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Meet our team

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Cédric JAVAULT

Chief Executive Officer

After a solid education in engineering (Ecole Polytechnique + Corps des Mines), Cédric became head of division for the French Nuclear Safety Authority before embracing the world of entrepreneurship. He spent more than 15 years as President of the Telligo group, which he founded, and which he turned into France’s #2 children’s holiday company (turnover €35m - 300 employees - €4m raised in 2008 - 5 competitors bought out – sold in 2017 to UCPA).

 

After the sale of Telligo, Cédric wanted to go in a completely different direction and become an AI expert. He happily went back to school, devoting two more full years to furthering his knowledge in math and building up expertise in coding; he obtained his Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence Magna Cum Laude in October 2021.

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Simon Jiafeng LI

Chief Business Officer

Simon is a Deeptech entrepreneur with a proven track record of founding and scaling innovative companies. He is the founder of Gensor, a Medtech company pioneering virus-testing biosensors powered by gene FET technology. Previously, Simon served as CMO at Wellbots, a New York-based e-commerce company, and gained valuable experience in corporate strategy and investment during his time with Amadeus and Axel Springer. He also brings expertise in private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) from his tenure at AfricInvest.

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Simon's background in Deeptech commercialization and venture capital is reinforced by a Master in Management from ESCP Business School and specialized studies in the Healthcare MBA program at the University of Minnesota. His global experience, spanning France, the U.S., China, the U.K., Germany, Israel, Japan, North Africa, and Sweden, provides him with a broad and diverse perspective on innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Pr. Eric THOUVENOT

Neurologist, Stroke Expert

Eric is an internationally-renowned researcher and a very committed doctor. He is both a former student of Normal'Sup Rue d'Ulm, a Doctor of Science and a Doctor of Medicine, specializing in neurology.

 

A university lecturer and a hospital practitioner, he runs the neurology department at the university hospital (CHU) in Nîmes. He is also a researcher at France’s national scientific research center, the CNRS, and has a post-doctoral degree authorizing him to supervise PhD studies. He has published more than 240 research articles, most often in his specialist field, Multiple Sclerosis.

 

Until recently, he was the president of the Société Francophone de la Sclérose en Plaques (the French speaking MS society) of which he is still an administrator.

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Fabien ORSAT

Chief Technical Officer

A lifelong software design enthusiast, Fabien graduated from Mines Paris PSL in 2006, in Information Systems Management.

 

After a few years in a large IT company, he took over the running of Telligo’s computer systems and finally started his own business. He then created the oenology web app Sommelix, and worked as a consultant, sometimes as CTO, sometimes in change management.

 

He has a strong interest in both technical and functional design, but he also really enjoys coding himself.

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Lionel PIBRE, PhD

Senior Engineer in AI

Lionel obtained his PhD in Computer Science in 2018 at the University of Montpellier, as part of the ICAR team of LIRMM. Specializing in machine learning and more specifically in AI, he then held two post-doctoral positions:

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  • The first at the University of Toulouse Paul Sabatier, at IRIT, during which he worked on the LinTO project (designing an intelligent meeting assistant). This position allowed him to work more specifically on analyzing audio and video data.​

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  • The second at the University of Montpellier Paul Valéry, as part of UMR TETIS, where he contributed to the ADELE2020 project, developing a tool for the segmentation of the seabed in shallow depths using SONAR and bathymetry.

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Félix YRIARTE

AI Engineer

A graduate with a Master’s in Computer Science specializing in image processing and artificial intelligence from the University of Montpellier in 2022, Félix first turned to the world of academic research. He worked on various projects related to multimedia security (in the LIRMM, CRIStAL, and LIRIS laboratories), as well as on AI in civil engineering, including automated methods for detecting anomalies on building facades (at the CRIStAL laboratory).

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Wanting to be more involved in the industrial world and to work on innovative and concrete projects, Félix joined AI-Stroke as an AI engineer in March 2024.

