Jeremy Fain

Current

Entrepreneur (Paris) at Emerald Vision

Past

ISV Business Development (Paris) at Microsoft
Software developer (Paris) at CartoReso
Software architect (Paris) at StratosCube

Analyst (Barcelona) at Gxllos / Cyber CV
Financial auditor (New York) at Constantin
Co-Founder & General manager (Paris) at AFIDORA
Product manager (Tel Aviv) at iMarket
President (Jouy-en-Josas, France) at AIESEC
Competitive intelligence consultant (Geneva) at Wys Muller Renseignements Commerciaux
Equity researcher (New Delhi) at Span Holdings
Customer Support Assistant (London) at Barclays Bank
M&A librarian (Paris) at Rothschild & Cie
Research assistant in mathematics, cryptology and desert ecology (Rehovot, Israel) at Weizmann Institute

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Education

Ecole centrale de Paris
HEC School of Management
RSM Erasmus Universiteit

Ipesup
Université Paris Dauphine

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Jeremy Fain’s Summary

Goal: build a world-leading company in the emerging CleanTech + Software industry through turning the tables, & delivering the exact right value-creating solution to our clients & ecosystem

Jeremy Fain’s Specialties:

value creation for People & the Planet

Jeremy Fain’s Experience

Entrepreneur (Paris)

Emerald Vision

(Environmental Services industry)

December 2007 — Present (8 months)

Doing great things in the emerging CleanTech + Software space
ISV Business Development (Paris)

Microsoft

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

May 2007 — November 2007 (7 months)

I took part, as a junior business development manager, of Microsoft's efforts to partner with venture capitalists and high potential software publishers. Based in Paris, France, my mission was to detect the most innovative startups on Microsoft developer platforms on the French territory, and build technology and sales alliances with the ones with the highest growth potential by engaging them in an accelerator program named IDEES.
Software developer (Paris)

CartoReso

(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2006 — June 2007 (10 months)

Born at Ecole Centrale Paris as an academic project, CartoReso is an open source software allowing easy, fast and reliable enterprise computer network mapping. The source code is available on SourceForge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/cartoreso) and anyone may download CartoReso here: http://cartoreso.campus.ecp.fr/

I was in charge of product definition, building an ecosystem of partners, and developing in Java the user interface of the software.
Software architect (Paris)

StratosCube

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

November 2006 — April 2007 (6 months)

Agreed on a 6-month (starting on November 1st, 2006; contract ending on April 30th, 2007), part-time software architecture mission

Functional design; technical architecture (database, security, object modeling); product definition; pre-sales consulting at clients; R&D staffing
Analyst (Barcelona)

Gxllos / Cyber CV

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

Gxllos - an early-stage venture capital & business development company
http://www.gxllos.com

Cyber CV - a confidential web project
Financial auditor (New York)

Constantin

(Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Accounting industry)

December 2005 — May 2006 (6 months)

Junior financial audit (accounting, due diligence acquisitions, taxation) trainee for clients spread all over the US territory

Main industries covered: logistics/shipping; FMCG/distribution/retail (food & agri-business, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, luxury goods); utilities; security; biotech

http://www.constantin-global.com
Co-Founder & General manager (Paris)

AFIDORA

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

September 2002 — May 2006 (3 years 9 months)

2002: Co-founded a think-tank on the Middle-East geopolitics
2003: VP Operations and Marketing, Webmaster
2004: VP Finance, Editor-in-chief of the think-tank
2005: President
2006: Quality-process Consultant

- Evangelized concept: "an online community on the Middle East geopolitics"
- Grew team from 2 to 40 analysts, Internet traffic from 0 to 10,000 single visitors monthly (category top 5), mailing-list from 0 to 5,000 e-mail addresses (category leader)
- Led the organization of 17 public lectures and workshops in Paris, including an international geopolitics conference at the French Parliament (where 20 guest lecturers spoke including politicians, journalists, academics, diplomats)
- Fundraising: established online & offline partnerships (e.g. with Le Figaro, student edition; and Groupe Caisse d´Epargne, a major French bank)
- Published 38 articles on international leadership issues, warfare strategy, history, economics, and geopolitics

http://www.afidora.com
Product manager (Tel Aviv)

iMarket

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

July 2005 — November 2005 (5 months)

Intern as the product manager during system development of an e-Commerce software: business case definition, software tester, business angel road show of an e-Commerce start-up company empowering retailers & individuals with the appropriate platform to sell their items online.

