We are teaming up with senior entrepreneurs who have developed businesses or launched new start-ups between the US and France. They accepted to be YEI mentors. they will share their experience and give some of their time to selected YEI laureates.
Our regional and nation-wide partners in France works also with mentors, who will be connected to the YEI entrepreneurs during the development of their projects in France.
Francois L-
Law and Management/HR
IT/Env./Biotech/General Business
USA – California
Profile: Francois is a corporate transactions and international attorney who specializes in technology transactions while still advising clients in commercial litigation and dispute resolution.
Based in Silicon Valley for the past 20 years, Francois helps entrepreneurs , investors and companies build, finance and sell their US or foreign operations, and get past every legal challenge they encounter along the way. He has handled numerous cross-border acquisitions and equity financings and brought many companies from their inception to successful exits for founders and investors alike. Francois advises companies in all aspects of corporate law, including entity formation, equity financing, technology licensing, corporate structure inversions (“flips”), mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, stock options, employment, commercial leasing, intellectual property protection, negotiation and drafting of virtually any business contract.
François is admitted to practice in California , Washington D.C., and in the European Union. He is a partner, and an elected director of RMKB, a 120-attorney law firm with offices in California (4) New York (1) Boston (1) and affiliates in Paris and Hong-Kong. Francois was recently noted by the San Francisco Bay Area Lawyer Magazine as one of the “Top lawyers in the Bay Area” for mergers and acquisitions. He is also an advisor to the French Ministry of Economy and Finances (“Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur”).
Francois graduated from Université de Montpellier and University of San Diego law schools.
John G-
Law US/France, Business protocols, Finance, Marketing
IT – Environment – Biotechnology – General Business
USA – Boston
Profile: John G- has a thorough understanding of the French marketplace and is uniquely positioned to assist YEI laureates understand and evaluate their potential market opportunities in France. John is bilingual and has a formal education in Contempory French Politics and Economics from top schools in the US and France. John is an attorney by profession and also directs a small venture capital fund focused on innovative consumer products. John travels regularly between the US and France and has offices in both Boston and Paris.
Frank E-
Management, Strategy, Finance
IT and General Business
USA – MA/NH
Profile: Business strategy and control, Corporate Governance, International Finance, Enterprise Risk Management, Audit. Proven Entrepreneur with Strong Leadership Skills. (company sold in France)
Jean-Marie V-
Finance/ Marketing and Management/HR
Biotech
USA – Boston
Profile: Dr. V- has over 20 years experience in a variety of research, marketing and business roles in life sciences, including in 14 years the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to founding its own consulting company providing business development and strategic services to the biotech industry, Dr. V- most recently served as Vice President of Business and Commercial Development at Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Guilford, Dr. V- held senior level corporate development and marketing positions at Pierre Fabre (France), Parke-Davis (Germany), Warner Lambert (USA) and Bristol Myers Squibb (USA), completing numerous R&D, commercialization and M&A agreements with global pharmaceutical and life sciences companies in Europe and the US.
Amir E-
Marketing and Management
IT/Env./General Business
USA – Boston
Profile: Amir’s professional experience spans more than 25 years of involvement in Sales, Marketing, Business Development and General Management in the networking, security, system management, and software infrastructure sectors. He is a serial entrepreneur and a hi-tech executive.
John R-
Marketing and Management/HR
IT
FRANCE – Lyon
Profile: John is the CEO of Yseop, a software vendor of a disruptive and patented technology able to automatically dialog with the user in his/her language and write intelligent, coherent and multilingual text like a human being but at the speed of thousands of pages per second. John can help for a laureate in the software industry.
Chris H-
Marketing & Technology, product management
IT
USA – Boston
Profile: CEO of a software company (Competitive Intelligence Management software platform), Entrepreneur, Investor, CCEF.
Francois S-
Marketing, Finance, Communication
IT, General Business
USA – Boston
Profile: Entrepreneur with experience in France and the United-States. Expert on the management and the execution of all aspects of international business development of a software company. Proven leader in multicultural environment, used to operate in a start-up organization. Demonstrated leadership and executive management skills to define and implement a business development strategy and achieve company’s objectives.