Dr. Gregoire Ribordy, co-founder and CEO, has 20 years of experience in various R&D and management roles in the field of optical measurements and communication systems. He founded ID Quantique in 2001 and has managed the company since then. Prior to this, he was a research fellow at the Group of Applied Physics of the University of Geneva between 1997 and 2001. In this position, he actively developed quantum cryptography technology and is the holder of a number of patents in the field. Between 1995 and 1996, Dr. Ribordy worked in the R&D division of Nikon Corp. in Tokyo.
Dr. Ribordy is the recipient of several awards such as the 2001 New Entrepreneurs in Technology and Science prize, the 2002 de Vigier award and the Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy 1999 prize. At the end of 2005, he was selected as one of the most innovative individuals in information technology worldwide by the World Technology Network. Dr. Ribordy, with the other co-founders of IDQ, were awarded the Medal of Innovation in 2017 and the Impact Award in 2019 by the University of Geneva.
Mr. Christophe Gaillard brings 20 years of operational, product development and delivery experience in the field of security systems, both hardware and software in an international environment. He was focused on Pay TV, embedded set-top boxes and cloud-based video streaming solutions. Prior to joining IDQ in early 2019, he worked for the Kudelski Group where he held various senior management positions ranging from Engineering, Project Management, Quality & Test Management and Customer Services. He has a broad experience in managing large organizations and leading cross-functional teams across multiple locations. From 2000 to 2005, he worked at NagraStar in Denver (CO, USA), a joint venture between Kudelski Group and Echostar, where he was in charge of Security Operations and anti-piracy measures on the satellite network.
Mr. Gaillard holds a Master’s degree in Micromechanics with a major in Optical engineering and Microsystems from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL).
Mr. Axel Foery joined ID Quantique in February 2020 bringing a deep experience in the IT, telecommunications and security fields. He started his career in the telecommunications market working for Deutsche Telekom, Nokia and later Cisco where he built the IP Infrastructure we everyday use. During 16 years at Cisco, he successfully held leadership roles throughout Europe and was responsible for the launch of new technologies and go-to-market approaches for major global markets and verticals.
After working at Cisco, Axel became the CEO of Keymile, a Swiss and German network infrastructure vendor, serving the Energy, Railway, Authority and Carrier markets. There, he implemented a new company strategy focusing on the mission-critical market. To cover the strong security needs of this market, he drove the joint development of a new product with IDQ and Keymile/ABB in 2016. Later, he moved into the Utility market to build the Global B2B Solution Business GTM for E.ON, a major European Utility company. Before joining ID Quantique, Axel was a strategic technology advisor in different Private Equity investments.
Dr. Marc Nikles has been actively involved in the sensing industry for more than 25 years as a researcher, sales and marketing executive and successful entrepreneur. Prior to joining ID Quantique, he was Meggitt’s Energy division Global Marketing Manager. In 2000, he was the co-founder of Omnisens, a spin-off company of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL) which pioneered long distance fibre optic sensing. Omnisens has developed and successfully marketed fibre optic based solutions for the Oil & Gas and Energy industries. For more than 15 years Marc has led the development and growth of the company from start-up to a mature SME, as General Manager, CTO and CEO successively. From 1997 until 2000 he was Program Manager aerospace sensing applications at Vibro-Meter.
He obtained a PhD degree in technical sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL) in 1997 for his research activities on scattering phenomena in optical fibres and the development of long distance distributed temperature and strain sensing systems.
Mr. Benoit Lamamy joined ID Quantique in May 2018 bringing 20 years of senior finance management experience. He joined ID Quantique from Stromasys, a global provider of virtualization solutions, where he served as Chief Financial Officer in a period of significant growth. Prior to that, he was with Meggitt PLC, a FTSE-100 global engineering group, and Eaton Corporation, an American-based global diversified power management company, for over 10 years holding a series of finance positions of increasing responsibility in the US, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Mr. Lamamy obtained a Master’s degree in Finance from Audencia Business School in France.
