Arnaud COTTET

Manager for the DEMR - ELECTROMAGNETISM AND RADAR and DMPE - MULTI-PHYSICS DEPARTMENT FOR ENERGY departments
• Implement technology push and market pull strategy
• Analyze the value and the Minimum Viable Ecosystem of the inventions (11 inventions/software)
• Elaborate Marketing flyers (7 inventions)
• Conduct market actors interviews (40 hours)
• Negotiate license terms (8 licenses signed)
• Take part in trade fairs
• Elaborate short and long-term partnerships with industrials and public organizations (78 leads, 74 prospects, 4 contracts signed, 3 contracts in negotiation)
• Manage 5 Innovation projects (POC and 2 spin-offs)
• Manage 6 BLAST program projects (space start-up accelerator)
• Organized a working group with international organizations on licensing best practices
• Develop decision tree tools for the commercialization of in-house and open-source software
• Develop workshops and presentations on Tech Transfer Commercialization and Innovation Marketing for researchers
• Department’s European Affairs Correspondent
• Prepare budgets for European projects (3 projects submitted, one success : 670k€)

Consulting in the digital transformation of a German company (chemical sector) as part of the university diploma
of the University of Lyon:
* Identified the needs of the various actors working on the process of manufacturing blends that can be
digitized
* Used design thinking methods and conducted interviews from the operative to the factory director
* Analyzed the functionalities of an information system of digital checklists
* Proposed technical solutions and network infrastructure that best meet identified needs

Responsible for the development and commercialization of 100 inventions: Microfluidic, metamaterial,
nanomaterial and nanosensors, 5G, cascade network, water treatment, aerospace, acoustic, IoT
* Managed 9 analysts to analyze the technical and commercial feasibility and evaluate the intellectual
property. 14 reports (210 pages and 70 hours of end-user interviews)
* Searched for business partners. Elaborated Business strategy with various Executive Boards
* Managed 6 researchers' inventions in the Start-ups pipeline
* Negotiations of 2 licenses
* Key Performance Activities: 97/101 (96%)

* Managed 70 inventions : Aerospace, Chemical, Software, Medical Device, Communication
* Created 13 courses and workshops on Tech Transfer and Entrepreneurship for faculties and students

* Expert on design of the EIC Market Place and Tech to Market activities (EU, Brussels)
* Trained and coached 30 researchers to set up the first TTO at University of Gabès (15 days mission, Gabès,
Tunisia)
* Trained innovation consultants in marketing of innovation and technological roadmap (Myriagone,
Montpelier)
* Expert and evaluator of European Projects : Transition to Innovation (EU, Brussels)
* Designer and conductor of a workshop at the Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp (OECD-NEA, Paris, France)
* Expert to evaluate “Hidden treasures in public research institutions”, Magnetic Latvia Technology
Conference “Deep Tech Atelier” (Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, Latvia)
* Advisor (Fabrique du futur, France)
* Expert missions on material modeling (Bt2i, USA)
* Techwatch on additive manufacturing (50 interviews), AMUG 2018 (Bt2i, USA)
* Improved Technology Transfer and Commercialization Process in Tunisia. European project: PASRI (30 days
mission). Trained and taught 61 persons (Pöhl Consulting, Tunisia)
* Audited 24 top French research laboratories to check the robustness of their market access strategy for
their inventions (Satt Paris Saclay, France)
* Animated Innovation Workshops ( Vianeo, France and Germany