Our team
Elsa Nicol
CO-FONDATRICE, CEO
Elsa is a mechanical engineer graduate from INSA Lyon and a certified PMP® MSP® MOP® and SAFe® Project Manager. Elsa brought us 10 years of high-tech product development experience, of which 5 years were spent in California as a Project and Engineering Manager in the maritime communications sector with Cobham Satcom, partner of the Volvo Ocean Race.
Quentin Bey
CTO
Paola Galvan Tornel
DIRECTRICE COMMERCIALE
Ingénieure en télécom, diplômée de l'ECE et la Sorbonne, Paola a plus de dix ans d'expérience en business development dans les domaines des télécommunications et des nouvelles technologies.
Après cinq ans à manager des équipes dans le conseil en ingénierie, elle a piloté des équipes et des projets sur des enjeux digitaux notamment chez Google.
Albin BILLOCHON
SUPPORT MANAGER
With 25 years' experience in the nautical world from sailing instructor to boat handler and after-sales service manager, Albin naturally joined the Falco team to bring his industry knowledge and customer relationship background.
Thomas Watteyne
SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR, CO-FOUNDER
Thomas is an internationally recognized expert in the field of low-power wireless mesh networks. He supports Wattson Elements as a scientific advisor.
Thomas has deployed more than 1,000 sensors on three continents. He leads a research team at Inria Paris and works as a network architect at Analog Devices, leader of its market.
Thomas is leading the standardization of this technology with 6TiSCH group at IETF. His goal is to allow this branch of IoT to grow in a secured and optimized environment, in various sectors of the industry.
Anna Bednárik
PROJECT MANAGER
Traductrice de formation, Anna a travaillé pendant plusieurs années comme assistante d'équipes de recherche à Inria, dont Falco est issu.
Elle a rejoint l'équipe fin 2020 comme office manager avant de s'orienter plus récemment vers le project management, où son sens de l'organisation et son goût pour le détail sont des atouts précieux.
Maxime Bihannic
Sales manager
Maxime graduated as a materials engineer and worked as a business manager in a digital services company before joining Falco. Attracted by the challenge of being a sales manager in a growing company, Maxime is dedicated to business development activities while participating in the definition of Falco's evolving offer.
Jonas Schneider
RESPONSABLE COMMERCIAL, FALCO AMERICAS CORP
Franco-Américain, diplômé de l'University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), de la Nanyang Technological University (NTU) à Singapour et de l'EDHEC Business School ; Jonas apporte un regard multiculturel vis-à-vis du développement de Falco à l'international. Il nous accompagne dans notre croissance aux Etats-Unis.
With over 10 years of sailing experience and love for the nautical world, Jonas is convinced of Falco's solution and is eager to take part in the connected transition of marinas.
Trifun Savic
R&D - PhD ENGINEER RESEARCHER
My main role as an R&D Engineer at Wattson Elements - Falco is to design and develop low-power IoT products and devices for smart marinas. Moreover, I participate in the definition of the technical and functional characteristics of the solutions and provide with internal/external technical assistance.
Passionate about applied research and motivated by new challenges, Trifun started a CIFRE thesis in the framework of a partnership between Falco and Inria Paris.
Benoît Besnard
PARTNER,É - RESPONSABLE DU DIGITAL
Benoit graduated with a degree in fine arts (beaux-arts) and accumulated 20+ years of experience on web development. Benoit's career path has been divided between advertising agencies (Publicis Etoile), consulting firms (Capgemini), and startup creation and independent consulting.
The variety of missions on which he was able to work on allowed him to have a genuine global digital expertise: User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), customer journey, customer relationship, digital marketing, social media and e-business are the core elements of his expertise alongside our clients.œur de son expertise au service de nos clients.
Lila Gazeau
INGENIEURE FRONT-END
Lila is a computer engineer from IMAC Paris (Image - Multimedia - Audiovisual - Communication) and joined Falco after a successful first professional experience. As a member of the Y generation, she brings her web culture and her vision of uses. Delighted to integrate a multidisciplinary team, she will discover the yachting sector with enthusiasm.
Emmanuel Sandorfi
INGENIEUR BACK-END
Emmanuel has always designed applications for large and small companies, in France and in the USA. He comes from a family of IBM engineers. His passion for serving the community naturally led him to joining Wattson Elements, where he contributes to the development and reliability of the digital ecosystem of marinas.
Keoma Laguna
CO-FONDATEUR & CONSEIL TECHNIQUE
With a PhD in computer science from Paris, specializing in wireless computer networks, Dr Keoma Laguna participated in the implementation of numerous data collection systems in three continents. Curious and motivated, he brings his knowledge in deploying high reliability wireless networks to meet the new challenges faced by marinas.
Olivier Laporte
CO-FONDATEUR & CONSEIL MARITIME
Olivier is a Captain and an Environmental Engineer. He has been committed to the sustainable development of the maritime environment for over 20 years.
Project and expedition leader for major scientific (CNRS, CEA, Conservatoire du Littoral) and technical (Ecotank, Monaco Marine) actors, Olivier provides Wattson Elements with his maritime expertise, network and enthusiasm.
Oliver specialized in environmental marina management. He is convinced that Falco's solution will allow marinas to be more efficient and resilient thanks to the combination of the digital and ecological transition.
Jim Lamarche
PARTNER,É - NORTH AMERICA
Jim combines a unique entrepreneurial background as the co-founder and CEO of an AI startup as well as being a small business owner and commercial tuna captain. Prior to branching out on his own, he spent 16 years at Cisco Systems in Sales, Business Development, Corp Finance, and Channel Management. Along with his love for the water, he is passionate about creating unique solutions and building value for his customers.
Manon Gasnier
UX/UI DESIGNER (ALTERNANTE)
Chef de projet digital de formation, Manon a rejoint Falco en mars 2023 après avoir acquis de l’expérience en tant que chef de projet junior en agence. Elle se spécialise désormais en UX Design et travaille en alternance sur la conception d’interfaces digitales.