Damien Lucas

CEO

Paris, Île-de-France, France21 yrs 1 mo experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Doubled revenue in first year at Scaleway.
Built largest GPU compute capacity for AI in Europe.
Managed successful IPO of Anevia.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Media Technology Executive with strong expertise in Cloud Computing and Business Development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingBusiness DevelopmentProduct ManagementManagementProduct DevelopmentAcquisition ManagementSales ManagementIpo ManagementMedia Technology

Other Skills

AI PaaSRevenue GrowthAIVideo ProcessingVideo DeliveryMarketing StrategyDVB SupportSubtitlingIPTVVODDVBTelecommunicationsTeam ManagementDigital TVMPEG

About

My mission as CEO at Scaleway is to create the leading European cloud provider and help European companies adopt AI. I accepted this mission after 20+ years spent in helping the media industry in its transformation towards OTT streaming. All of the streaming services are now massively relying on public clouds. But the lack of European alternative to the US giants is an issue for many companies. A regular speaker and panelist at many events, I’m also a graduate of CentraleSupélec (France) and on the jury of the Centrale Entrepreneurs’: a program that helps engineering students build personal growth while also realizing their goals of transforming their ideas into concrete businesses. My passions also include scuba diving🤿. Being deep within the ocean plays into that same idea that technology helps us discover new areas of this world. Both demand quick reactions and remaining calm — a great life lesson. Diving also requires trust — your life depends on your friends. I love and trust the people I work with at Scaleway. In this fast-paced, constantly changing market, which I thrive in, it’s vital to have a team you can count on👍🏻, and enjoy being around. I'm always happy to hear from those looking to learn more about our products and what we do at Scaleway. Feel free to contact me!

Experience

21 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

8 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Scaleway

Chief Executive Officer

May 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · Paris · On-site

Scaleway is a pioneering European public cloud services provider supplying a complete range of services for companies and developers. We offer public cloud services, datacenter services and dedicated servers. Scaleway is rapidly becoming a global brand and currently serves clients and developers in over 150 countries.
Carved out the datacenter business
Built the largest GPU compute capacity for AI in Europe
Developped the AI PaaS product range
Doubled the company's revenue over my first 12 months

Cloud ComputingAI PaaSBusiness DevelopmentRevenue Growth

Ateme

Chief Product Officer

Jan 2021 – May 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

In charge of the global product portfolio. Contribution with Kyrion, Video Processing with TITAN, Video Delivery with NEA, Management, Orchestration and Analytics with PILOT.
Managed the merger between Anevia and Ateme.
Diverted the Flamingo product line for Hospitality in 2021 (sold to VITEC).

Product ManagementVideo ProcessingVideo DeliveryManagement

Anevia

3 roles

Co-Founder (CTO)

Jan 2014 – Dec 2020 · 6 yrs 11 mos

Developped the product portfolio, build up the NEA product range.
Managed the Keepixo acquisition, included the GENOVA product range into the portfolio.
Sold Anevia to Ateme.

Product DevelopmentAcquisition Management

Co-Founder (EVP Sales & Marketing)

Promoted

Oct 2006 – Dec 2013 · 7 yrs 2 mos

I grew the company from 0 to $10m , I opened regional offices in various countries including USA, Dubai, Singapore and Argentina.
After 8 years of successful organic growth, we managed the IPO of Anevia in 2014, to cope with the pace of the OTT market and strengthen our CDN product range.

Sales ManagementMarketing StrategyIPO Management

Co-Founder (CEO)

Jun 2003 – Sep 2006 · 3 yrs 3 mos

I decided to created Anevia in 2003 to enable transition from traditional broadcast to IPTV.
After 3 years running Anevia as a self funded company, we decided to raise money in 2 rounds to pivot the business model from service to products.

Business DevelopmentProduct Development

Via centrale réseaux

President

Jan 2000 – Dec 2001 · 1 yr 11 mos · Paris Area, France

As President of the association, I was in charge of the ISP of the High School Campus ("Ecole Centrale Paris"). The staff of 10 people was ensuring 24x7 network availability for about 1200+ student subscribers, with many services . We introduced video over IP as of year 2000.