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Xavier NICOLAS

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

En résumé

- Senior executive leadership in the Digital Media industry.- President/Co-Founder of ExMachina, Europe’s foremost computer animation studio.- Long term and well-established network of relationships in the Digital Media community in Europe, Japan and America.- Sourcing, negotiations and closure of significant business, technology, financing and production deals in the USA, Europe, Japan and Asia.

Entreprises

  • Lucasfilm Animation Singapore - General Manager

    2008 - maintenant Feature animation production, television programs, visual effects, hand-held and next generation console games.

  • LucasFilm Animation Singapore - Head of Production

    Carouge 2007 - 2007 Feature animation production, television programs, hand-held and next generation console games.

  • Adisem inc. - Founder & CEO

    2006 - 2007 - Adisem provides a unique online service to Google Adwords advertisers. Adisem enables Adwords advertisers to automatically manage their campaigns overtime and, above all, save up to 30% of their spendings on Google Adwords while getting more effective and measurable results.

  • PiXlogic visual search - VP Business Development

    2002 - 2006 Early stage start-up that created a breakthrough visual search software solution for media asset management, security and camera-phone markets.- Assessed market opportunities and gathered early design partners worldwide.- Wrote the company business plan and pitched to VC's. - Gathered a group of committed investors from the US, Japan and Europe, in conjunction with the first product launch.

  • ATARI Inc. (Game publisher, Santa Monica, CA) - Consultant

    2002 - 2002 Researched, evaluated and tested relevant graphics tools and technologies to cut art production expenses while improving the visual quality for specific games. Advised Company on the implementation of Image Based Rendering tools and process.

  • BELIEVE Inc. (3D rendering, Santa Clara, CA) - VP Marketing & Business Development

    2000 - 2001 Defined and positioned products, services and customer specifications for Digital Content Creation and CAD-CAM markets for this VC-backed (Crosspoint Ventures) start-up company (75 employees) that created an innovative hi-end interactive rendering software/hardware solution. • As Believe's evangelist, successfully introduced the technology to leading Digital Media studios in Hollywood, Europe and Japan. Established high trust levels that enabled studio's to share sensitive intellectual property for test evaluations.

  • ExMACHINA TOKYO kk - Founder and President

    1995 - 2000 Founder of ExMACHINA Tokyo, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ExMachina Paris, which is wholly-owned by Thomson Multimedia. Moved to Japan to lead the new Japanese company with the target of entering the interactive multimedia content industry (DVD and consumer games). • Successfully introduced the company into the Japanese domestic market with clients including; Dentsu, Matsushita, Toshiba, Sony, Toyota and Honda. Established the company as one of the leading Digital Media studios in Japan.

  • ExMACHINA SA (Paris) - Co-Founder and President

    1988 - 1995 Led merger of TDI (Thomson Digital Image) and SOGITEC. Managed merger process, developed and implemented an effective team structure and human resources program creating a smooth transition. Managed Thomson relationship reporting directly to the Chairman. • Built ExMACHINA to annual revenue of USD $12M with 100+ employees.

  • SOGITEC / PACT SA (Paris) - General Manager and Producer

    1981 - 1988 Pioneered the first computer graphics company in France, creating a new business for SOGITEC. Led this new division to the number one position in the Digital Media space in Europe by selling and producing award-winning computer graphic films.

Formations

  • IDA - Institut Superieur De L'Audiovisuel, Paris

    1973 - 1977

  • ESAG - Ecole Superieure D'Arts Graphiques, Paris

    1973 - 1977

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