Nicolas Babin
Nicolas Babin | |
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Nicolas Babin in 2018 | |
Born |
Bordeaux, France | April 9, 1966
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | École supérieure des ingénieurs commerciaux de Bordeaux |
Occupation |
Former Director of Corporate Communication Sony Europe Former Managing Director Actiplay Head of group Digital Solutions Neopost Co-founder GamFed Co-founder MirambeauAppCare Founder Babin Business Consulting Board of directors member Maxicoffee Board of directors member Commanders Act |
Spouse(s) | Sara E. Ashworth |
Awards | Innovation Award at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show |
Website | Personal website |
Nicolas Babin (born April 9, 1966) is a French businessman, specialized in gamification, as well as technological innovation. He is best known for being the former CEO of Sony Europe in several departments, including robotics.[1] He is currently at the head of Babin Business Consulting.
Early life and career
Nicolas Babin studied at the École supérieure des ingénieurs commerciaux de Bordeaux in computer science.[2] He is the holder of a master in Sales-Marketing.[3] He began his career in 1989 for BNP Paribas as a programmer in San Francisco. He moved to California as a result.[3] In 1992, he left BNP Paribas in order to take the head of the French and German branches for Atwork Health Systems.[3] He then left Atwork in order to take the head of Administration for Cats Software US, thus moving to Palo Alto, in California. He notably contributed to its IPO,[4] before becoming the Managing Director EMEA for Cats Software in London.[3]
Career
The Sony Years (1997-2008)
Nicolas Babin began his career for Sony in 1997, where he became the Managing Director for Sony Europe for Etak a unit of the Sony group specialized in digital mapping in London.[3]
In 2001, while living in Brussels and being the Managing Director for Sony Entertainment Robot Europe,[5] he contributed to the launch of AIBO, Sony's robotic pets[6] · [7] · .[8] In 2004 he became the Director of Corporate Communications Sony Europe in Berlin and contributed to the marketing of the most recent Sony products[9] · .[10] In 2005, he also contributed to the launch of the PSP in Europe.[11]
In 2006, during the battery recall controversy that Sony faced (some notebook computers from brands like Toshiba, Dell, Lenovo or Apple were provided with built-in lithium batteries that could provoke fire due to overheating, causing property damage or minor burns, forcing Sony to initiate the biggest recall recall policy in the world at the time),[12][13] Nicolas Babin was heavily involved in the crisis management.[14]
Technological innovations (2008-2017)
Nicolas Babin left Sony in 2008 in order to join AT Internet, a French company specialized in web analytics, becoming the company Chief Operating Officer.[3] He occupied this post during the Google bug in 2009, or when Microsoft allowed other browsers on their machines[15] · .[16] In 2010, he became the Managing Director of the Groupe Concoursmania in France,[2] specialized in online competition and marketing gaming.[9] He notably managed the IPO process of the Groupe Concoursmania,[4] as well as its developpement in Europe.[17]
He then joined Neopost in 2013, a French company specialized in franking machines or postage meters as the marketing Director and as the head of the group of Digital Solutions.[18] He then left Neopost in 2017.[3]
Nicolas Babin is also a board member of several companies, including Commanders Act,[19] Maxicoffee[20] or GamFed,[21] a company he founded in 2012 in order to developp gamification.[22]
Consulting (2017-...)
In March 2017, Nicolas Babin founded his own company Babin Business Consulting,[23] specialized in consulting, marketing, innovations and business development, which he presides since then[24].
Nicolas Babin is also the cofounder of Mirambeau AppCare, which product includes DiabiLive[25] · ,[26] an app allowing diabetics to better cope with their disease, thanks to a personalized monitoring of food and exercise, an optimized insuline dosage management and also a panic button in case of emergency.[27] He also manages the international development of this app[28] · ,[29] notably in the US, where they are waiting the Food and Drug Administration authorization to be available,[27] but also in Japan.[30] Diabilive won several prizes including the French Concours Lépine, rewarding innovation in 2016,[31] as well as the Consumer Electronics Show Innovation Award in 2018[32] · .[33]
Other professional activities
Nicolas Babin also gave lectures related to marketing and gamification at Epitech[34] or at KEDGE Business School.
