Background
Technical roots at Motorola, Sun Microsystems and Silicon Graphics. A decade at Dish Network rising to Director of Product Management, leading 100+ engineers, launching 20+ products across web, mobile and connected TV, and growing the active subscriber base by 4M+. Strategic partnerships established with Google, Adobe, Apple and Microsoft along the way.
At Bibliotheca as GM and SVP of Streaming Products, Stéphane launched a new B2B2C streaming division from zero, taking biblioplus.com from concept to $1.1M ARR in year one, owning the technology stack, go-to-market and content partnerships end-to-end.
As CPO/CTO of Kanopy (the educational streaming platform for universities and public libraries), he orchestrated 20× user growth and a 9× valuation exit to OverDrive in 24 months, including a 34% OPEX reduction while scaling, by moving the platform in-house on AWS.
Today
Strategic advisor to Comcast/SKY/NBC on Smart TV monetisation strategies (Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+). Co-founder of TorvexLabs alongside Rémy Jugault, focusing on shipping working AI products for non-tech companies.
Credentials
- MBA, Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business (with additional studies at Peking University)
- MSCS, Master's in Computer Science, Polytech Nantes
- Partner ecosystems, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Adobe certified
- CES Startup Competition Winner, Joué Music
Operating range
Built and managed development centres in France and Ukraine for US companies. Led international expansion initiatives across US, Europe and APAC. P&L ownership up to $50M ARR. Team scaling from 0 to 100+ across product, engineering and marketing.
Based
Remote, with US and European operations. Languages: English (fluent), French (native).