Francois is the Founder and CEO of iotaBEAM, an IoT security solution company that extends security beyond the Edge to low complexity sensors and IoT endpoints.
Francois brings with him more than 25 years of senior leadership experience, having started and developed business globally for a number of Silicon Valley startups as well as public companies. He was SVP and Corporate Officer at Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (acquired by Sonus, now Ribbon), and held Global Sales and Business Development senior executive positions at AOptix Technologies, Tropos Networks (now ABB Wireless), and Aperto Networks. Prior to that, Francois was at 3Com Corp. (acquired by HPE), managing the WAN Access Products B.U. He came to 3Com via its acquisition of startup OnStream Networks,
Francois got his MBA from Stanford University and MS in Structural Engineering from INSA-Lyon in France.