Philippe is a Fellow and senior tech executive with deep experience across large enterprises and startups, connecting technology to business to drive impactful transformations, including culture, people and organization. Championing innovation at the convergence of Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Native and Platforming, he has built a strong reputation for turning complex technological shifts into strategic, lasting value, with a dual IT / network expertise.

As VP of Software Engineering at Orange, he leads the company's telco-to-techco transition, drives engineering excellence and innovation, and scouts disruptive technologies and partners worldwide. He regularly advises and mentors CxOs and executive teams within Orange and across industries, bringing clarity, pragmatism and vision to large-scale transformation journeys.

In 2025, Philippe became an Orange Fellow — a recognition of influential leadership across the tech ecosystem. This role embodies his commitment to inspiring vocations in tech, mentoring the next generation of experts, and demonstrating that technical excellence matters and can be recognized at the highest level. As a Fellow, he embraces a mandate to explore emerging frontiers, spark inspiration, and amplify knowledge-sharing to strengthen Orange's technological leadership.

Philippe previously served as CTO three times over 12 years — including for Orange Business Services — delivering major transformations and shaping technology strategy at scale. His vision and contributions were recognized when he was awarded CTO of the Year 2021 (Trailblazer category) by Mobile Europe & European Communications.

He brings a 360° perspective on stacks, practices, tools, cultures and industry disruptions. This breadth makes him a trusted advisor to boards, founders and investors. He works closely with engineering and product teams, helping them make technology choices, build robust architectures, strengthen culture, and accelerate innovation.

Philippe is Senior Advisor to Orange Ventures, the €350m Orange Corporate VC fund, where he shares key tech trends and top investment domains, scouts and connects startups with the investment team, and also for other VC funds in Europe (Commit by Red River West, Crane Venture Partners, SuperNova Invest) targeting tech and open source as a primary investment thesis focus with an active role in scouting and startups assessment.

As Board Advisor, Philippe supports early-stage and growth-stage tech companies such as Lablabee and R2DevOps, and previously Weaveworks and Cycloid. He helps founders succeed by acting as mentor, strategic partner, ecosystem connector and advocate.

A passionate open-source and community builder, he is a Board Advisor for Linux Foundation Europe and actively contributes to LF Networking communities, Sylva and Cloud Native Computing Foundation. He shares his insights through keynotes, conferences, podcasts, media interviews and thought-leadership pieces, and is an active contributor to the Tech.Rocks community, as core and content committee member.

Based in Brittany, Philippe balances his passion for technology with time spent riding gravel or mountain bikes — finding inspiration and perspective in motion.