Philippe Lenain (physical engineer with a specialization in management of innovative projects) is consultant in AYMING, he has a 15-year experience in the coordination of European and national collaborative research projects for companies/RTDs of different size and in several technological domains (nano-materials, rail transport, cobotic…). He previously worked for different structures, such as SMEs, Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a European network. His experience as National Contact Point allowed him to participate to all the phases of an EU project and give a solid methodology. At the CCI of Essonne, he set up international projects for different structures (SMEs, labs, CCI...) and for clusters (System@TIC). He currently work as a similar Project manager for IMPROOF project. In addition to his strong industrial and technical background, his key assets for this role of project manager are also related to the ability to perform critical assessment via in-house management tools (dashboard, KPI, Quality & Risk Plans) and thus ensuring the project’s objectives are met while complying with the contractual framework. Moreover, being familiar with the multidisciplinary and transnational characteristics of such consortia, he will be in a position to guarantee a continuous and smooth communication with the partners and the financing institution. Finally, his experience will also allow him to work closely with the Exploitation & Innovation Manager in order to make sure that the project results are turned into value for the consortium members.

Laurence NAIGLIN (female), holds a PhD in Molecular Biology and Human Genetics and a Master’s Degree in Scientific and Technical Communication. She has +15 years of experience in the field of scientific Research. She started her career as a researcher in academic labs and a startup company (Entomed SA). She then worked at the interface between public laboratories and private companies as communication and marketing manager in the technological transfer office of University of Lyon. Following this experience, she took the position of project manager of a research collaborative project called “Laboratory of excellence” (ECOFECT) where she provided support to the coordinators and the consortium of 36 teams for 4 years. She then joined LYSARC (The Lymphoma Academic Research Organization) and the CALYM Carnot Institute as communication manager in the clinical research field.

She joined Ayming in September 2019 as a senior consultant within the Funding and Innovation Performance Business Line, Grant & Partnership Department. She will provide support to the MMAMA’s Project as the work-package leader of the WP7 Communication, dissemination and exploitation activities.