives. Mr. Pauzet has more than 20 years of multinational experience in growing businesses in the high-tech industry. Before joining Sequans, Mr. Pauzet was VP of product and IoT solutions at Sierra Wireless (a Semtech company), managing the company's portfolio of IoT and broadband modules, embedded and cloud software, and end-to-end solutions. From 2017 to 2020, he was VP and GM of the IoT Solutions business line at Sierra Wireless, running a leading-edge SaaS IoT offering with engineering, product, and marketing responsibilities. Prior to that, he led the global business development, marketing, and strategic team, driving M&A and building the growth engine of Sierra Wireless in the IoT sector. Earlier in his career, Mr. Pauzet was based in Asia, managing sales, businesses, and strategic programs at Wavecom. Mr. Pauzet holds a MBA from INSEAD and a Master of Science in Engineering from CentraleSupélec.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
…currently serves as the CEO and Chairman of Applied Blockchain (OTC: APLD) and is one of the company's cofounders. Mr. Cummins was also the founder and CEO of 272 Capital LP, a registered investment advisor, which focused primarily on investing in technology hardware, software and services companies. Wes sold 272 Capital LP to B. Riley Financial (Nasdaq: RILY). Following the sale he joined B. Riley as President of B. Riley Asset Management, the institutional asset management arm of B. Riley. Wes has been a technology investor for over 20 years and held various positions in capital markets including positions at investment banks and institutional asset management firms. Prior to founding 272 Capital, Wes led technology investing at Nokomis Capital, L.L.C., an investment advisory firm. Mr. Cummins also serves as a member of the board of Vishay Precision Group (NYSE: VPG) an internationally recognized designer, manufacturer and marketer of resistive foil technology, sensors, and sensor-based systems to niche, industrial applications. Wes holds a BSBA from Washington University in St. Louis where he majored in finance and accounting.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- CEO of Able France
…has served as a director since June 2014. Mr. Maitre is currently CEO of Able France, a consulting firm. From October 2019 until September 2020, Mr. Maitre was Chief Executive Officer of HTC Corporation. Until September 2019, Mr. Maitre served as Executive VP for Connected Objects and Partnerships at Orange Corporate where he was responsible for managing Orange's relationships with global device makers as well as partnering with ecosystem players from chipset upwards to internet companies. Prior to joining Orange, Mr. Maitre spent six years working for the consumer electronics company Thomson. He was President of Key MRO America, a subsidiary of Thomson United States and whilst living in Singapore he worked for Thomson Asia as Director of Manufacturing Supply Chain and Product Management. Before Thomson, Mr. Maitre spent five years as the COO of Quante-Pouyet, a subsidiary of 3M, making connectors for the telecoms business. He is also a board member of Orange China and several midsize / start-up companies. Mr. Maitre is an Engineering graduate in Nuclear Physics from Polytech Grenoble (France).
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- Member of the Board of Directors
…has served as a director since November 2006. Since 2005, Mr. Slonimsky has been chairman of the board of several Israeli high tech companies, currently including several private companies as well as Awear, Maradin and Surf, and previously Alvarion, Extricom, Pentalum and Teledata. He served as CEO of Alvarion Ltd. from 2001 to October 2005, following Alvarion's establishment via merger of BreezeCOM and Floware in August 2001. Prior to the merger, Mr. Slonimsky was CEO of BreezeCom. Before that, he served as president and CEO of MTS Ltd. and was general manager of DSP Group, Israel. Earlier in his career, he held senior positions at several Israeli telecom companies, including C.Mer and Tadiran. Mr. Slonimsky holds a BSEE and a MSEE from the Technion Israel Institute for Technology and an MBA from Tel-Aviv University.