About us

The founders

For some 15 years Ludovic LE MOAN has nurtured the idea of bringing the Internet of Things to life. In 2000 he created Anyware Technologies, giving his client’s a first experience of the Internet of Things by connecting objects with high added value. However, the total cost of the solution proved to be too high to be extended to all types of objects and applications.

This market really only accounted for a few % of M2M and Internet of Things real potential.

In 2010, a meeting with Christophe Fourtet made his dreams possible. A recognised expert in the field of radio communications, Christophe was the inventor of a disruptive technology designed to transmit information across very large distances using minimum energy and at minimum cost.

The two men along with Marc Vertes, an expert in critical systems, came together to set up a company and create the foundations for a low bandwidth cellular network for communicating objects.

In 2010, the company successfully secured venture capital for their project, enabling them to develop the network infrastructure and recruit 25 experts in the fields of signal processing, scalable information systems architecture, hardware and radio design.

Ludovic le Moan - CEO

Engineer graduated from ENSIMAG (group Polytechnique Grenoble), Ludovic le Moan (48) started his career in scientific and business positions prior to taking over the management of COFRAMI Group (1500 people). He left the position to create Anyware Technologies, a company specialised in M2M data management software which he further sold to Wavecom. He then founded GOOJET, now called Scoop.it, the curation leader (human management of fields of expertise through internet), that he left to become CEO of SIGFOX in December 2010 (and secured the first 2 million euros round table at that time). Ludovic le Moan is a serial entrepreneur who takes on his free time to provide many and one business founders with free advice and help. Some of those entities and seed companies are federated within one of Ludovic’s initiatives called TIC Valley (TIC stands for Information and Communication Technology) , a melting pot of talents, ideas, fledgling entrepreneurs and Start-ups that are selected to receive assistance and grow in a protected environment where services and knowledge are mutualised. He personally contributed to spotting and ensuring the success of tens of French and International companies.

Christophe Fourtet - Scientific Director and company founder

Engineer graduated from INSA (Lyon) in electrical and telecommunications sciences, and holding a postdoc in electromagnetism, Christophe Fourtet (45), founder of SIGFOX, also is the source of the disruptive technology the company holds. Christophe Fourtet spent his entire career in the electromagnetic and radio-frequency business units of blue chip companies (DGA, SAGEM, Motorola, Freescale). Among other achievements he contributed to creating the HW cellular group(that created the Motorola cellular phone ). His extensive expertise enabled him to master bridging the gap between technology and high volume manufacturing product. Since 2003, Christophe Fourtet has become an ANR expert. Passionate about radiofrequency, his expertise has come to be acknowledged worldwide.

Marc Vertes - base station development manager

An engineering graduate from Ecole Supérieure d’Informatique (PARIS) and holder of a biology dregree, Marc Vertes is the co-founder of the company Meiosys. He was responsible for it’s scientific development, before IBM later bought the company. He is the author of almost 40 patents ranging from techniques such as virtualisation, checkpoint-restart, record replay, fault tolerance, protocol replication, live TCP connection migration, virtualisation technologies and application mobility, etc… He has a vast experience in back end systems construction with proven functionalities for large-scale deployment.

Jobs

To pursue its ambitions, develop the potential of SIGFOX’s network and be leader of the Internet of Things revolution, SIGFOX looks to recruit 50 profiles in the coming months. These profiles range from R&D, industrialisation, marketing, sales and transverse management roles.

If you like a challenge and have a pioneering and creative spirit, then get in touch. Let your imagination run wild and use the channel of your choice. The gateway to the Internet of Things is opening to you, be the key to our success!

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SIGFOX
Bâtiment E-volution
425, rue Jean Rostand
31670 Labège FRANCE

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