François le Masne, Executive Chairman

Francois le Masne recently joined Convertigo as executive chairman. Previously based in California, he was director of product management and marketing for Acrobat 3D and Acrobat software in the manufacturing industry at Adobe Systems Inc.

Earlier, working closely with Adobe worldwide partners and customers, he was responsible for driving Adobe's solutions for the manufacturing industry, including LiveCycle and Flex server software lines.

Prior to joining Adobe, Francois was founder and CEO of OKYZ, a software company acquired by Adobe in 2004. Francois is more than 15 years in the enterprise software industry.

Olivier Picciotto, CEO

Olivier Picciotto is co-founder of Convertigo. Olivier is involved in global management of the company. He also acts as a "mashup evangelist" for convertigo products. Olivier has over 15 years experience managing high tech IT companies. Olivier has a strong vision on Convertigo products, and manages the global team.

Before Convertigo , Olivier started and managed the end user enterprise messaging products from Marben Produits, building one of the most powerfull X.400 messaging product on the market.

Olivier holds an Engineer degree from E.S.M.E specialized in IT technology.

Jean-Michel Cohen, Head of R&D

Jean Michel Cohen is co-founder of Convertigo . Jean Michel is involved in complex R&D tasks.

Most of the Convertigo's complex algorithms and processes have been designed according the knowledge and experience of Jean Michel. Jean Michel is also Convertigo's  'Legacy' expert handling most fo the existing 'dialects' used to interact with these old but strategic informations systems.

Grant Williard, COO Convertigo US

Grant Williard was brought on board to the Convertigo management team to establish US Operations. Splitting his time between the east and west coasts of the U.S., Grant is well positioned to build a team there.

Having formed a company that he bootstrapped through several stages of development and subsequently sold to Adobe, Grant then joined Adobe as Director of Product Management. In this role, he was responsible for product marketing for Adobe’s Digital Rights Management (DRM) product line which included Policy Server, and document security for Acrobat and PDF.

Grant holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and has more than 25 years of technical and managerial leadership in the field of computer software.

Michel Ménager, Sales Manager (HQ France)

Michel Ménager joined Convertigo as a sales manger in 1998. He is reponsible for  France sales. Michel has a strong experience in IT sales as he was sales manager for Marben's end user messaging products.

Luc Hanssens, European Sales Manager  (HQ Belgium)

Luc Hanssens joined Convertigo in 2001. He is responsible for Benelux sales . Luc started his career working for Simware, a canadian based company, where he was responsible for European sales.

Auriga Partners

In september 2009, Auriga Partners invested 3 million euros (4.5 million dollars) in Convertigo.

Since 1998, AURIGA PARTNERS, an independent Venture Capital firm, has been managing several early stage funds specializing in Information Technology and Life Sciences.

Enterprise creation represents the core activity of the Auriga's founding members since 1986. Their experienced management team of nine complements one another in education, experience, and sector specialization.

Along with investing the necessary capital, they also bring their savoir-faire in developing and solidifying the executive team, organizing the company, and forming strategic and corporate partnerships.

As investors, they actively contribute to defining the appropriate financial strategy, as well as, assisting their portfolio companies in raising future capital.

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