Benoit Pothier

Benoit Pothier is an experienced entrepreneur and startup enthusiast currently serving as the General Manager France at Novaquark. 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.

Pothier's expertise includes:

1. Tech product development and launch
2. Data and analytics
3. Operations
4. Startup and SME growth and management
5. Software development
6. Product management
7. Strategy and innovation

He has managed multidisciplinary teams of up to 60 full-time employees and handled complex technical projects in areas such as software, server/cloud, robotics, web development, video games, and embedded systems.

Pothier's educational background includes:

• Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) from INSEAD
• Student exchange program at Concordia University
• Master's degree from Institut national des Sciences appliquées de Lyon

Prior to his current role, Pothier held several significant positions, including:

• COO at Novaquark
• Co-founder and president at The Cantillon
• Strategy Director at Aldebaran Robotics (Softbank group)
• COO and Manager & co-founder at Gostai
• Project manager at ATA (Automatismes et Techniques Avancées)
• Software Engineer at Alcatel-Lucent

Recently, as of January 20, 2025, Pothier has been conducting a study on the selection and updating of AI models, indicating his ongoing interest in artificial intelligence and machine learning.1