Philippe Martineau
IT & Software Industries
Business development in France

Philippe Martineau was born in Paris (France) in 1962. He graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers in 1996. His thesis was spline modelization and object intersection applied to CAD/CAM.

Philippe then joined the French Embassy in Washington D.C. for 2 years where he was responsible for market research in the computer market for French firms.

Late in 1988, he joined a consulting firm part of the French Vivendi Group in Paris, France. In this capacity, he worked for the French Stock Market modernization, where he was in charge of project organization and contract management for large subcontractors ($10M/year).

In 1992 he joined Experian, an IT Company for which he managed large international projects (GIRO – Hungary - $6M). Within the same company he was then appointed Director of new products and offerings until the end of 1994 when he joined Microsoft.

At Microsoft, Philippe Martineau was Finance Practice Manager. As such, he managed a consulting team of up to 40 consultants. In September 2000 he moved to Microsoft Europe, where he was in charge of a team of highly skilled Project Managers and Architects to take care of High Impact Projects throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (average project size: $500k). He then directed Microsoft France's entire Consulting and Technical team (200 persons) until mid-2004.

In November 2004, he founded Eureva, a consulting organization targeting European IT projects.