An alumnus of ENS Paris-Saclay, Michel started his scientific career at the "Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes", a laboratory of CNRS, Supelec and Paris University. After a visiting period at the University of California San Diego, he joined MATRA (now AIRBUS) and headed its Image and Signal Processing Laboratory, working on earth observations, command & control, intelligence and guidance programs, later becoming Vice-President for the Ground Receiving Stations business unit.
He then switched to medium-sized deep tech companies, developing international markets and integrating multicultural teams, first as President and CEO of HORIBA Jobin Yvon, a spectroscopic instrumentation leader, then as COO of SURYS, a specialist in holographic authentication and security, and as COO of AMPLITUDE Laser, the ultrafast laser pioneer. He lately served as Vice President of Université Paris-Saclay for Economic Development.
Term of office: 2024-2030
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