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Michel Artières is founder, President and CEO of ATEME. Previously, Michel had directed R&D in Image Processing and Compression at French Ministry of Defence. He specifically directed research works in the field of progressive lossless compression for very high definition images, and blurred image restoration in noisy environments. Michel received his engineering degree from Supelec, Paris, France, with a specialization in signal processing.

Dominique Edelin is founder and VP R&D of ATEME. Previously, Dominique has directed various hardware designs for markets such as telecommunications and aeronautics. He specifically managed large designs of equipments for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: video and data payloads acquisition, compression, methods of multiplexing and radio transmission. Dominique received his engineering degree from Supelec, Paris, France, with a specialization in electronics.

Joseph Soueidi joined ATEME in April 2009 as COO to be in charge of Ateme’s operations. Prior to Ateme, Joseph Held key Senior management positions within large Multinational companies like Bosch Telecom, Marconi and GE Security. Joseph is a Telecom Engineer and has a Master Degree in Business Administration.

Fabrice Sana joined ATEME in 2007 as CFO. He is responsible for control and reporting, tax, treasury, administrative and IT department. He previously held positions in finance as Management Control Director for Karavel, Finance Controller for Alstom and manager for Arthur Andersen / BearingPoint. Fabrice has a Master Degree from the European Business School.

 Xavier Niel joined ATEME board in December 2006. He is Founder and Chief Strategy Officer for the Iliad Group, a dominant player in the French Internet and Telecommunications market through its ISP subsidiary, Free®. Free is the number one alternative ADSL operator in France with more than 2,278,000 subscribes as of December 31, 2006, 50% of which are effective IPTV viewers.
He has been responsible for the Group’s major strategic developments, from the development of Internet access services to the launch of the Freebox project.

 Jean Bourcereau is a General Partner with Ventech, investing in semiconductor and communications. He currently serves on a number of Boards including Arteris, Crocus Technology and Ekinops. He previously was a Director of Musiwave (acquired by Openwave). Jean graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and ENST.

 Dominique Agrech is a Member of the Executive Board at XAnge Private Equity. He has been active in venture capital since 1986, having gained experience in both life sciences and Information Technology. After a first experience with the Suez group, Dominique joined Abn-Amro Capital France in 1997 as head of Venture. He is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and ENSPM.