Our management team is composed of the following members :
Thomas Serval
Thomas SERVAL, co-founder of Baracoda SA
Thomas co-founded Baracoda SA with Olivier Giroud in October 2000. Thomas oversees all Baracoda projects at Baracoda SA and ensures the implementation of the company’s strategy with the aim of this becoming a leader in embedded management systems. Thomas graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure and gained several diplomas in politics and economics at ENSAE and Harvard. In addition to his activities with Baracoda, Thomas is still Vice-President of the French chapter of the Internet Society and Vice President of Comité Richelieu (Association of French high-tech SME). He is also leading the role of spokesperson in emphasizing the importance of solutions using Bluetooth technology.
Olivier Giroud
Olivier GIROUD, co-founder of Baracoda SA, General Manager of Baracoda Media
Since he co founded Baracoda in 2001, Olivier has embraced various responsibilities from leading the innovation and technology as the Chief Technical Officer, to operationnal responsabilities as Chief Operation Officer. He is now in charge of driving the Media division, overseeing all development projects and ensuring the implementation of the company’s strategy with the aim of becoming a leader as a Technology Provider and Ad Network for the Internet radio Industry. Prior to joining Baracoda, Olivier had been working as a reasearch engineer at Ethertronics, a VC-funded startup in San Diego. Olivier holds 4 patents in the field of Bluetooth, RFID and Content Aggregation Platforms. Olivier Giroud graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and also obtained an MSEE from Telecom ParisTech and the University Of California at Los Angeles.
Matthieu Delporte
Matthieu DELPORTE, co-founder of Baracoda SA, Chief Financial Officer
Matthieu joined Baracoda in September 2001, as CFO and board member, to contribute to build the company’s growth. Matthieu today runs the Traceability Division of Baracoda and supervises all corporate, legal, administrative and financial matters. Prior to joining Baracoda, Matthieu was the cofounder and CFO of Savoirweb, a leading Software editor in collaborative solutions. Prior to that, he was a member of the Cabinet of the French Minister of Education. He is a graduate from Sciences Po Paris and ESSEC MBA.
Laurent Perrin
Laurent PERRIN, Chief Technical Officer
Laurent is the architect of the Baracoda Media platform. He designed both protocol and the application interfaces that allow various devices to take advantage of our services. Prior to joining Baracoda Media, he started his career in the core infrastructure team of CATIA V5 (Dassault Systèmes). He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and TELECOM Paris School of Engineering. He started his career in the core infrastructure team of CATIA V5 (Dassault Systèmes).
