JURY & ADVISory board members
Jury and Advisory board members in alphabetical order:
Agribusiness
Adam Beak, Senior Vice President, The Bank of the West
Frederic Catteau, Plant General Manager, Amcor Flexibles
Cyril Derreumaux, International Business Development, Wine Grenade
Jean-Noel Fourmeaux du Sartel, Owner, VGS Chateau Potelle Winery
Jean-Pierre Giovanni, Vice President & General Manager, SGP Packaging Corp.
François Gros, Sales Director, H&A Financing & Services
Jean Hoefliger, Winemaker & General Manager, Alpha Omega Winery
Vincent Nadalie, Director of Sales, Nadalie USA
Alexandre Remy, General Manager & Partner, Atlas Wine Co
Michaela K. Rodeno, Advisor & Board Member, VineSleuth, Inc. & Bank of Marin Bancorp
Thibaut Scholasch, Founder, Fruition Sciences
Melanie Thomas, Sales & Busines Development, Janson Capsules
Food Business
Jean-Yves Charon, Founder & Pastry Chef, Galaxy Desserts
Philippe Chevrollier, General Manager, Rians USA
Pierre Coeurdeil, Manager of Advising & Education, SFMade
Sebastien Espinasse, VP Sales & Marketing, Fabrique Delices
Roland Passot, Chef, Owner, La Folie
Pascal Rigo, Founder, Owner, Bay Bread & La Boulangerie San Francisco
Nick Ronan, Chef, Owner, Bisou Group
High Tech over $30 million in funding or revenue
Samir Addamine, Founder & Chairman, FollowAnalytics
Denis Barrier, Co-founder & CEO, Cathay Innovation
Benoit Bergeret, President & CEO, Genymobile
Anne Bezancon, Founder & President, Placecast
Sylvia Gallusser, Senior Manager, Business Strategy, French Tech Hub
Christine Hoefliger, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Philippe Khan, CEO, Fullpower Technologies
Geraldine Le Meur, Co-Founder & General Partner, The Refiners
Reza Malekzadeh, General Partner, Partech Ventures
Michel Morvan, CEO, Executive Chairman & Co-founder, The CoSMo Company
Romain Serman, Director, Bpifrance USA
Matthieu Soule, Senior Strategic Analyst, L’Atelier BNP Paribas US
Jean-Claude Viollier, Executive Vice President - Global Sales Officer - Application Sevices One,Capgemini
Renaud Visage, Co-Founder & Venture Partner, Eventbrite & Index Ventures
High Tech under $30 million in funding or revenue
Julie Candelon, Founder & Outsourced Marketing Expert, JM@rketing
Philippe Cases, CEO & Chairman, Spoke Software
Ugo Catry, Investment Manager, Total Energy Ventures
Guillaume Decugis, CEO & Co-Founder, Scoop.it
Nathalie Dore, CEO, L’Atelier BNP Paribas North America
Sylvia Gallusser, Senior Manager, Business Strategy, French Tech Hub
Geraldine Le Meur, Co-Founder & General Partner, The Refiners
Reza Malekzadeh, General Partner, Partech Ventures
Michel Morvan, CEO, Executive Chairman & Co-founder, The CoSMo Company
Sarah Pinto Peyronel, Vice President, Spectrum Equity
Romain Serman, Director, Bpifrance USA
Jean-Claude Viollier, Executive Vice President - Global Sales Officer - Application Sevices One,Capgemini
Life-Science & Biotech
Aliza Apple, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
Stephane Boutet, Staff scientist Applications Lead, 10XGenomics
Christophe Degois, Senior Director Business Development, Aimmune Therapeutics
Sylvaine Cases, Vice President, Oncology Scientific Innovation, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Dominique Charmot, Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Ardelyx Inc.
Yamina Hakem, CEO, GlobalReach Business Solutions
Jean-Bernard Le Pecq, Owner, Exothera
Hocine Lourdani, Co-Founder, Stealth Biotech Company
Bruno Marchon, CTO, EpiBiome
Stafford Matthews, Technology Law Managing Partner, Dentons
Anita Melikian, Founder & Principal, BioXb
Social Impact
Aude Anquetil, Director of Development West Coast, Epic Foundation
Eve Chaurand, General Counsel, Change.org, President, French-American Chamber of Commerce San Francisco
Bernadette Clavier, Executive Director, Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Servane Demol, Founder & Executive Director, Code For Fun
Nathalie Gobbi, Founder & Editor, Lostin SF
Aoife McArdle, Director of Business Affairs & Social Impact Trips, Airbnb
Gisele Maxwell, President & CEO, Shasta Crystals Inc.
