Ludovic Le Moan
| Ludovic Le Moan | |
|---|---|
 Leweb-leweb12-leweb2012-17151875-o.jpg Le Moan (left), 2012 | |
| Born | November 1, 1963 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | French |
| 💼 Occupation | CEO |
| Known for | Sigfox |
Ludovic Le Moan is a French businessman, CEO of Sigfox, an IoT network provider.[1][2][3] Before Sigfox, Ludovic Le Moan led several French businesses, such as Goojet and Anywhere Technologies.
Career
Le Moan graduated with a Certificat d'aptitude professionnelle (CAP) in woodturning, and later from the École nationale supérieure d'informatique et de mathématiques appliquées de Grenoble with an engineering degree.[4][5]
Dubbed the "100 million man", Ludovic Le Moan co-founded SIGFOX, and has been its Chief Executive Officer since December 2010.[5] His previous roles included founder, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Technology Officer of Scoop.it (now Scoop.it) until November 2010; CEO of Anyware Technologies (sold to Wavecom in 2007); and manager of COFRAMI Group. He left COFRAMI to create Anyware Technologies. He also founded GOOJET (now Scoop.it).[4] In December 2015, Le Moan was named Le Monde Informatique IT personality of the year, alongside Gilles de Richemond.[6]
Sigfox
Together with Christophe Fourtet, Le Moan co-founded Sigfox, based in Toulouse, in 2009. The company aims to provide the infrastructure and capabilities for an Internet of Things network. Specifically, it provides narrow-band low-energy transmission capabilities (M2M communications) for objects ranging from washing machines to cars. Sigfox coverage in France and Spain is complete, via approximately 1300 antennas in each country.[7] As of 2015, the company operated in several countries and covered an area of over 1,000,000 square kilometers in Europe.[8][9] The company connects seven million objects in France alone.[10]
Following its recent 2014-2015 funding round, which raised $115 million (following an initial €27 million round),[11] it announced a partnership with Samsung and plans for an IPO in 2016.[7][8] Describing the company as the "Twitter of telecoms," Le Moan believes Sigfox will become a global standard in short-message communication.[12][13][14] In a conversation with PCWorld, Le Moan stated his preference to build its own US network rather than seeking a local partner, focusing on major US cities initially. He also noted that applications would include connecting gas, electricity, and water meters, security systems, and pet, bike, and car tracking devices.[15]
References
- ↑ Objectif News. "Sigfox renforce son équipe pour accélérer son internationalisation". La Tribune. La Tribune. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ "Ludovic Le Moan (Sigfox): "Face à nous, Bouygues Telecom a perdu d'avance"". BFMTV. BFMTV. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ O'Brien, Chris. "Sigfox raises France's biggest VC round ever at $115M to expand its IoT wireless network". VentureBeat. VentureBeat. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 PASSEBON, PHILIPPE. "Ludovic Le Moan à la conquête du monde des objets connectés". IT. IT. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Doumergue, Cyril. "Ludovic Le Moan, l'homme qui valait 100 millions". La Depeche. La Depeche. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ Leblal, Serge. "Ludovic Le Moan, PDG de Sigfox, personnalité IT 2015 pour LMI". Le Monde Informatique. Le Monde Informatique. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Moreau, Marion. "Sigfox : la start-up française pourrait bientôt lever 100 millions d'euros". Frenchweb. Frenchweb. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "#IoT : Après Samsung et ENGIE, qui viendra frapper à la porte de Sigfox?". Maddyness. Maddyness. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "[3 questions à] Ludovic Le Moan: " Sigfox vise une nouvelle levée de fonds d'environ 60 millions d'euros "". FrenchWeb. FrenchWeb. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ Leymarie, Jean. "Ludovic Le Moan (Sigfox) : "Sept millions d'objets seront bientôt connectés"". france info. france info. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ TAAFFE, JOANNE. "Sigfox Plans Global IoT Network". LightReading. LightReading. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ Manière, Pierre. "Sigfox, LoRa, Qowisio : la bataille pour les réseaux bas débit est lancée". La Tribune. La Tribune. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ "Vidéo Ludovic Le Moan – Sigfox : quelle place pour le bas débit dans la 5G". ITespresso. ITespresso. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ Arutunian, Sophie. "Sigfox annonce l'arrivée de Samsung dans son capital". La Tribune. La Tribune. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ Ricknäs, Mikael. "Sigfox taps new funding to expand its IoT network around the world". PCWorld. PCWorld. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
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