Benoit Pothier

Benoit Pothier is an experienced entrepreneur and startup enthusiast with a passion for building businesses and products. With over 12 years of experience as a co-founder, he specializes in designing concept-to-execution lean strategies and operations for innovative products and markets. Benoit has managed multidisciplinary teams, including up to 60 full-time employees, and handled complex technical projects spanning various areas such as software, server/cloud, robotics, web development, video games, and embedded systems.

Benoit's expertise lies in tech product development and launch, data and analytics, operations, startup and SME growth and management, software development, product management, strategy, and innovation. He leverages a data-driven approach in his work and is capable of delving into technical aspects when necessary, including AI, data analysis, programming, and system administration.

Education-wise, Benoit Pothier pursued an Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) at INSEAD, a student exchange program at Concordia University, and a Master's degree at Institut national des Sciences appliquées de Lyon.

Throughout his career, Benoit has held various significant roles, including General Manager France and former COO at Novaquark, Co-founder and president at The Cantillon, Strategy Director at Aldebaran Robotics within the Softbank group, COO and Manager & co-founder at Gostai, Project manager at ATA (Automatismes et Techniques Avancées), and Software Engineer in the infrastructure and Linux team at Alcatel-Lucent. His early professional experience includes managing computer and information systems during military service at Fondation pour la recherche stratégique and an internship at SAGEM.