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Born 12 August 1958, Pascal Imbert is a qualified engineer from the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications.
He joined the IT services company Télésystèmes in 1980, where he contributed to several projects linked to the launch of the Télétel service in France. In 1986, he took charge of the Networks Research and Projects department, responsible for the design of telecoms products and networks for Télésystèmes.
In 1988, he joined Cirel Systèmes, manufacturer of telecoms products for PCs, as Technical Director, later appointed Deputy Managing Director. During his spell at Cirel Systèmes, he managed the development of a new generation of telecoms products, marketed to large, French and international systems producers.
He founded Solucom together with Michel Dancoisne in 1990, and for the next twelve years both men oversaw the company's growth and development. In September 2002, he became Chairman of the Management Board of Solucom, while Michel Dancoisne became Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Born 6 August 1963, Patrick Hirigoyen graduated as an engineer from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécoms de Bretagne, and has 15 years of experience in IT services and networks.
He began his career as business engineer for the firm ENFI, an IT services company specialising in new technologies.
He rejoined Solucom in 1993 as Sales Director. He developed the sales department to the current level of over ten sales engineers before being appointed Deputy CEO responsible for operations and member of the Management Board in September 2002.

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Born 13 August 1946 and a graduate of the Institut Supérieur d'Electronique du Nord, Jean Claude Malraison joined IBM as commercial engineer in 1971, managing major financial institutions and later managing the branch dedicated to this sector.
In 1987 he was appointed consultant to the Corporate Marketing Department of IBM Armonk (USA), and in 1989 he was made Head of the PC Division in France, then Spain and Switzerland.
In 1993 he was made General Manager heading the creation of the UNIX Division of IBM EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), then in 1996 he was appointed Vice Chairman Distribution and General Business of IBM EMEA.
During this period he was also member of the Supervisory Board of IBM France and member of the executive committee of IBM EMEA.
From 1999 to 2003 he was Managing Director of PLANTRONICS EMEA, and since October 2003 he has been Director of special projects for PLANTRONICS EMEA.
Jean-Claude Malraison is currently Chairman of the Board of Critical Eye Ltd, Vice-Chairman of Solucom's Supervisory Board, and Managing Director of Kervillen SARL...

Born 27 February 1950 and graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne and of the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises, Jacques Pansard joined SG2 group in 1974, SSII subsidiary of Société Générale.
Following his spell with SG2, he joined the firm COOPERS & LYBRAND in 1981 where he became a partner of the French practice in 1988.
In 1990, he was appointed General Manager of the Paris-based agency of the consulting firm CESIA.
In 1993, he became Chairman-CEO of CESYS, an organisation and information systems consulting firm of EURISYS Group (a COGEMA subsidiary).
In 1997 he joined ORGACONSEIL as Director Partner within the Industry and Services division.
Since 2000, he has been active as an independent consultant and was also Director of Programmes for the Master of Business Consulting (ongoing training programme for senior managers within the consulting profession) at ESCP-EAP. He is an Associate Professor of ESCP-EAP.

Jean-François Perret was born on 05/06/42 and is a graduate of both the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electronique, Electrotechnique, Informatique, Hydraulique et Télécommunication de Toulouse (ENSEEIHT) and IAE in Paris. He joined Société Anonyme de Télécommunication (SAT) in 1967 as a design engineer. In 1969 he became a sales engineer at Elecma (the Electronics Division of Snecma). In 1970 he became a special assistance at the Prime Minister's Information Technology Task Force and took part in surveys about the emerging software industry and at the strategic level the creation of a European IT industry (Unidata).
In 1974 he became head of the Economic and Financial Department of the Electronic and Computing Industries Directorate (DIELI) at the Ministry of Industry.
In 1977 he joined Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), where he would spend the rest of his career, first as Deputy Managing Director, then as Managing Director and Chairman of the Board. In this capacity he contributed to making PAC a recognized leader in consulting and strategic and marketing surveys in the software and IT services markets. He also played a key role in the international growth of PAC.
Jean-François Perret is currently Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Pierre Audoin Consultants, a director of CVMP Consulting and Chairman of the Association of ENSEEIHT Engineers.