The SteerLight management team
François Simoens
CEO & Co-Founder
Doctor of UPMC, Pierre and Marie Curie University – Paris 6, François will bring his expertise in imaging and his experience of more than 15 years in business development and marketing. With SteerLight, He wants to transform his strategic vision into a commercial product that will secure and ease the mobility of vehicles and citizens.
Jérôme Meilhan
CTO & Co-Founder
With a PhD in Optoelectronics and Radiofrequency from the INPG Grenoble Institute of Technology, he has been an expert in optoelectronic imagery systems at CEA-Leti for 15 years. He has based his expertise on scaling and optimizing these systems for new applications. Through SteerLight’s technological challenges, Jérôme aspires to revealing the full potential of this new generation of LiDAR..
Dominique Cluzeau
Chief Operation Officer
ENSEM engineer, he has been in charge of electronic industrialization and site management for Hager group . Having joined the team in January 2023, his mission is to define and implement SteerLight’s Fabless industrialization strategy to secure both volume ramp-up and of costs optimization guaranteeing access to 3rd generation lidars to the widest range of applications.
Vincent Roger
Business Development
Graduated from GEM, Vincent has held a number of positions in B2B sales over the last 20 years for both large groups and deeptech startups. More recently, he was heading for CEA-Leti, the development of strategic partnerships with Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs in the field of Autonomous Driving.
He joined the SteerLight team in May 2024 to accelerate ongoing discussions with industrial partners and key accounts.
Board - Steering committee
Hector Fratty
CEO Driving Vision News
Ex CTO Valeo Lighting
Philippe Clogenson
Choucas consulting
Ex Autonomous Driving Marketing VP
Scientific Advisory board
Lionel Duvillaret
CEO Kapteos Optoelectronics expert