Marc Westermann

CEO | Board Member | Industry • Innovation • Scale-up • M&A

Annecy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

About

CEO | COO | Board Member for reshaping and boosting business in industries facing digitalization / innovation / disruption at scale - and on-boarding customers and teams, with a smile.

Experience

  • Chairman at Seederal Technologies
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    Chairman of the Board, to develop and structure the most innovative electric tractor platform.

  • Founder at FUSO.
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    Fuso is a pure player in QD connectors for liquid cooling of data centers, bringing state-of-the-art design, 60-years of experience in manufacturing from automotive, and significant industrial capacities.

  • President at TAZWA
    Dec 2014 - Present · 11 yrs 7 mos

    Investor and advisor to Tech / Digital industrial companies and start-ups. Advisory : Focus on Energy transition in the Building Industry, Industry digitalization and Tech for well-being, with a commitment on a sustainable development approach. Investment : Looking for a smidcap company to takeover as CEO and investor, backed by Private Equity and supported by Entrepreneurs & Finance. Independant Board member of TEMO, electric motors for sustainable boats

  • Somfy Group (8 yrs)
    • Chief Product Officer • Executive Committee
      Jan 2020 - Jun 2023 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Member of the Executive Committee (Exco), reporting to the CEO, as "Head of Products & Services" President of BFT and newly-acquired Teleco Automation : managing the post merger integration process. Managing Director of IOT subsidiaries : acceleration of core business digitalization Product Management: redefining the offer portfolio of 5 businesses, 20,000 refs, while facing the COVID and Global Chip shortage crises Leading Transformation across teams Brand and e-commerce leader: shake-up to state-of-the-art standards.

    • Managing Director, Connected Solutions Activity • Executive Committee
      Jul 2015 - Dec 2019 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Member of ExCo, reporting to CEO and majority family shareholder Scale-up of the IOT-based business of Somfy, leveraging its cloud start-up “Overkiz” and launching an Open-API strategy Acquisition of Start-Ups : Myfox (Security), Opendoors (Doorlock). Board member of SomfyProtect, French subsidiary for IOT-based Security Board member of Overkiz, French subsidiary for IOT cloud dedicated to the building industry

  • Bluelinea (11 yrs 4 mos)
    • Member of the Supervisory Board
      Feb 2019 - Jul 2025 · 6 yrs 6 mos

      For Bluelinea, a listed company on Euronext Growth Paris ("ALBLU") operating IOT products and services for the Elderly at home and in nursery homes in France: Advising the Management on M&A and Product Innovation issues Seating on the Strategic and Compensation committees.

    • Vice-chairman of the Supervisory Board
      Apr 2014 - Jan 2019 · 4 yrs 10 mos

      Active member of the Board, supporting the CEO in its Assisted-Living-at-Home B2B2C strategy, in its key recruitments (CTO) and its relationship with funds - with a 5,4 M€ private placement complete in May 2015.