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About SiliconFrench >
| Organization |
| InterFrench Silicon Valley is formed by
Members, Management Team and the Committee
Members. |
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Members: they constitute the InterFrench community. They all share the same values: |
| Friendship |
InterFrench considers friendship and friendliness as the basis of any business venture. As a result, they will always welcome differences in their partners, considering them as life-enriching. |
| Openness |
InterFrench welcomes different views, opinions and new ideas. Members try to help their partners as much as they can, and they succeed through their partners' success. |
| Optimism |
InterFrench members always see the half full glass. They see cultural differences as a mutual opportunity for growth. |
| Complementarity |
InterFrench members are team-oriented and look for complimentarities in each others. |
| Networking |
InterFrench strives to build and develop a network of contacts. |
Ale Gicqueau, Co-Founder and CEO,
US |
Ale is the founder of L'Executive Club, co-founder of InterFrench, and he is now
leading the overall Interfrench organization in the US since his partner, Pierre-Jean
Charra, left for France to create Interfrench in Europe.
He has held different
positions in the software industry, working successively in software development,
engineering management and business development roles. He is today a recognized
evangelist in XML/RDB, and his efforts to develop an effective networking business
platform for French-speaking professionals, has lead to the creation and development
of SiliconFrench and L'Executive Club.
Ale Gicqueau holds an engineering degree from École centrale Paris and
a master of science from UC Davis. |
Pierre-Jean Charra, Co-Founder,
France |
Pierre-Jean is a born-entrepreneur and was running his own company in France
for 11 years. Tutorland was the leader in France for computer training materials.
He is the original founder of the InterFrench organization and co-founder of its Silicon Valley chapter (then known as SiliconFrench) with
Ale Gicqueau. The idea of L'Executive Club came from Pierre-Jean years ago, and he left its execution to his friend and partner Ale. Since he came back to France last August, he has been developing an organization
of French professionals interested in doing business with North America.
Pierre-Jean Charra holds an engineering degree from École centrale Paris and a master's of science from UC Berkeley. |
Angelika Blendstrup
Co-President US |
Angelika is a business communications consultant who helps foreign-born executives with problems understanding the complexities of American business culture and the English language to communicate effectively.
In particular, she helps them improve their written and oral communication skills, and prepares them for media interviews and works on reducing their accents. Her clients include Fujitsu, A&D, DreamWorks/PDI, Tibco, Roche, and Sun MicroSystems. Angelika has traveled extensively throughout Europe and Latin America and speaks Spanish and Portuguese, as well as French and German.
Angelika Blendstrup holds a PhD in bilingual, bicultural education from Stanford University, a masters in comparative literature from UC Berkeley and a BA in foreign languages and educational psychology from the University of Tübingen, Germany. |
To join SiliconFrench, email
info@siliconfrench.com or call +1 408-390-8629.
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