Company
MASA is a spin-off of the bio-computing lab of Ecole Normale Supérieure d'Ulm, the most prestigious scientific university of Paris. Since 1996, the company specializes in the development of software engines and products based on a unique mastering of adaptive and intelligent technologies, such as human behavior modeling, dynamic optimization and statistical machine learning.
The mastering of the DirectIA and BlueKaizen software engines allows MASA to develop software products and customized applications dedicated to its customers operational teams. The company relies on an international network of partners (system integrators, OEM software and hardware vendors) to address its customers locally.
MASA has developed over time an impressive customer base in the following industries, served by software applications dedicated to their operational requirements:
- Defense and homeland security: French Army, French DGA, Thales, European Commission
- Industrial simulation and e-learning: Dassault Systèmes, Cegos
- Waste management and utilities: Veolia/Onyx, Suez/SITA, EDF
- Microelectronics and semiconductors: ST Microelectronics, Alliance Crolles 2, CMP
- Posts, transports and logistics: La Poste, Mediapost, Royal Mail, Geodis, Sernam
- Railways and Airport infrastructures: SNCF/STVA, RFF
From the beginning, the company has been backed by Qualis, its majority shareholder. Qualis is an industrial holding company owning a portfolio generating consolidated revenues of several hundreds of millions of euros.
MASA is managed by the following team:
- Patrick Samama, President
- Rémi Gilet, Simulation Business Unit Manager
- Olivier Trullier, Optimization Business Unit Manager
- Michel Gaouyer, Semiconductor Business Unit Manager