Yann Lechelle
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| Yann Lechelle | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 22, 1971 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | French |
| 🏫 Education | |
| 💼 Occupation | Tech executive & Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Etheryl, Appsfire, KickYourApp, Snips, Scaleway |
| 🏅 Awards | See below |
Yann Lechelle (born in 1971) is a French tech executive and entrepreneur involved in the development of high profile French tech companies such as Appsfire, Snips and Scaleway after having worked in France at Effix, in the UK for Cambridge Animation Systems, in Hollywood at Dreamworks Animation or on Wall Street in the financial software industry.[1]
Education[edit]
He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science Summa Cum Laude from the American University of Paris (1993) and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD (2001).
Career[edit]
Entrepreneurship[edit]
He is a repeat entrepreneur having founded, co-founded or joined a number of startups, including Etheryl.[2] in 2001, a B2B social network software-as-a-service available to universities[3], Appsfire, an app store recommendation engine sold to MNG in 2015[4], or Snips[5], a privacy-by-design voice assistant deep tech company sold to Sonos[6]. He gives back to the community as a startup mentor, angel investor or contributor to the INSEAD Knowledge portal or via case studies[7].
Executive Roles[edit]
In February 2020, two weeks before global COVID lockdown, he joined Scaleway as CEO[8] until January 2023[9]. During his 3 year mandate, he grew the company threefold to nearly 600 employees while pushing Scaleway to be a leading regional hyperscaler competing with the likes of AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and OVHcloud. During his mandate, he was a fervent promoter of European Technological sovereignty[10], pointing out weaknesses in the GAIA-X[11][12] project and associated governance, or in the "Cloud de Confiance" construct promoted by the French government in May 2021[13]. As he changed the tagline of the company to "the cloud of choice", he also advocated for a multicloud approach to maximize resilience across operators and minimize dependencies, both to the benefit of the client and to improve strategic autonomy from a national perspective.
Distinctions[edit]
- Appointed to the rank of Knight in the National Order of Merit (France) by the Ministry of Economics and Finance (France)[14]
- Listed as one of 100 top developers in France in a note by Tariq Krim provided to Fleur Pellerin and the French ministry for SME, Innovation and Digital Economy (2014)[1]
- Listed as one of 100 tech leaders in France according to FrenchWeb (2022)[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Krim, Tariq (March 2014). "100 outstanding French developers (page 179)" (PDF). CNNum for the French Ministry of SME, Innovation and Digital Economy (in français).
- ↑ "Etheryl S.A.S. official company record".
- ↑ Santos, Felipe (2006-01-03). "Case Study - Etheryl S.A.S. (A): Growth Paths for a Lifestyle Venture". INSEAD.
- ↑ Goldenberg, Roy (2015-02-10). "Mobile Network Group buys Appsfire".
- ↑ Bartelemy, Sebastien (2017-07-20). "Snips: A vocal revolution is brewing in Paris's 2nd Arrondissement". INSEAD.
- ↑ "Sonos Announces Acquisition of Snips" (Press release). 2019-11-20.
- ↑ "Maximising Entrepreneurial Potential: Governance as Insurance". INSEAD (Interview). 2023-04-14.
- ↑ "Yann Lechelle joins Scaleway as CEO" (PDF). Iliad (Press release). 2020-03-02.
- ↑ Paquette, Emmanuel (2022-12-20). "Scaleway (Iliad) perd son directeur général". L'Informé (in français).
- ↑ Petzinger, Jill (2022-04-21). "Scaleway CEO Yann Lechelle says Europe needs to stop being naive about tech sovereignty". Tech.eu (Interview).
- ↑ Donnelly, Caroline (2021-11-19). "Gaia-X founding member Scaleway exits project over misgivings about its future direction". Computer Weekly.
- ↑ Speed, Richard (2021-11-19). "EU digital sovereignty project Gaia-X opens its summit with the departure of Scaleway". The Register.
- ↑ Laidi, Ali (2021-06-02). "Cloud souverain : le gouvernement français aurait-il crié victoire trop tôt ?". France24 (Interview) (in français).
- ↑ "Decree of November 24, 2021 on promotion and appointment in the National Order of Merit". Official Journal. 2021-11-24.
- ↑ Menneveux, Richard (2022-12-01). "100 French tech personalities who have marked 2022". Frenchweb (in français).
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