Richard Zolezzi, Shareholder, Polsinelli
Startup of the Year
Kash Baghaei, Director of Product Management, PayPal
Edouard Bulteau, Investment Manager, Total Energy Ventures
Delphine Deleger, Station Supervisor, Air France-KLM
Olivier Delerm, CEO, A6 Group
Hugues Gontier, CMO, BlueFox.io
Nancy Hayes, Managing Director, Golden Seeds
Geoffroy Martin, Advisor, Senior Executive, CEO, InjectSense, Daylighted
SC Moatti, Founder & Managing Partner, Products That Count
Philippe Nicolas, Consultant, Advisor, Investor, Condor Consulting Group
Chloe Soroquere, Marketing, Brand, Communications & Business Development Strategist Expert, Principal, VeraVista Solutions
Ronan Souberbielle, EVP, Prosodie-Capgemini & Business Platforms Unit, Capgemini
Ludovic Ulrich, Senior Director, Startup & AppExchange Marketing, Salesforce
Gaelle Vialle, Senior Director, Product Operations, Pandora
Mark Weiss, Ecosystem General Manager, RocketSpace Inc.
US Investment in France
Olivier Allegret, Business Development Director, PRIME Paris Region International Mission Enterprise
Nathalie Auber, CFO & partner, Sofinnova Ventures, Inc.
Quentin Bordage, Founder & CEO, Brand & Celebrities
Pascal Chadenet, Office Managing Partner, Dentons
Eric Clogenson, Vice President Finance, Coca-Cola European Partners
William Eldin, CEO, XXII
Dominique Malecot, Journalist, Les Echos
Stafford Matthews, Technology Law Managing Partner, Dentons
Jason McDonald, Director & Co-Founder, Stringcan
Jean-Pierre Novak, Director West Coast, Business France (Invest in France)
Camille Pringent, Journalist, Decideurs, Leaders League
Corinne Romefort-Regnier, Corporate Governance Director, ESI Group
Caroline Thelier, General Manager France, PayPal
Wine
Nourredine Azouaou, North CA Regional Sales, R&B Cellars
Adam Beak, Senior Vice President, The Bank of the West
Frederic Catteau, Plant General Manager, Amcor Flexibles
John Compisi, Food, Wine & Travel Writer, The Examiner
Jean-Noel Fourmeaux du Sartel, Owner, VGS Chateau Potelle Winery
François Gros, Sales Director, H&A Financing & Services
Jean Hoefliger, Winemaker & General Manager, Alpha Omega Winery
Vincent Nadalie, Director of Sales, Nadalie USA
Alexandre Remy, General Manager & Partner, Atlas Wine Company
Michaela K. Rodeno, Advisor & Board Member, VineSleuth, Inc.& Bank of Marin Bancorp
Melanie Thomas, Sales & Business Development, Janson Capsules
Benoit Vialle, CEO, WineAccess
Woman Role Model
Eve Chaurand, General Counsel, Change.org, President, French-American Chamber of Commerce San Francisco
Sophie Chou, Director, Partner Advantage Program, Salesforce
Nicolas El Baze, General Partner, Partech Ventures
Nolwenn Godard, Director of Pricing Product & President of Unity, PayPal
Sylwia Gorajek, Producer, Host & Founder, Valley Talks
Corine Lesnes, Correspondent, Le Monde
Aoife McArdle, Director of Business Affairs & Social Impact Trips, Airbnb
Gisele Maxwell, President & CEO, Shasta Crystals Inc.
Nyna Pais Caputi, CEO & Founder, The Expat Woman
Sarah Pinto Peyronel, Vice President, Spectrum Equity
Odile Roujol, Advisor, Business Angel & Board Member, Next World Capital, Varo Money Inc., Bay Angels
Advisory Board
Samir Addamine, Founder & Chairman, Follow Analytics
Jacques Brix, Vice President, Wines & Vines
Sylvaine Cases, Vice President, Oncology Scientific Innovation, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Jean-Yves Charon, Founder & Pastry Chef, Galaxy Desserts
Eve Chaurand, General Counsel, Change.org, President, French-American Chamber of Commerce San Francisco
John Compisi, Food, Wine & Travel Writer, The Examiner
Nicolas El Baze, General Partner, Partech Ventures
Sebastien Espinasse, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Fabrique Delices
Jean-Noel Fourmeaux du Sartel, Owner, VGS Chateau Potelle Winery
Yamina Hakem, CEO, GlobalReach Business Solutions
Jean Hoefliger, Winemaker & General Manager, Alpha Omega Winery
Anita Melikian, Founder & Principal, BioXb
Vincent Nadalie, Director of Sales, Nadalie USA
Roland Passot, Chef & Owner, La Folie
Sarah Pinto Peyronel, Vice President, Spectrum Equity
Pascal Rigo, Founder & Owner, Bay Bread & La Boulangerie San Francisco
Ken Seymour, Managing Director U.S. division, H&A Financing & Services
Xavier Wartelle, General Manager, CEO, PRIME, French Tech Hub
