Henri Porte
Senior Advisor
Profile
Henri Porte, Senior Advisor for Photonics and Quantum at CFI France, was previously Vice-President and Head of Photonics Strategy at the iXblue Group, now exail. With a scientific background in Physics, he defended a PhD thesis in optics and signal processing at the University of Besançon in 1985. He then joined the CNRS as a research fellow. There, he developed a research activity in the field of ultrafast optical modulators. In 2000, as CNRS Research Director, he created the company Photline Technologies in Besançon and became its CEO. In 2014, Photline joined the iXblue group, then the exail group in 2022. At the time, the exail site in Besançon had 85 employees and a turnover of €20 million. Henri Porte has published more than 150 articles in scientific journals and international conferences, he is a co-inventor of nineteen patents, and has supervised a dozen theses.
Our latest transactions
Business Services
has acquired a minority stake in
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Anritsu, Japan’s leading provider of test and measurement solutions and products, has acquired a minority stake in SmartViser SAS, a French pioneer in automated network testing.
Transport & Logistics
has sold its logistics activities in Indonesia
to
a subsidiary of
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French multinational manufacturing company Vallourec has sold 100% of its logistics activities to CKB Logistics, in line with their strategy of refocusing on their core business
