Laurent is leading the Broadcom efforts on Sovereign Cloud. He is a member of the VCSP Leadership team.

Digital Sovereignty is set to define Europe’s next decade. It is attracting significant investment, with nations and enterprises seeking to ensure data privacy, compliance and digital capabilities while developing innovation.

Laurent is a 30+ year IT Executive veteran. He has enjoyed a long history with VMware, now Broadcom as both partner and client since 2001, in his capacity as Group CTO at AXA Tech, WW Head of Technology at CGI Services, and CEO and Vice Chairman at OVHCloud. Laurent brought this significant experience to VMware when he joined us in 2020 to support strategic business development in SEMEA as Field Commerce Executive. Since 2022, Laurent is driving the Sovereign Cloud program (for EMEA, then for Global).

Outside of work, Laurent plays bass in a rock band. He lives in France and is married with 4 children and 5 grandchildren.

Jon Collins is VP of Engagement and Field CTO for GigaOm. He has over 35 years of experience in IT, working with enterprise organisations across government and industry sectors on data governance, agile and mobile software development, cybersecurity, infrastructure and network management. He has advised some of the world’s largest technology companies on product and go-to-market strategy. As author, speaker and commentator, he has run multiple conference programmes, served on consulting firm editorial boards, and written columns for many publications. He wrote the British Computer Society’s handbook for security architects, and co-authored The Technology Garden, a book offering CIOs clear advice on the principles of sustainable IT delivery. Jon is frequently called on to offer practical advice to support IT and digital transformation initiatives, and mentors several young people to be the leaders of tomorrow.

Dr. Andreas Mitrakas is Head of Unit “Market, Certification & Standardisation” in the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA). He co-chairs the Stakeholders Cybersecurity Certification Group (SCCG).

Prior to joining ENISA, Andreas served as General Counsel in Globalsign and as a Senior Counsel in Verizon and Ubizen.

Andreas is a qualified lawyer and holds a doctorate in Law from Erasmus University of Rotterdam, a M.Sc. in Strategic Quality Management, from University of Portsmouth a LL.M. in Computer science and Law from Queen’s University of Belfast and a first degree in Law from University of Athens.

Since 2019, Manuel Mateo Goyet is the deputy Head of the Cloud and Software unit at the European Commission, DG Connect.

Before that, he served as Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Gabriel advising her on questions of copyright, audiovisual, disinformation, high performance computing, digital skills, Wifi4EU and eHealth.

Manuel Mateo joined the Commission (DG INFSO/CONNECT) in 2006 where he held several positions, including that of Assistant to the Director General, and of deputy Head of Unit dealing with inter-institutional relations.

Prior to joining the Commission in 2006, Manuel gathered an extensive experience of industry by working in the private sector in Belgium, France and the Czech Republic. Manuel Mateo holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Free University of Brussels, a MBA in European Management that got him travelling through Spain (Deusto), France (Audencia) and the United Kingdom (Bradford Management Centre) and a Master in Political Sciences from the Free University of Brussels.

Laurent is leading the Broadcom efforts on Sovereign Cloud. He is a member of the VCSP Leadership team.

Digital Sovereignty is set to define Europe’s next decade. It is attracting significant investment, with nations and enterprises seeking to ensure data privacy, compliance and digital capabilities while developing innovation.

Laurent is a 30+ year IT Executive veteran. He has enjoyed a long history with VMware, now Broadcom as both partner and client since 2001, in his capacity as Group CTO at AXA Tech, WW Head of Technology at CGI Services, and CEO and Vice Chairman at OVHCloud. Laurent brought this significant experience to VMware when he joined us in 2020 to support strategic business development in SEMEA as Field Commerce Executive. Since 2022, Laurent is driving the Sovereign Cloud program (for EMEA, then for Global).

Outside of work, Laurent plays bass in a rock band. He lives in France and is married with 4 children and 5 grandchildren.

