Damien Santé

Damien Santé has a diverse work experience, starting with their current role as Senior Vice President of Global Business Development at CAST. Prior to this, they worked at IBM for eight years, where they held various positions including Global Business Development Director for IBM Cloud and Cloud Program Director for BNP Paribas. Before IBM, Damien was an Executive Advisor at IZP Technologies and held multiple roles at Nokia, including Head of Strategy & Business Development for Customer Operations in EMEA and Managing Director of the Orange Global Account. Damien also co-founded the Nokia Mobile Internet Apps Center in Paris. Damien began their career at Lucent Technologies and Jouan Inc, where they gained experience as a Global Product Manager and Business Process Change Manager, respectively.

Damien Santé obtained a Master of Science (MS) degree in Telecommunications technologies and business management from Télécom Paris between 1989 and 1992. In 1991, they also conducted a 6-month research in optical CDMA networks at the University of Maryland. Additionally, they received a certification in Cloud Services Foundations from IBM in 2016.