Thomas Gérardi

Thomas Gérardi has over 20 years of experience in sales and business development, specializing in the high-performance computing (HPC) industry. Thomas has worked for various companies, including Cornelis Networks, NEC Europe, NEOTECKNO SAS, UCit, ClusterVision, Dell, and Hardware Reseller.

At Cornelis Networks, Thomas serves as a Sales Manager, a role they currently hold starting from March 2023.

Prior to that, they worked at NEC Europe for over a year as a Sales Manager responsible for Western Europe. Thomas played a key role in developing sales for HPC, Vector, AI, Storage, and Quantum Computing activities. Thomas also focused on providing innovative solutions to customers and found alignment with the company's values.

Thomas joined NEOTECKNO SAS as a Sales Director in 2019 and continued in the role until September 2021. During their tenure, they successfully developed commercial activities and established a sales team from scratch. NEOTECKNO SAS specializes in designing, building, and supporting supercomputers, in addition to providing software and services.

From 2017 to 2019, Thomas served as a Sales Director at UCit, where they contributed to the sales development of HPC as a Service. Thomas worked with commercial and public companies, helping them integrate the cloud into their environments.

Prior to UCit, Thomas worked as a Sales Manager Southern EMEA at ClusterVision for six years. Thomas led the company's growth in the Southern Europe and Middle East market while managing a team of sales and pre-sales professionals. Thomas'sfocus was on solution selling and identifying new opportunities in the public and industry sectors.

Before joining ClusterVision, Thomas worked at Dell in various roles from 1999 to 2011. Thomas started as an Account Manager, winning major business deals with French universities. Thomas then moved on to become a Technical Sales Specialist, where they grew solution and service revenues for the higher education market. Later, Thomas became the HPC Business Development Manager first for France and then for Southern Europe, supporting sales teams, managing partner relationships, and driving incremental revenues and margins.

Thomas started their career at a hardware reseller in 1997 as a Sales Representative, responsible for developing channel business with resellers, IT services, and consulting providers.

Throughout their career, Thomas Gérardi has consistently demonstrated a strong background in sales, business development, and solution selling, specifically within the HPC industry.

Thomas Gérardi attended Lycée Gaston Berger from 1992 to 1994, where they pursued a BTS Informatique degree in Informatique de Gestion. Later, from 1994 to 1995, they completed a Business Year program at the same institution, focusing on Information Technology.