Emilie Darlet | CEO & Founder
Emilie brings to Avedya strong experience in the media and youth domains, having previously served as Assistant Director General of the Edi-Presse Group, the leading publisher of youth-focused magazines in France, Switzerland and Belgium. At Edi-Presse, Emilie was responsible for overseeing the ongoing development of the three titles: Salut, Star Club and Miss. During her time at Edi-Presse, both Star Club and Salut were ranked among the top five fastest growing magazines in France by the OJD. Emilie holds a degree in Business Administration from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris, with a specialty in Entrepreneurship.
Prashant Nair | CTO & Founder
Prior to founding Avedya in 2000, Prashant served as Vice-President of application development and operations at Bolt , the largest multi-access community for teenagers in North America, counting over 9m members. Previously, Prashant served as Director of Advanced Technology, overseeing Bolt's e-commerce intiatives and application development team. Prior to Bolt, Prashant served as a Technology Manager for Agency.com's New York office, where he worked on accounts such as Armstrong, Unilever and Met Life. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University.
At Avedya, Prashant oversees the Technology and Product departments.
Ludo Bergkamp | VP Business Development
Ludo joined Avedya after 7 years at InfoSpace / Motricity, a provider of mobile portal platforms, where he managed a team in charge of maintaining and developing relationships with European mobile operators. He worked with marketing and product departments of major operators to define, launch, grow and improve content services for consumers. Prior to that, he was Country Manager at an independent mobile portal, and managed the VAS team at Dutch mobile operator Telfort. He started his now 18-year career at NEC in Japan. Ludo holds a MSc in Wireless Telecoms from Delft University of Technology, and is based near Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Laurent Colin | VP Sales
Laurent has several years of experience in the mobile services industry, including expertise in communities and location-based services. Prior to joining Avedya, Laurent was Country Manager France/Switzerland for Webraska, where he participated actively in the launch of the first convergent, location-based services for various Telcos and ISPs. Laurent hold a Bachelors of Modern Information Technology from South Bank University and a degree in Business Management.
Karel Michek | Director, Software Development
Karel is responsible for aligning Avedya's global software development and deployment teams with key business and product objectives. With over 20 years of experience in various roles ranging from programmer to chief architect, Karel has led numerous major projects and teams, most recently at IBM Global Services, where he was chief architect on the eVisa and ePassport systems for the Czech Republic. He has also co-authored several IBM technical publications and produced sample material on new J2EE and related technologies. During his career, he has obtained a number of different SUN and IBM technology certifications. Karel holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the Czech Technical University in Prague.
Dominique Dufour | Community Animation Manager
Dominique Dufour joined Avedya in April 2006 to bring his expertise to increase end-user loyalty through animation. Prior to Avedya, Dominique was a professional writer (TV, press and radio), then Editorial & Community Manager at World Online. He also founded Canalchat.com, where he pionereed a number of innovations, many of which are now standard features at most web sites using community tools. Then he successfully launched and developed Habbo Hotel in Spain. Dominique holds a Masters degree in Journalism from the University of Aix Marseille II and a Graduate Diploma in E-learning from University of Technology Sydney (Australia).