During the third edition of the Digital week in Bordeaux in 2013, Nicolas Babin participated as a lecturer about gamification.[35]
In August 2017, he founded with his wife a company specialized in real estate in Bordeaux.[36]
Nicolas Babin also writes articles for websites like Gladiacteur or IndieWatch, specialized in marketing and gaming[37] · .[38]
Personal life
Nicolas Babin married Sarah E. Ashworth in 1993. They have two children named John and Philippe.[39]
See also
References
- ↑ "Sony Entertainment robot AIBO makes debut in European retail". Protext, distribution of press releases in the Czech Republic. Berlin. 5 August 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- 1 2 "Nicolas Babin est nommé directeur général de Concoursmania". Les Échos (in French). 19 October 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Nicolas Babin est promu marketing director, global director digital solutions de Neopost". E-marketing (in French). 25 November 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- 1 2 "Nicolas Babin". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ "Sony's AIBO Gains New Colours and New Tricks". Trusted Reviews. 5 February 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ "Sony Aibo: Clever doggy". Metronews. 22 October 2003. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ "Sony's AIBO entertainment robot gets its skates on" (PDF). Communiqué de presse de Sony. Londres. 22 October 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ "LES CHERCHEURS N'EN FINISSENT PAS DE FAIRE LE CLONE". Stratégies (in French). 10 June 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- 1 2 "Nicolas Babin, directeur général du groupe ConcoursMania". Stratégies. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "HP and Sony battle for domination of digital entertainment". The Register. 20 July 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ "Sony chief in Europe aims to restore brand's glitter". New York Times. 14 April 2005. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ↑ "Sony Apologizes for Battery Recall". Washington Post. 24 October 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ "Batteries Sony, un rappel massivement multi-marques". Libération (in French). 29 September 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ Michael D. Watkins; Clayton M. Christensen; Kenneth L. Kraemer; Michael E. Porter (October 13, 2015). Harvard Business Review Press, ed. Harvard Business Review Leadership Library: The Executive Collection. p. 72.
- ↑ ""Samedi, les visites générées par Google ont chuté de 90 %"". Le Journal du Net. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ "Europe Drops Microsoft Antitrust Case". New York Times. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ↑ "Groupe Concoursmania names Nicolas Babin as managing director" (PDF). Groupe ConcoursMania Press Release. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ "Le top 20 des influenceurs E-commerce". E Commerce Nation. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ "About Us". Commanders Act. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ "Company profiles : Maxicoffee". Pitchbook. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ "GamFed Overview". Crunchbase. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ "Naissance de GamFed" (PDF). Communiqué de presse. Bordeaux. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ "Dirigeants : Nicolas Babin". BFM TV (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ "From Claude Posternak to Fleur Pellerin, These Are the Most Influential Entrepreneurs From France". Richtopia. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ↑ "Mirambeau App Care". So Start Up. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ↑ "Mirambeau AppCare appuyé par la Région et Bpifrance". La Tribune (in French). 5 December 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- 1 2 "DiabiLive Will Help Remove the Greatest Challenge from Diabetes". Plughitz. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ↑ "Comité statégique". Mirambeau App Care. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ↑ "Diabète : après Paris, l'appli Diabilive a été sacrée à Las Vegas". La Tribune. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "Benoît Mirambeau, première concrétisation". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "DiabiLive, l'application de suivi du diabète primée au CES 2018". TicPharma (in French). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ↑ "Après Lépine, la start-up !". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 6 November 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "Diabète : Diabilive, l'application girondine séduit les Etats-Unis après le concours Lépine". Sud Ouest. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "La gamification en question". Epitech (in French). 30 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ "Nicolas Babin Directeur Général : Groupe CONCOURSMANIA". Semaine Digitale de Bordeaux (in French). Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ "Idalia". Le Figaro. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ "About Nicolas Babin". IndieWatch. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ↑ "Nicolas Babin, auteur à Gladiacteur". Gladiacteur. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "Varennes en Argonne : Collège menacé : toujours mobilisés". Est Républicain (in French). 5 September 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.