Movea Executive Bios
SAM GUILAUMÉ
Chief Executive Officer
Sam has 20 years experience in the microelectronic industry where he has held positions in Development, Production and Sales & Marketing Management. A French native, he has spent over 10 years abroad specifically USA and Germany. Sam has worked as a development engineer in the Advanced Technology group at Thomson Consumer Electronics in Villigen (Germany), Indianapolis (IN) and Illkirch (France). He had multiple management roles in the Automated Test Equipment division for Schlumberger (acquired by Credence), in San-Jose (CA) and Grenoble (France). After an experience in a start-up (TraciT Technologies, Grenoble) as Director of Sales, he co-founded Movea in 2007 as a spin-off from CEA-Léti. Since then as the CEO, Sam has lead the company through the acquisition of Gyration, a San-Jose based motion sensing product company and developed Movea as the leader in motion sensing technology for the Consumer Electronics industry.
Sam holds a Master of Science in Electronics Engineering from ESEO (Angers, France) and a business recognition from the Bill Daniels College of Business (University of Denver, CO).
BRYAN HOADLEY
Executive VP and General Manager Movea, Inc.
Bryan has over 20 years experience in the microelectronics industry where he has held positions in General Management, Corporate Operations and Field Sales & Marketing Management. Bryan started his career as a Systems Engineer at Lockheed Missiles & Space in Sunnyvale CA. Bryan transitioned into a 15 year career in the Automatic Test Industry with his first sales role at Micro Component Technology as a Sales Account Manager.
JULIAN FOULGER
Chief Finance Officer
Julian has 20 years of experience in finance in the health care, software and wireless industries. Previously he was Financial Director and Board Member at the Shaw Healthcare Group. Julian has held CFO and Board Member posts at both Wireless Systems International, a startup 3G wireless infrastructure developer and manufacturer, and at global EDA software Group Racal Redac.
BRUNO FLAMENT
Chief Technology Officer
Bruno has 17 years experience management at CEA-Léti dedicated to multi-sensor and autonomous micro-systems. He holds a PhD in signal processing and is the author of numerous technical documents and patents.
THIERRY CHAVIGNER
VP of Manufacturing
Thierry has spent more than 20 years in the semiconductor industry, including 13 at IBM Corbeil Semiconductor Operations in nearby Paris with a range of experience across itemuction management, industrial engineering, and new itemuct prototyping fabrication. In early 2008, he joined Movea as VP Manufacturing and moved to Milpitas CA. during the summer. 2008.