François Narbonneau

Head of Innovation & Partnerships Department at Multitel / Project Officer / POM @ Trusted AI Labs (TRAIL) / New Innovation Sectors Development

Mons, Walloon Region, Belgium

About

Experience

  • Multitel (18 yrs 11 mos)
    • Head of Innovation & Parternship Departement @ Multitel
      Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

    • Multitel - Group Leader, Fibre Optic Sensors & Optical Metrology
      Jan 2011 - Present · 15 yrs 7 mos

      A continuous evolution making R&D always closer to the industry: The Applied Photonics Department aims at being a bridge between the academic research and the industrial world by turning innovation out of the lab into future products or services. Fibre lasers Multitel develops customized solutions based on Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS) and Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) for physical and (bio)chemical sensing. Multitel's know-how goes from the design and numerical simulations, to the prototyping of the sensors, the opto-electronical interrogation system and the signal processing. www.multitel.be

    • Head of Department Smart Technologies
      Jun 2016 - May 2024 · 8 yrs

  • Development Coordinator at Multitel, Eurometropolitan Research Centre
    Nov 2012 - May 2024 · 11 yrs 7 mos

  • "Assistant Temporaire attaché à l'enseignement et à la recherche" - ATER at Université Paris 13 Nord
    Sep 2006 - Jul 2007 · 11 mos

    - Tutorials in Applied Mechanics - Tutorials in Signal Processing (speech, image ...) - Lab work in fiber optic telecommunication

  • Research Engineer - ESA Project Manager at LNE-SYRTE / Paris Observatory
    Sep 2001 - Aug 2006 · 5 yrs

    - ESA Project: Free-optics transmission of ultra-stable frequency standards on board the International Space Station - ESA Project in collaboration with the University Paris 13 (LPL - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers): Transmission of frequency standards via the fibre optic metro network with correction of phase noise and external fluctuations impacting the stability of the frequency signals. - Phd thesis on fibre optic transmission of time and frequency standards.

  • Teaching Assistant at Ecole Centrale Paris
    Sep 2005 - Jun 2006 · 10 mos

    Teaching Laboratory/Practical works of basis in optics