Founded in January 2000, Mobileway is spearheaded by proven business and technology professionals well known in the industry for their expertise and innovation.  The management team includes seasoned technology pioneers and experts in messaging and networking.  Merging their collective talent, passion, and vision, the team engineered the Mobileway Global Network - an architecture poised to revolutionize the way business is done over the wireless Internet.

Patrice Peyret, CEO

Patrice Peyret is a repeat enterpreneur.  Patrice came to Mobileway from Sun Microsystems, where he served as head of Java engineering in the Consumer & Embedded division.  Prior to this, Patrice was founder and CEO of Integrity Arts, a software start-up acquired by Sun in 1997.  He has also held senior management positions at Gemplus, the world's largest smart card vendor, and Thomson Consumer Electronics (now Thomson Multimedia) Laboratories.  Patrice earned his Ph.D from Ecole Centrale in Lyon, France.  He is on the Board and Advisory Board of several Silicon Valley companies.


Bob Pike, EVP Global Marketing & Businnes Development

Bob Pike joined Mobileway from Microsoft's Mobility and Collaboration Group, where he was director of International Product Development.  Pike was one of the key people responsible for the Microsoft entry into Wireless enablement; achieved via joint developments and partnership with BT and AT&T in 1998.  Pike is a 24-year veteran of the IT industry and was the European founder of VXtreme, which was sold to Microsoft in 1997.  Previous to this, Pike was the director of Telecoms and Media Sales with Informix, as well as Hitachi and in 1990 became Vice President of Citibank European Cash Management, working to create the right liquidity and payment transaction environments for the Global clients such as Intel, Dow, Motorola, etc.

Marc Vaillant, COO

Marc Vaillant joined Mobileway from California-based iCelerate, a provider of Wireless, ERP and CRM Solutions and Services, where he served as Marketing and Commercial Director and was instrumental in forming an alliance with one of the large wireless carriers. Prior to this, Vaillant held posts with Motorola as VP & Director of Global Sales & Marketing for the Solutions Division, and with VeriFone as VP & General Manager for the Latin America & Carribean region and latterly as Director of Operations at the California headquarters. Trilingual (French, English, Spanish) Vaillant started his distinguished career in France back in 1984 with NCR having achieved an MBA from the 'Institut Superieur de Commerce' in Paris.


Cyrille Even, GM and VP Asia Pacific

Cyrille Even joined Mobileway from Alcatel, where as marketing director he was responsible for promoting value-added services and forging partnerships with telecommunications operators.  Even's extensive professional experience has served Systems Interface Inc., in Canada, and Grundig in Malaysia.  Even graduated from the INSEAD Program in Singapore, and holds an MBA from Ottawa University in Canada, as well as a master of sciences from University of Grenoble, France.


Founders

Eric Barbier, Co-founder

Eric Barbier joined Mobileway from DeLaRue Card Systems where, as GSM Product Manager, he played an instrumental role in building award-winning services for the GSM system, bringing the company to a stature of the third largest in its market.  Eric has also held research and development positions with Philips Business Communications and Matra Cap Systems.  Eric holds a Master's Degree in Formation Technology from ESIEE in Paris.

Christophe Dolique, Co-founder

Christophe Dolique, MA information technology, started his career working with IBM as an IT network engineer, then he moved to the banking division as account manager in charge of the ATM and Electronic Funds Transfer business.  In 1996 he joined DeLaRue Cards & Systems (now Oberthur) to launch the GSM business in the Asia Pacific area.  In 1998 he is appointed to a senior management position as Marketing Director to lead the DeLaRue GSM activity and achieve to position DeLaRue as the most innovative player in the GSM area.  Prior to DeLaRue Cards & Systems, Christophe was one of the creators of Rapsodia, a joint venture between his former employer, DeLaRue, and Prosodie, a telecom services company.

Bruno Coindre, Co-founder

Bruno Coindre joined Mobileway from Alcatel, where he defined and developed strategies for partnerships and products dedicated to mobile commerce, value-added services, and 2.5G developments.  Prior to Alcatel, Bruno was Project Manager for GSM smart cards and end-to-end systems integration for large operators in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia with DeLaRue Cards Systems.  Coindre holds a Master's Degree in Industrial Process Control from Ecole Centrale d'Electronique in Paris.

William Teulery, Co-founder

William Teulery joined Mobileway from DeLaRue Card Systems, where he was responsible for legal affairs, mergers and acquisitions, international agreements, intellectual property, and commercial distribution.