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Benoît CODRONS

COURBEVOIE

En résumé

Various management positions in an R&D environment in the energy sector since 2000, after building a strong academic and professional technical background as an engineer and Ph.D.

Currently in charge of research and innovation programs on new energy technologies (renewable energy, smart energy management in the B2C and B2B sectors, energy storage, electric vehicles, home automation, distributed energy resources...).

Interested in management positions involving strategic aspects and innovation, preferably in a sustainable development oriented company.

Specialties:
• Energy technologies
• Business-driven research and innovation; understanding and translating business needs into R&D projects / making technology understandable by the business community / care for quality of deliverables
• Conceptual / systemic / strategic thinking
• Portfolio management
• Leadership in a changing environment
• People and technical domain management
• Strong technical and scientific experience in industrial process control

Entreprises

  • ENGIE Lab Laborelec - Research Partnership Manager

    COURBEVOIE 2015 - maintenant Relationship and partnership with Engie corporate research & technology division
    Innovation
    Business development
    Collaborative research

  • ENGIE Lab Laborelec - Research Program Manager - Energy end use innovation

    COURBEVOIE 2009 - 2015 Creation and management of a “Prospective Research to Business” program for Electrabel, in collaboration with the Strategy, Sustainable Development, Marketing & Sales and Generation departments, contributing to the development of new B2B and B2C products.

    Research & Innovation program coordination: smart energy (B2B and B2C DSM, electricity storage, smart (micro)grids etc.), electric vehicle integration, home automation, distributed energy resources.

  • ENGIE Lab Laborelec - Research Program Manager - Power Generation

    COURBEVOIE 2008 - 2009 Transversal coordination and development of Laborelec’s research activities in conventional power generation.

    Complete revamping of Laborelec's R&D: from competence-oriented projects to customer' s operational excellence driven programs; creation of a transversal Research Program Management department; ISO 9001 certification.

  • ENGIE Lab Laborelec - Technology Manager, head of Process Automation

    COURBEVOIE 2006 - 2008 Operational management of a team of 7-10 engineers and technicians.

    Mission, vision, positioning and development of the activity within the former Suez group in a context of international expansion (entry into the Italian and Dutch markets).

    Development of new competences and products in the field of expertise.

  • ENGIE Lab Laborelec - R&D Project Leader in process control and automation

    COURBEVOIE 2004 - 2007 Management of the R&D project portfolio in Process Control and Automation applied to conventional power plants; broadening of the activity from Process Control only to other aspects of Process Automation (simulators, process monitoring, predictive maintenance, etc.) yielding valuable products.

  • ENGIE Lab Laborelec - Process Control expert

    COURBEVOIE 2000 - 2003 In charge of technical tasks (operational assistance and R&D projects) related to Process Control and Automation in power plants. Conception of innovative solutions to long-lasting process control issues. Collaboration with universities.

  • Centre for Systems Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Université catholique de Louvain - Researcher

    1995 - 2000 Research assistant & Ph.D. student at Centre for Systems Engineering and Applied Mechanics.
    • Fundamental and applied research in process modelling and control (Ph.D. thesis).
    • Consultancy for and partnership with EDF.
    • Experience as a teaching assistant and as a supervisor of students' projects.

Formations

  • Université Catholique De Louvain (Louvain La Neuve)

    Louvain La Neuve 1996 - 2000 Ph.D., applied sciences

    Title of my dissertation: "Experiment Design Issues in Modelling for Control".

    I am also the author of the book “Process Modelling for Control”, Advances in Industrial Control, Springer-Verlag, UK (ISBN 1852339187), which was published in 2005 and is mainly based on my Ph.D. dissertation.

  • Université Catholique De Louvain + Erasmus (Louvain-La-Neuve + Grenoble)

    Louvain-La-Neuve + Grenoble 1990 - 1995 Master of Science Electrical Engineering

    Graduated with high honours ;
    Master thesis won 1st prize at the IBRA-BIRA Contest and 3rd prize at the IEEE Student Paper Contest.

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