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Neila BOUTENOUNE

Quality Manager

Neila is currently in her second year of a Master's program (M2) in Health Engineering, specializing in Medical Devices from Design to Commercialization (DMCC), at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Montpellier.

 

During her apprenticeship at AI-Stroke, she is involved in the implementation, deployment, and monitoring of the Quality Management System. She drafts quality procedures, ensures their relevance and proper adoption by the development teams, and verifies compliance with requirements, particularly in software-related matters.

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Matys LAGUERRE

AI Intern

Currently in his second year at Epitech, a school of computer development, he has been programming since a young age.

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Recently drawn to the field of artificial intelligence, he has completed several projects related to this area during his studies.

 

He aspires to pursue a career in AI while strengthening his skills in complementary fields to become a well-rounded developer.

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Alexyan COMINO

AI Intern

Currently in his second year at Epitech, a school specialized in software development, he began programming in 2019 and has been practicing ever since.

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Passionate about artificial intelligence for several years, he is determined to grow in this field by engaging in various projects.

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Thanks to the different opportunities offered by Epitech, he works on a variety of topics, allowing him to strengthen his skills in several areas.

Our Scientific Advisory Board

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Pr. Thanh NGUYEN

President of Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology Boston, USA

  • Director of Interventional Neurology/Neuroradiology at Boston Medical Center.

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  • Professor of Neurology, Radiology, and Neurosurgery at Boston University School of Medicine.

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  • Top Doctor in Neurology 2017-2023 (Boston Magazine).

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  • 724 publications and 11,395 citations.

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Pr. Guillaume TURC

Secretary General of European Stroke Organization Paris, France

  • Professor of Neurology at Saint-Anne Hospital in Paris.

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  • Director of the INSERM Unit 1266 dedicated to stroke research.

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  • President of the ESO Guideline Board.

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  • ESO Scientific Excellence Award 2022.

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  • 191 publications and 10,428 citations.

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Marc CHAUMONT, PhD

Team leader ICAR at LIRMM/ CNRS Montpellier, France

  • Associate Professor at LIRMM Montpellier (CNRS), AI Expert.

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  • International expert in steganography and image/video processing, IEEE Senior Member.

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  • Recipient of the Top 3% Reviewer Award at ICIP 2020.

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  • 173 publications and 2,658 citations.

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Aysen DEGERLI PhD

Research Scientist VTT, Finlande

  • Lead author of MAMAF-Net: Motion-Aware and Multi-Attention Fusion Network for Stroke Diagnosis, a reference in AI-based stroke detection.

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  • Honorable mention for the 2022 Technical Creativity Award by the city of Tampere for her advanced disease detection algorithms.

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  • 35 publications and 482 citations.

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Juha PAJULA PhD

Senior Research Scientist VTT, Finlande

  • Senior Researcher at VTT (Finland) specialized in computer science and AI.

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  • Expert in medical image processing and analysis.

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  • 38 publications and 472 citations

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Dr. Mohamad ABDALKADER

Associate Professor of Radiology Boston, USA

  • Research Program Director in Interventional Neuroradiology.

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  • Expert physician at the Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center.

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  • Associate Editor at the Journal of Neuroradiology.

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  • 258 publications and 2,754 citations.

Our Advisors

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Mike FINCH

Senior Commercial Advisor

  • Dr. Finch is a recognized expert in the United States on healthcare costs, quality, and financing. He has served as a faculty member in Health Services Research at the University of Minnesota and was Director of Research Programs at UnitedHealth Group. He is currently an Executive in Residence at the Carlson School of Management.

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  • As a key mentor at the MILI Valuation Lab, he has advised over 100 healthcare innovation projects in the past decade.

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Susan ALPERT

Senior Regulatory Advisor

  • Dr. Alpert is an expert in international regulatory strategy for medical devices and other health products. She worked at the US Food & Drug Administration from 1987 to 2000, where she held various leadership positions in the drug, medical device, and radiological health sectors. She served as the Director of the Device Evaluation Office from 1993 to 1999.

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  • She was also Senior Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs at Medtronic, Inc.

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