Raphael Auphan

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Raphael Auphan is CEO of Qwant Raphael Auphan is . Raphael was previously COO/President and Co-Founder of VC-backed Cosmian and the CEO of Scilab (acquired by Euronext-listed ESI Group) and previously founder and CEO of Zyken (acquired by Withings/Nokia). Raphael is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive at high-technologies companies. He begins his career in the Singapore subsidiary of a large European technology group (Thales) where he takes part in a major project for the Singapore subway system. He then pursues his career with worldwide smart card leader Gemplus (NASDAQ: GEMP / now merged into Gemalto — Euronext: GTO), where he starts its Malaysian subsidiary in Kuala Lumpur. He then moves to the US to join the founding of ViaFone, a start-up with 35M$ funding specialized in mobile enterprise software; he becomes VP, North American Operations and significantly contributes to its growth; when ViaFone is acquired by Nasdaq-listed Extended Systems (acquired by Sybase, itself acquired

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Paris, France