An experienced team of managers is sharing the same vision for innovation and international growth of MASA Group.
Patrick Samama, President and CEO, leads the strategic direction of MASA Group since 2003 and is actively involved in the development of major international partnerships and in the design of the product strategy. He has over 20 years of experience in successfully managing and developing new businesses the IT and Telco industries, which include Thomson/Thales, Bossard/Gemini Management Consulting and Andersen Consulting/Accenture. Patrick Samama holds an MSc from ENSTA, France and an MBA from ESSEC, France and Babson College, USA. For more information, see his LinkedIn profile.
Nicolas de Belilovsky, Managing Director, joined MASA Group in March 2008 with a goal to manage growth and international development. He is leveraging its past 25 years of experience in the IT business which include IBM, Hitachi Data Systems, Econocom, Marcam and Centra (now Saba) with different role in Sales, Marketing and Management. He has also managed its own company during 5 years and kept from this experience an entrepreneurial spirit, passion in driving business and respect of people and customers. He holds a Master in IT from Université Paris Dauphine. For more information, see his LinkedIn profile.
Rémi Gilet, Vice President France, arrived at MASA Group in 2002, first as Manager of the SCIPIO project, then as Chief Operating Officer in charge of simulation projects. After 10 years working in the CAD industry, first as R&D Engineer, then as Pre-sales Engineer and finally as Service Department Manager at Matra Datavision, Rémi Gilet has been Chief Operating Officer for 4 years in an information technology service company. Rémi Gilet holds an Engineering degree in Mechanics.
Mark Phillips, Vice President International Business Development, manages the North America subsidiary of MASA Group in Norfolk, Virginia. Mark has over 28 years of experience in the areas of telecommunications, logistics, and modeling & simulation worldwide. After a 20-year career in the Australian Army, Mark has held key roles in academia (Old Dominion University) and Defense contracting (General Dynamics, Terrain Experts, Presagis). Mark holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of New South Wales and a Masters of Engineering from Old Dominion University. For more information, see his LinkedIn profile.
Jérôme Kodjabachian, Director Product Development, is the first employee hired by MASA Group in December 1996. As an R&D Engineer, he was a key player in the design and development of MASA proprietary engines: DirectIA and Evolver. From 1998 to 2002, he was in charge of R&D projects in data analysis and signal processing. This resulted in the creation in 2003 of a dedicated team at MASA Group who developed a proprietary Machine Learning Toolkit and applied it in the context of several R&D initiatives. Jérôme holds a Telecommunication Engineering degree from ENST and a PhD in Biomathematics from Université Paris 6.