Yves SIMON

Professional background:
From 2000 NTIC Entrepreneurship:
Amoweba SAS Position: CEO
Amoweba was a cognitive sciences applications and services company. It’s original project was a peer to peer social book marking tool: human-links. Overtime, Amoweba acquired 2 other companies:
Novadis-Services SARL in 2001 that was developing services in cognitive services and eyetracking
Voyez-Vous SA in 2003 that was specialized in dynamic mapping tools technology development including Mapstan
Amoweba total investment over a 4 years period reached 4 million euros including 1 million euros from private venture, 1,2 millions euros from public funding agencies (anvar, cri …), a million euros total sales …
Amoweba transferred all technological assets in july 2004 to a company called Social Computing
Sample clients: FT, Schneider, Ipsos, BNP, Eurocontrol, Lafarge, DGA, CRVS, P&G, Cegos, MeetinParis (CCIP), EADS …
Sample partners: Wanadoo / Voila, Societe.com (Free), Viaduc.com, Webjay.org (Yahoo), Sinequa , Mailwatcher, savoirs en réseau …
Currently working with Hemisphere as Fast Search&Transfer partnership and sales development coordinator (Fast is a norwegian company ww leader in the professional Search Engine market)

From 1985 to 1996 Catering & Hotel industry:
Last accomplishment: Accor Group, Formule 1 / Etap Hotel, Very economical chain of hotels, France
CEO attaché, acting at Regional Director level. In charge of a 840 rooms property’s market researches, business developments, information system, organization and pre opening forecasts

From 1997 to 2000 International development:
Ouest Catering SA, International Catering, French Company
Positions: Central Africa Director, Africa Deputy Director, Algeria Management Controller.
Business development including contract negotiations and deals closings with clients like Anadarko, Exxon Mobil, BHP, Halliburton …
Country openings from scratch (Angola, Equatorial Guinea) including institutional partnerships, local recruitment & training, juridical settings, market studies (economic, social, project detection in the petroleum sector, financial, juridical…)

Happy dad of Pol, born april, the 11th, 2006