Recherche

My career at Thales has been clearly marked by professional mobility. I started as a research engineer in printed-circuit technology and spent two years in Greece on the Mirage 2000 sales programme.

Back in France, I took over a development lab. At the same time, I was lobbying for R&D funding contracts, mainly from the European Commission. I realised then that I love devising and selling projects. So I looked further at the sales vacancies on the job market place. The first interviews led nowhere, because I didn't have enough experience in that field. One day I heard that Thales Research and Technology was looking for a hardware sales engineer. With my proven experience on the European projects I had run, I was better placed this time. Once I got the job, I went on courses at Thales Université.

Then I was able to move towards a defence customer manager role in France and Europe. I've gained a lot from this professional mobility with my hardware skills.