Olivier Mével Explained

Olivier Mével
Nationality:French
Occupation:Co-founder of ReaDIYmate
Co-founder of Enero
Co-organizer of IoT Paris Meetups
Co-inventor of Nabaztag

Olivier Mével (born April 27, 1967) is a French pioneer in the Internet of Things (IoT). Trained as an engineer, he is a serial entrepreneur and businessman with a passion for creating interactive web-connected objects.[1] Mével is the co-inventor of Nabaztag, a Wi-Fi enabled ambient electronic device shaped like a rabbit.[2]

In 2012, Mével was named one of 100 French digital influencers[3] and, in 2014, one of 20 French personalities that made an impact on the Internet of Things.[4]

Career

Mével graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA ParisTech) in 1990. In 1995, he co-founded BaBeL@STaL, one of the first French digital agencies, with Philippe Feinsilber.[5]

Olivier Mével has been involved in several notable ventures throughout his career. In 2000, he was part of the team behind Kasskooye.com, a popular French website known for its satire of the new economy. He contributed under the pseudonym Igmar Andersen.[6] [7]

In 2003, he co-founded Violet with Rafi Haladjian, Violet created Nabaztag, an interactive and internet-connected object launched in 2005, along with RFID reader Mir:ror.[8] He's listed as inventor on 2 patents related to ambient and connected devices.[9]

In 2009, Mével and Marc Chareyron co-founded reaDIYmate.[10] The reaDIYmate DIY kits were successfully launched and manufactured in 2012 on Kickstarter.[11] The duo also created TeleSound [12] which, on its preliminary campaign, did not gather sufficient funds for full-scale manufacturing [13] and is awaiting future re-launch.

The collaboration between Mével and Chareyron extended to Enero, a design and technology consultancy specializing in the Internet of Things.[14] [15]

Mével is a mentor for the hardware accelerator program Haxlr8r[16] and a co-organizer of the Internet of Things Paris Meetups (#iotparis).[17]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.liberation.fr/economie/2012/05/13/olivier-mevel-entrepreneur-des-robots-qui-egayent-nos-journees_818432 - Olivier Mével, entrepreneur
  2. http://postscapes.com/internet-of-things-history - Internet of Things History
  3. Web site: 01 : Les 100 people de la IT.
  4. Web site: 20 personnalités françaises qui comptent dans l'Internet des Objets.
  5. http://www.journaldunet.com/solutions/0104/010418_it_babelstal.shtml - "La technique n'est pas seulement dans l'intégration mais aussi dans les interfaces"
  6. http://www.kasskooye.com/html/om.html Kasskooye.com > IGMAR ANDERSEN
  7. http://www.journaldunet.com/0004/000417kasskooye.shtml Kasskooye ou comment un délire prend devenir une affaire très sérieuse
  8. https://techcrunch.com/2009/03/23/mirror-makes-ob_jectz-smarter/ Mir:ror mak:es ob_jectz smar:ter | TechCrunch
  9. http://www.patentmaps.com/inventor/Mevel_Olivier_1.html Mevel Olivier - Inventor Patent Directory, Page 1
  10. Web site: READIYMATE - READIYMATE Le Lieu du Design Paris Ile de France . 2012-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140115122327/http://www.lelieududesign.com/exposition-article/readiymate-readiymate . 2014-01-15 . dead .
  11. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/readiymate/readiymate-build-an-internet-connected-thing-in-10 reaDIYmate - Build your own web-connected object by reaDIYmate — Kickstarter
  12. http://gigaom.com/2013/03/05/telesound-because-the-internet-of-things-needs-toys/ - TeleSound because the internet of Things needs toys
  13. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/readiymate/telesound-the-sound-messenger - TeleSound the sound messenger
  14. http://www.enero.fr - Enero The IOT Agency
  15. http://garage21.org/2014/05/09/enero-lagence-linternet-objets/ - Enero l'agence de l'internet des objets
  16. http://www.haxlr8r.com/mentors/30-olivier-mevel Mentors – HAXLR8R
  17. http://www.meetup.com/internet-of-things-paris - IOT Paris