EXECUTIVE TEAM

François Leblanc, CEO,
François has held various Management positions in technology and innovation intensive fields in both industrial and start-up organizations. After defending his PhD at Ecole Polytechnique, France, he joined HITACHI in Japan and then OERLIKON in Switzerland. François developed and commercialized new process equipment solutions to LCD Manufacturers as BU Manager. He then joined an early-stage start-up in the field of e-paper. As COO, he drove a complete industrialization program from R&D lab to mass-production line. He negotiated and implemented several strategic partnerships with major key-accounts in Asia and Northern Europe. As CEO, he has gained extensive experience on building successful strategic roadmaps by driving technology innovation through Customer demands.

Jacques Goulpeau, PhD
Jacques Goulpeau, R&D manager for microfluidic instrument is graduated from Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France) and Ecole Supérieur de Physique et Chimie Industriel (Paris, France). He defended PhD in 2006 entitled «DNA Microarrays Integrated in a Microfluidic Device» in collaboration with Bertin Technologies and directed by Patrick Tabeling (Groupe Microfluidic, UMR 7083 CNRS-ESPCI). He gained large expertise in microfabrication and microfluidic and was in charge of technical management in industrial project teams. He also worked on inorganic chemistry related to nanoparticles and molecular biology. He has co-authored 3 peer-reviewed articles, 4 conference communications and 2 patents.

Jeremie Weber, PhD
Jeremie Weber, R&D manager for genetic testing is graduated from Ecole Supérieur de Physique et Chimie Industriel (Paris, France). He defended PhD in 2005 entitled « New unknown mutation detection method - Genetic diagnosis applications » directed by Jean-Louis Viovy (MMBM, UMR168 Institut Curie). He gained large expertise in capillary electrophoresis and polymer science. He also worked on microfluidic and microfabrication. He has co-authored 6 peer-reviewed articles, 8 conference communications and 4 patents.