Company
Leadership
Core team
Henri Binsztok - CEO, Founder & Chairman of the Board
Dr. Henri Binsztok began his career in Research and Teaching in Computer Science at University Paris 6 and Paris 7 for four years. Prior to obtaining his PhD in CS from University Paris 6, Henri studied biology and fundamental physics which both convinced him of the importance of having a global vision of systems. He applied this principle to conceive and develop the prototype of what would become Opa, a breakthrough in web application development.
Mehdi Ben Soltane - CFO
Mehdi Ben Soltane worked eight years at Philips, Bayer and Cargill throughout Europe (U.K. Ireland, Spain & France), where he held various positions in Finance, gaining a clear vision of company management and procedures. Mehdi holds a Bachelor Degree in Finance from University Paris Dauphine.
Ida Swarczewskaja - UX & Apps Manager
Ida Swarczewskaja holds an Engineer degree from Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. Raised in a family of artists, she began her career in design and fashion in Paris, France. She soon felt the need to mix technology and design and started to do web design and application design for several startups. Ida joined MLstate soon after the company was formed and is leading the work on the user experience and design of the Opa portal, tools and demos, and is the product manager for Opa-built applications including JetLeague, iServer, LiveRoom and Opa poker.
Adam Koprowski - Opa Tech Evangelist
Dr. Adam Koprowski got his Master Degrees in Computer Science at the Warsaw University and at the Free University of Amsterdam; both with honors. He then continued to do his PhD in formal methods at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Afterwards he joined MLstate, where he was part of the R & D team and now holds the position of the Opa Tech Evangelist, advocating Opa as the new language for web applications development.
Cédric Soulas - Senior Developer
Cédric Soulas spent several years as a freelance web developer before joining the Opa team in its early stages at the beginning of 2008. Cédric has a passion for UX, beautiful apps and innovative programming solutions which he applied to design and implement many critical parts of Opa. Cédric graduated from Telecom ParisTech, one of the Top 5 "Grandes Ecoles".
Norman Scaife - Senior Developer
Dr. Norman Scaife has held many posts in Software Engineering, specializing in real-time and concurrent systems, compiler technology and artificial intelligence-based techniques before joining the Opa team in 2010. He has written many low-level components in Opa, including the web-based and database protocols. Norman holds a PhD in Computer Science from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.
Advisors
Reza Malekzadeh - Marketing Advisor
Reza Malekzadeh is currently VP of Marketing at Nimbula. Previously, he was Senior Director of Products and Marketing at VMware in EMEA, where he was responsible for all marketing activities in VMware’s second largest theater. Reza had re-joined VMware in June 2007 following its acquisition of Akimbi Systems. He had previously been employee #10 at the company, fulfilling the role of Director of Marketing from 1998 to 2002. Prior to joining VMware, Reza was Vice President for International business at Akimbi Systems where he drove significant international growth, including sales, marketing and channel operations. Before working at Akimbi, Reza co-founded Twingo Systems, which he successfully sold to Cisco Systems in 2004. Reza holds an MBA in Marketing and Business Strategy from HEC in Paris.
Sébastien Groyer - Member of The Board
Sébastien Groyer is Investment Director at Masseran Gestion, the VC fund of Groupe Caisse d’Epargne, the second French bank. Sébastien holds an MBA from Yale and an engineer degree in biotechnology from UTC in Compiegne, France. He recognized in MLstate the long-development, hard entry barrier model of biotechs, but rare to find in IT.
Stéphane Bismuth - Member of The Board
Stéphane Bismuth is Senior Director at Yahoo! Europe, he previously was CEO at Yahoo! France and VP at Overture. Stéphane immediately recognized the potential of MLstate, at a time the company had only 3 employees.
François Levieux - Member of The Board
François Levieux is former VP of Processes at Thalès, Head of R&D at Thalès Air, François has a deep experience in software, from its conception when he was a researcher at INRIA to industrial practice. He is particularly interested in MLstate’s Opa, which is the outcome of years of research in functional programming started at INRIA. François holds a PhD from University Paris 6 and graduated from Ecole Polytechnique. For his career, he was awarded Legion d’Honneur.
