Philippe Laval

Philippe Laval is an accomplished technology executive with extensive experience in leadership roles across various companies. Currently serving as Chief Technology Officer at Jolt Capital since April 2017, Laval also holds board member positions at Farm3 and Clustaar and mentors at Impact USA. As the founder and former CEO of Evercontact, Laval led the company to become a leader in CRM and address book updating before its acquisition in 2016. Laval's entrepreneurial journey began with the establishment of Sinequa, a semantic search engine software company that achieved significant annual revenues. Additionally, Laval held the position of CEO at CORA SA, a company specializing in newspaper document management and spelling systems. Academic accomplishments include a PhD in AI and NLP from Université Paris Cité and a Master's degree in Computer Software Engineering from Télécom Paris.