Philippe Dewost has built a successful career in both corporate and startup environments in the high tech and telecom sectors. Recognized for over 20 years as an innovation-driven, game-changing, and inspiring speaker, Philippe has engaged in keynotes for conferences, corporate seminars, executive programs, and educational sessions in both English and French. His audiences range from 35 to 3500 people.
Philippe covers diverse topics such as blockchain, the future, man-machine interfaces, the open-source hardware revolution, smart cities, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, new space frontiers, tech geopolitics and digital sovereignty, leadership, and more.
As the co-founder of Wanadoo, Philippe helped build Europe’s #1 ISP, held senior marketing and business positions in European startups, successfully relaunched Orange France Telecom’s home devices business, and ran a Cambridge (UK) imaging startup that was acquired by Apple in 2010. This startup’s technology is used half a billion times per day.
He deployed Leonard, VINCI Group’s Corporate Innovation and Transformation Program, combining exploration groups on key future topics like autonomous vehicles, climatic resilience, and AI with an Intrapreneurship Program that is considered a reference by other large corporates.
Previously, Philippe led a €4.25 billion digital program for the French Government, inspired La French Tech, and initiated a joint Blockchain R&D effort with 27 institutions and partners. A graduate in Physics from Normale Sup (Ulm) and former Midshipman in the French Navy, Philippe holds a Master in Telecommunications from Telecom ParisTech and an MBA from Collège des Ingénieurs.
Philippe Dewost has built a successful career in both corporate and startup environments in the high tech and telecom sectors. Recognized for over 20 years as an innovation-driven, game-changing, and inspiring speaker, Philippe has engaged in keynotes for conferences, corporate seminars, executive programs, and educational sessions in both English and French. His audiences range from 35 to 3500 people.
Philippe covers diverse topics such as blockchain, the future, man-machine interfaces, the open-source hardware revolution, smart cities, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, new space frontiers, tech geopolitics and digital sovereignty, leadership, and more.
As the co-founder of Wanadoo, Philippe helped build Europe’s #1 ISP, held senior marketing and business positions in European startups, successfully relaunched Orange France Telecom’s home devices business, and ran a Cambridge (UK) imaging startup that was acquired by Apple in 2010. This startup’s technology is used half a billion times per day.
He deployed Leonard, VINCI Group’s Corporate Innovation and Transformation Program, combining exploration groups on key future topics like autonomous vehicles, climatic resilience, and AI with an Intrapreneurship Program that is considered a reference by other large corporates.
Previously, Philippe led a €4.25 billion digital program for the French Government, inspired La French Tech, and initiated a joint Blockchain R&D effort with 27 institutions and partners. A graduate in Physics from Normale Sup (Ulm) and former Midshipman in the French Navy, Philippe holds a Master in Telecommunications from Telecom ParisTech and an MBA from Collège des Ingénieurs.
