Olivier Mével
Olivier Mével | |
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| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Co-founder of ReaDIYmate Co-founder of Enero Co-organizer of IoT Paris Meetups Co-inventor of Nabaztag |
Olivier Mével (born April 27, 1967) is a French pioneer in the Internet of Things (IoT). Trained as an engineer, he is a serial entrepreneur and businessman with a passion for creating interactive web-connected objects.[1] Mével is the co-inventor of Nabaztag, a Wi-Fi enabled ambient electronic device shaped like a rabbit.[2]
In 2012, Mével was named one of 100 French digital influencers[3] and, in 2014, one of 20 French personalities that made an impact on the Internet of Things.[4]
Career
[edit]Mével graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA ParisTech) in 1990. In 1995, he co-founded BaBeL@STaL, one of the first French digital agencies, with Philippe Feinsilber.[5]
Olivier Mével has been involved in several notable ventures throughout his career. In 2000, he was part of the team behind Kasskooye.com, a popular French website known for its satire of the new economy. He contributed under the pseudonym Igmar Andersen.[6][7]
In 2003, he co-founded Violet with Rafi Haladjian, Violet created Nabaztag, an interactive and internet-connected object launched in 2005, along with RFID reader Mir:ror.[8] He's listed as inventor on 2 patents related to ambient and connected devices.[9]
In 2009, Mével and Marc Chareyron co-founded reaDIYmate.[10] The reaDIYmate DIY kits were successfully launched and manufactured in 2012 on Kickstarter.[11] The duo also created TeleSound [12] which, on its preliminary campaign, did not gather sufficient funds for full-scale manufacturing [13] and is awaiting future re-launch.
The collaboration between Mével and Chareyron extended to Enero, a design and technology consultancy specializing in the Internet of Things.[14][15]
Mével is a mentor for the hardware accelerator program Haxlr8r[16] and a co-organizer of the Internet of Things Paris Meetups (#iotparis).[17]
References
[edit]- ^ - Olivier Mével, entrepreneur
- ^ - Internet of Things History
- ^ "01 : Les 100 people de la IT".
- ^ "20 personnalités françaises qui comptent dans l'Internet des Objets".
- ^ - "La technique n'est pas seulement dans l'intégration mais aussi dans les interfaces".
- ^ Kasskooye.com > IGMAR ANDERSEN
- ^ Kasskooye ou comment un délire prend devenir une affaire très sérieuse
- ^ Mir:ror mak:es ob_jectz smar:ter | TechCrunch
- ^ Mevel Olivier - Inventor Patent Directory, Page 1
- ^ "READIYMATE - READIYMATE | Le Lieu du Design Paris Ile de France". Archived from the original on 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ reaDIYmate - Build your own web-connected object by reaDIYmate — Kickstarter
- ^ - TeleSound because the internet of Things needs toys
- ^ - TeleSound the sound messenger
- ^ - Enero The IOT Agency
- ^ http://garage21.org/2014/05/09/enero-lagence-linternet-objets/ - Enero l'agence de l'internet des objets
- ^ Mentors – HAXLR8R
- ^ - IOT Paris