Gilles Gravier

Director in the Open Source Consulting Practice and a member of the internal blockchain council at Wipro, I provide global open source and blockchain strategy consulting and advisory services to Wipro's top customers.

I teach digital marketing and social media strategy at prestigious universities around the Leman, such as CREA, in Geneva, or Polycom, in Lausanne.

Lyrical singing and, in particular, it's links to my other passion : photography, is something I enjoy sharing and encouraging. Compagnie Divague aims at promoting vocal arts in all possible forms, regardless of geographical or cultural context, and linked to other arts, through various forms, both artistic and educative, which may include creation, promotion, training, in various musical genres.

Why! open computing SA is a very young company that focuses on sustainable computing by providing computing systems pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux for end users and a community based support model that ensures a longer, useful, life time of the machines, past the manufacturer's warranty.

Implemented and drove the product strategy for the quantum random number generators (QUANTIS) and the network security (CENTAURIS - Layer 2 traditional encryption with Quantum Key Distribution option CERBERIS, and ARCIS - Layer 3 and 4 traditional encryption). Developed and deployed the social media strategy and the @IDQuantique twitter account. Structured and launched the Quantum Safe Security Working Group hosted in the Cloud Security Alliance.

Why! open computing SA is a very young company that focuses on sustainable computing by providing computing systems pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux for end users and a community based support model that ensures a longer, useful, life time of the machines, past the manufacturer's warranty. I am responsible creating and implementing the OEM partnering strategy for the company, identifying, selecting the right hardware and software partners to make our business model a successful one.

Independent consultant. I provide my customers with the vision, strategy and guidance they need to grow to their full potential. Services such as interim executive (in particular, CTO), venture capital relations, lobbying, software and hardware, open source, and security strategy consulting. I also provide my services for investors like business angels and venture capitalists as part of their due diligence processes.

inZair is a technology startup focusing on next generation geotagged instant messaging for mobile platforms. I am working with them on their Venture Capital funding strategy, in addition to providing strategic insight on mobile market and trends.

Responsible for the creation, and implementation of a strategy for developing Oracle's global business development activities in the public sector around its open source technologies and offerings, as well as driving of strategic initiatives around open source in the public sector for Oracle. Evangelist, internally and externally, for open source in public sector at Oracle, my role is to educate Oracle's field people about positioning our open source portfolio in the global contexts of public sector.

Formal Computer Systems Design