Philippe Rase

GRENOBLE ANGELS

President

Description

Philippe has been in Grenoble since 1998, having previously lived and worked in Belgium, Australia and the UK. Philippe is Director of Business Planning & Global Head of Sales Strategic Programs at Hewlett Packard Enterprise for NOKIA offerings & solutions. He has held positions in sales, services marketing, as well as Sales Operations Director for HP Networking emea. Philippe is a member of the management committee of the HPE Grenoble site, responsible for representing HPE in local innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems such as Minalogic, MIAI, FrenchTech, Campus Numérique, Pacte Economique Local de Grenoble Alpes. In his spare time and as part of his local involvement, Philippe is Chairman of Grenoble Angels, Vice-Chairman of France Angels and a start-up coach since 2005. Philippe supports local start-ups, mainly in the digital sector (B2B, IoT, AI, solutions, mobile applications). He is a member of 7 Supervisory Boards or Strategic Boards of supported digital start-ups in France and is Vice-Chairman of France Angels in charge of partnership relations. Philippe was a founding member of FrenchTech in the Alps - Grenoble in 2015 and has been a member of the executive committee of FrenchTech Alpes Grenoble since 2017. Philippe is a speaker on the subjects of Business Angels, Fundraising, Entrepreneurship, Technologies & Startups Development, Innovation & Sustainability.