- Devised, monitored quality assurance & tests and maintained product roadmap
- Wrote all functional specifications (flowchart, documentation, help desk, test procedures) & user support processes
- Sourced telecommunications partners to grant access to the platform from cellphones
- Business planning, valuation work, assumptions testing, market survey on Internet & retail practices in Israel
- Organized business angel road show
- Handled relations with contractors and partners (software developers, graphic designers, translators, beta testers, PR firm)
- Intelligence on competitors best practices
President (Jouy-en-Josas, France)

AIESEC

(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2003 — June 2005 (1 year 10 months)

AIESEC HEC Paris local comittee
- Grew & developed team (from 0 to 12; organized team coaching by AIESEC alumni)
- Organizational turnaround (exited non-core business activities) & financial restructuring
- Reshaped brand locally, through buzz marketing (campus radio speaker), and social event-driven guerilla marketing (eg: Paris tours for international students)
- B-to-B sales of our trainee skills development opportunities (cold calling, corporate meetings)
- Handled at the national level AIESEC relationships with COFACE, Europe´s main business trade insurance company (coordinated 2 lectures on the HEC Paris campus with COFACE´s CEO & Chairman Francois David - the first on Credit Risk Management, the second on China´s economic potential)
- Reported monthly to AIESEC France supervisory team
- From no activity prior to my arrival: voted 4th & 1st (resp. in June 2004 & 2005) international organization of the HEC Paris campus at the Credit Lyonnais Awards contest
Competitive intelligence consultant (Geneva)

Wys Muller Renseignements Commerciaux

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Security and Investigations industry)

June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)

Performed international credit risk, reputation risk, competitive risk and operational risk analyses.
Equity researcher (New Delhi)

Span Holdings

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Investment Management industry)

August 2003 — August 2003 (1 month)

Spent a month in Delhi analyzing stocks listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange for the investment house of a local conglomerate
Customer Support Assistant (London)

Barclays Bank

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

July 2002 — August 2002 (2 months)

Customer support assistant to small & medium business bank accounts; answered audit inquiries about Barclays clients; reviewed FSA security procedures for clients operating in so-called 'rogue states'
M&A librarian (Paris)

Rothschild & Cie

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Investment Banking industry)

August 2001 — August 2001 (1 month)

Spent a month in the summer devising industry press reviews, building a press articles database, and providing industry research support to M&A analysts and associates
Research assistant in mathematics, cryptology and desert ecology (Rehovot, Israel)

Weizmann Institute

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

July 2001 — July 2001 (1 month)

Jeremy Fain’s Education

Ecole centrale de Paris

HEC exchange student, MSc. Eng. level, Information & Communication Technologies; Project Management, 2006 — 2007

I thought I needed to understand the nuts and bolts of technology before landing a job in the software industry. Challenging academic year in many respects (it gets pretty technical in software development, computer networks, signal processing, cryptology, database modeling), but at least now I (can I pretend I) know what I'm talking about ;-)

Activities and Societies:

Centrale Hatikva
HEC School of Management

Bachelor & Master in Management Sciences, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Business Law, Information Systems, Supply Chain, Accounting, 2003 — 2007

Best time in my lifetime so far at HEC. Met cool people, lots of crazy partying, frantic days and nights training with the rowing team or working for non-profit organizations AIESEC and AFIDORA with amazing people, beautiful campus outside Paris and extremely useful coursework given by a world-class faculty.

Activities and Societies:

AIESEC, HEC Rowing Club, HEC Israel
RSM Erasmus Universiteit

Certificate in International Business, HEC exchange student in the Master of Entrepreneurship; Research paper in Corporate Finance, 2004 — 2004

Research paper on "A Dutch-French comparison of the financing structures of telecommunication and oil industry leaders: KPN vs. France Telecom & Royal Dutch Shell vs. Total"

Apart from that, I had a great time in Rotterdam taking extremely interesting classes on entrepreneurship, and hanging out with people from all over the world.

Activities and Societies:

AIESEC
Ipesup

Classes Preparatoires, Algebra, Calculus, Statistics, History, Geography, Economics, Philosophy, Foreign Languages, 2002 — 2003

Prep school, challenging, tough, but rewards are high for those who understand best the rules of the game. Top notch faculty at Ipesup, highly recommended.
Université Paris Dauphine

DEUG, first degree in Mathematics for Decision Making, 2000 — 2002

Spent 2 years enjoying being a student in Paris, and very interesting classes in mathematics, economics and computer science at University of Paris Dauphine.

Activities and Societies:

UEJF, Filiere E

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Jeremy Fain’s Interests:

Innovation, jazz music, personal finance, XIXth Century French literature, economics, geopolitics, sports (soccer, rowing, sailing, tennis), blogging

Jeremy Fain’s Groups:

AFIDORA http://www.afidora.com (co-founder in 2002 & general manager till 2005), AIESEC (LC Paris, HEC lead in 2003 - 2005), French Entrepreneurs Silicon Valley Group