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Managing Partner CONTACT_EMAIL Jean Schmitt

Jean Schmitt is a Managing Partner, investing in the technology sector. He joined Sofinnova Partners in December 2001. He focuses on telecom and wireless markets. Prior to joining, he was the CEO and founder of SLP InfoWare, a world leader in predictive CRM software for the telecom industry, which he sold to Gemplus in 2000. Jean then became Vice President, Telecom Solutions and Applications at Gemplus. Jean is a board member of Accent, Esmertec (SIX:ESMN), Sagem Wireless, Inside Contactless, Purple Labs, Sensitive Objects, Blyk and Upek.
He graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (ENST) and has a post-graduate degree in Artificial Intelligence. Jean is a senior lecturer at Telecom ParisTech (ENST) since 2005.

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