MANN + HUMMEL
Charles Vaillant | CTO
Charles Vaillant is the CTO for the MANN + HUMMEL group . He joined MANN + HUMMEL in 1997 and is currently responsible for innovation , new technology research , corporate strategy and corporate ventures . Charles has held a variety of positions in the areas of program management , design and development , product engineering and corporate development . He is based Raleigh , North Carolina .
In 2015 Vaillant established i-2-m LLC , a startup company to accelerate commercialization of new MANN + HUMMEL technologies in the fields of clean air , clean water , energy and life science . During 2016 he created an IoT Lab in Singapore , at the Heart of Singapore ’ s start-up ecosystem , to accelerate the digitalization of company products . Later in the year he launched MANN + HUMMEL Corporate Ventures , an initiative to make strategic investments in Technology Startups with a focus on Silicon Valley .
Vaillant earned an Automotive engineering degree from LTR Eiffel ( France ), a Masters in Industrial Marketing from ESIDEC ( France ) and an M . B . A from the University of Michigan Ross Business School ( USA ). He lives with his wife and two daughters in Raleigh , NC USA .
84 June 2018