Gilles Vaillant
InvestorAdministrateur at Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles · Chief Executive Officer at DigitalOcean
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
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Vincent WormsunlockedGilles: together at École Polytechnique (1971)
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About
Gilles Vaillant is the Chief Executive Officer of DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN), a public cloud company serving over 650,000 customers and more than 4 million developers. He previously served as CEO of GoTo (formerly LogMeIn), where revenue grew from $120 million to over $1 billion, and founded the cloud observability platform Opstera, which was acquired by Avanade. Earlier in his career, he built the Xively IoT platform, later acquired by Google, and contributed to the launch of technologies at Microsoft including .NET and SharePoint.
Experience
- BADGE Business Angels des Grandes Ecolesadministrateur et Président SIBA BADGE Investissementcurrent2018 — present
- BADGE Business Angels des Grandes Ecolestrésorier2011 — 2018Paris
- SEGENIUS SALSenior Partnercurrent2008 — presentBeyrouth Liban
- ORANGE - Franc TélécomVP International Opérations Asie - Moyen-Orient -Océan Indien2000 — 2008Paris
- PT. PRAMINDO IKAT NUSANTARAManaging Director1995 — 2000Jakarta Indonésie
- France Télécom /OrangeResponsable International1991 — 1995Paris
Skills & more
StratégieChange Management1Télécommunications1Start-up1gestion opérationnelle de filiales
Languages Anglais · Espagnol · Indonésien
From Gilles's professional profile.
Colleagues at Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles
Annie Combelles
Administratrice at Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles
Benoît Thieblin
Administrateur at Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles
Brandon Zick
CIO at Ceres Partners
Brigitte Hidden
Administrateur at Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles
Catherine Delcroix
Secrétaire Générale at Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles
Charlotte Gazeau
Administrateur at Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles
Christian Delaroche
Administrateur at Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles
Christian Nguyen-van-yen
Responsable de l'Accompagnement at Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gilles Vaillant?
- Gilles Vaillant is the Chief Executive Officer of DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN), a public cloud company serving over 650,000 customers and more than 4 million developers. He previously served as CEO of GoTo (formerly LogMeIn), where revenue grew from $120 million to over $1 billion, and founded the cloud observability platform Opstera, which was acquired by Avanade. Earlier in his career, he built the Xively IoT platform, later acquired by Google, and contributed to the launch of technologies at Microsoft including .NET and SharePoint.
- Where does Gilles Vaillant work?
- Gilles Vaillant is Administrateur at Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles.
- Where did Gilles Vaillant go to school?
- Gilles Vaillant studied at Ingénieur des Mines - Télécom 1973 - (Ingénieur du corps des Mines); École Polytechnique (Ingénieur diplômé); Télécom Paris (Ingénieur du Corps des Mines, Télécom & réseaux).
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