François Lê

François Lê has extensive experience in the technology industry. In 1996, they began working at 3Com as a Senior Director of the WAN Access Business Unit, where they were responsible for growing sales of 3Com's Broadband WAN products worldwide. In 2000, they moved to Aperto Networks as Vice President of Worldwide Sales until 2004, when they joined ABB as Vice President of Carriers & International Business. In 2007, they became Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Corporate Officer at Network Equipment Technologies. From 2013 to 2017, they held Advisory Board Member positions at Mi3 Security and AOptix Technologies, and from 2013 to 2019 they were Head of Global Sales & Business Development at AOptix Technologies. In 2019, they joined Ribbon Communications as Business Advisor for APAC & CALA and in 2021 they became General Partner at General Cognitics. Currently, they are Executive Director and Board Member at Radio Gigabit Inc. and Executive Advisor at iotaBEAM.

François Lê obtained their Master of Business Administration - MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1985. François also holds a Diplôme d’Ingenieur (MS Engineering) from INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon in Computational & Structural Engineering. In addition, they have obtained a Series 3 - National Commodity Futures Exam from the National Futures Association in March 2021 and a Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) Exam from FINRA in November 2020.