CEO - Chief Executive Officer at imsense Ltd.
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- CEO - Chief Executive Officer at imsense Ltd.
- Past
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- VP Marketing & Business Development at RealEyes3D S.A.
- deputy General Manager at RealEyes3D S.A.
- VP Customer Premises Equipment at Orange France Telecom
- VP Business Development at Ukibi, Inc.
- Co-founder & Product Manager at Wanadoo
- Engineer at Apple Computer, Inc.
- Education
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- Telecom Paris (ENST)
- Collège des Ingénieurs (CDI)
- French Navy - Marine Nationale
- Ecole normale supérieure
- Lycée Privé Sainte Geneviève
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Philippe DEWOST’s Summary
General Manager with dual experience of both corporate (8 digits P&L) and venture backed (4 to 50 employees) high growth environments.
Internet pioneer with more than 14 years of experience in European and US technology ventures and consumer markets.
Seasoned speaker in various international technology events.
Philippe DEWOST’s Specialties:
General Management
Product/Service Design and Marketing,
Business and Corporate Development,
Innovation fostering,
Talent recruitment.
Philippe DEWOST’s Experience
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CEO - Chief Executive Officer
imsense Ltd.
(Computer Software industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
I have joined imsense Ltd., a UK based imaging startup that develops IP and technology around Dynamic Range Correction for both JPEG and HDR images. imsense is backed by several VC's including Braveheart Ventures and IC Capital.
Our technology is several orders of magnitude ahead of what exists in the market, both in terms of quality (professional photographers have validated our algorithms in terms of chromatic neutrality and performance) and in terms of speed.
Check our iPhone demo app at http://fon.gs/get-imviewer and expect more announcements and deployments soon.
I am now based in Cambridge, UK but happen to be in Paris infrequently. -
VP Marketing & Business Development
RealEyes3D S.A.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
May 2006 — November 2008 (2 years 7 months)
Leading provider of advanced mobile imaging proprietary software and solutions. Direct report to the CEO.
Frequent interactions at the board level for key marketing, strategy and product presentations
• OEM : 70 million handsets factory loaded with Realeyes3D's applications and technologies
• Services : Drove Qipit launch in the US. Qipit is a free mobile online service that turns any camera phone into a personal, portable copier, fax, and scanner.
•Marketing
- in charge of marketing strategy and product planning
- increased company exposure and recognition through events and industry contributions, earning multiple awards such as
> Mobile Monday Jury Award in Barcelona, Feb 2007
> RedHerring 100 Europe 2007
> Orange Partner Camp
• Business Development
- initiated the first motionized™ browser partnership with ACCESS
- global carrier relationships
- initiated and signed the first pilots on company's latest 1d barcode decoding solutions -
deputy General Manager
RealEyes3D S.A.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
June 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 6 months)
In addition to my current Marketing and Business Development responsibilities,
I now manage Realeyes3D european operations including the Paris office. -
VP Customer Premises Equipment
Orange France Telecom
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; FTE; Telecommunications industry)
June 2003 — April 2006 (2 years 11 months)
Managing consumer equipment (aka "Home Devices") sales & rental P&L - 350 M € sales, 30 employees
• Relaunched home telephony devices sales and market: 50% growth between 2003 and 2005
• Redefined relationship with manufacturers in Europe and Asia and set up ranging across 10 FT countries
- Designed FT”s Home Group Device Requirements (HGDR) with R&D, Orange, and Group Sourcing
- Built an integrated equipment strategy by linking together Voice Devices, Home Networking, and Connected Entertainment categories in order to drive innovation
• Innovation : first color DECT phone in December 2003, videophone (Nov. 2004), designed Home Gateway, started Device Management initiative, designed the first WideBand Audio handsets (aka LivePhone HD)
• Management : built and ran the Home Devices team by hiring 25 people in 18 months
• Business Development : started the Home Gateway Initiative with several european telcos. Co-started LIPS initiative. -
VP Business Development
Ukibi, Inc.
(Internet industry)
November 1999 — March 2003 (3 years 5 months)
Pioneer in the Unified Address Book arena. Employee #5, reporting to CEO. In charge of Business Development and Strategy,
• Designed and excuted partnership strategy in the Paris and New York offices, with frequent missions in the SF Bay Area
• 10 partnerships signed -
Co-founder & Product Manager
Wanadoo
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)
1995 — 1999 (4 years)
• Started France Telecom's online service that is now, under the Orange brand, one of the largest European ISP's and portal.
• Part of the founding team, running Product design and marketing for services such as e-mail, web pages hosting, online directories
• Business Development in relationship with France Telecom US teams, signed and executed partnership with Four11 Corp (now Yahoo!) -
Engineer
Apple Computer, Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)
May 1994 — October 1994 (6 months)
Developed Telephony Applications for Newton OS 2.0
Philippe DEWOST’s Education
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Telecom Paris (ENST)
Post Graduate , Networks , September 1993 — June 1995
- Activities and Societies:
- Corps des Telecommunications
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Collège des Ingénieurs (CDI)
MBA , 1992 — 1993
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French Navy - Marine Nationale
Navigation Officer , 1990 — 1991
- Activities and Societies:
- Navigation Officer serving on BSM "Rhône" - Based in the French West Indies, crossed the Atlantic Ocean twice
In charge of a 20 crewmembers unit, responsible for 40mm artillery machineguns, as well as for helicopter deck and support
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Ecole normale supérieure
Master of Science , Ultrasonic Acoustics , 1988 — 1990
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Lycée Privé Sainte Geneviève
Preparatory Classes , Science , 1985 — 1988
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Philippe DEWOST’s Interests:
Speaking opportunities • RedHerring France 08 - Panelist 2008 • MultiMedia Institute - lecturer 2007 • CTIA Wireless - Panelist 2007 • Broadband World Forum 2005 Madrid & Venice 2004 • SyncML Conf. Amsterdam 2002 • “Mr Wanadoo” on RTL radio 1999 Other • Investment in early stage startups • 1 patent (CNET/03184) on deferred download • 1 patent pending on media caching in gateways • French Navy Reserve Officer
Philippe DEWOST’s Contact Settings
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- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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