Hugo Blanc

Hugo Blanc has a diverse work experience spanning across various industries and roles. Hugo is currently serving as the Chief Technology Officer at Incyt by LX, where they are responsible for overseeing technology-related aspects of the company. Prior to this, they held the position of General Manager of LX Europe and Head of LX Europe for product development & manufacturing at Incyt. Before joining Incyt, Hugo worked as the IoT Product Development Lead and Senior System Engineer, and later as a System Engineer & Project Manager, at a technology company. Additionally, Hugo has experience as an Entrepreneur at H7, a Co-Founder at LX IoT Cores & IoT Platform, and as a Master Thesis in Engineering at Thales Training & Simulation. Hugo has also been involved in robotics and autonomous systems projects during their time at KTH and TESP Robotic Summer Program at Tohoku University. In the earlier stages of their career, Hugo worked as an iOS developer at M-GaTE, R&D Team Leader at Prestige Solaire, and as a Production Operator at STMicroelectronics.

Hugo Blanc has a Master's degree in Systems, Control, and Robotics from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, which they obtained from 2011 to 2013. Prior to that, from 2009 to 2013, they earned a Titre d'ingénieur in Micro-electronic, computer science, and new technologies from École des Mines de Saint-Étienne. Hugo completed their secondary education at Lycée Blaise Pascal from 2007 to 2009, focusing on subjects like Maths, Physics, and Engineering science. Hugo also holds a Bac S, Mention Bien in Science from Lycée Saint-Exupery, which they obtained from 2003 to 2006.

In addition, Hugo Blanc has completed certifications in Material Behavior from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2018 and in Human Spaceflight from edX in 2017.