With over 20 years of experience in the IT and web industry, Laurent is passionate and driven at OVHcloud, one of the largest cloud providers in the world. He manages product marketers who are responsible for creating and executing go-to-market strategies, positioning, messaging, and content for their cloud solutions (IaaS, PaaS & Services). He works from discovery to delivery directly with product managers, engineers, sales, partners and customers to deliver value propositions, market insights, and customer feedback.

Stefan Schäfer’s work experience starts in 1992 as a Research Associate at Fraunhofer ISE. From 2001 to 2003, they were the Head of Marketing Management Prepaid at Deutsche Telekom. Stefan then worked at Deutsche Telekom UK Limited as the Vice President of Business Processes & CRM Enabling from 2003 to 2010. At T-Mobile, they held the position of Vice President IT Customer Solutions from 2009 to 2013. From 2013 to 2014, they were the Director of Product Management Cloud Services at Deutsche Telekom. At Huawei, they served as the Vice President of Cloud Marketing & Partnering from 2014 to 2020. Stefan then joined FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management as a Dozent / Visiting Lecturer in Innovation Management from 2016 to 2023. In 2020, they became the Head of Global Product Marketing at OVHcloud, followed by the role of Director Product Marketing Central Europe in 2022. Currently, they are the Head of International Product Marketing at OVHcloud. Additionally, starting in 2023, they have taken on the role of Audiobook Narrator at Hörbuchstimme.

Stefan Schäfer obtained a Master’s degree in Computer Science and Philosophy from The University of Bonn between 1989 and 1995. In 2011 and 2012, they completed the Leadership Excellence Program at the IE Business School. In 2021, they received training in speech education at the Sprecher-Akademie. Currently, they are pursuing a certification in Product Marketing Alliance, expected to be completed in 2024. Additionally, Stefan has certifications as a Business Coach from the Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Köln and as an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Pierre Gronlier, a graduate of EPITA in embedded real-time systems and of ENS Paris-Saclay in applied mathematics, began his career with expertise in signal processing and machine learning, which led him to start as a research engineer in the field of video compression.

He then worked as a developer at Microsoft on the real-time multimedia layer of Skype/Teams (Lync).

Later, he focused on building and expanding cloud service offerings at OVHcloud in France as a solution architect.

In 2021, he joined Gaia-X as Chief Technology Officer, where he implemented and developed all the first versions of the federated services.

He recently expanded his role as Chief Innovation Officer of Gaia-X.

In 2024, he co-founded Cloud Data Engine (CDE), a software company specialising in digitisation of chains of trust through enhancement and composition of conformity certificates

Hansjörg Metzger is Managing Director of Arvato Systems GmbH and responsible for the Multi-Cloud & Infrastructure division.

After studying electrical engineering, Hansjörg Metzger started his professional career at Accenture, working intensively on infrastructure consulting and global transformation projects. Further career stages led him to various management positions at ThyssenKrupp IT Services and Capgemini before joining T-Systems International as Vice President. There he was responsible for the global delivery unit “Private Cloud & Platform Services”.

Hansjörg Metzger took up his position as Managing Director of Arvato Systems GmbH on May 1, 2020.

Biography to follow shortly.

After having spent more than 12 years in the Training business on mainframe and departmental systems for Siemens, Luc moved to a Project Manager and Head of Professional Services for the Luxembourg Entity of « Siemens IT Services and Solutions » and then Atos.
He then decided to join POST Luxembourg around 2012 to help the entity in its transformation from Telecom Operator to ICT Services Provider with a strong focus on building Private and multi-tenant Cloud and Managed Services.
Luc has always been curious about new technologies and keen on helping customers leveraging those innovations to further transform and digitize their business.
For the last 5 years he was heading the full Presales Team of POST Telecom and, in its last move for DEEP (a POST Luxembourg Company) he has been named « Strategic Engagements Manager » helping DEEP and its customers grow smooth and fast.

The world of emerging, disruptive technologies has always been a major draw for Carlo. That’s

why in 2015 he joined NVIDIA, the pioneer in AI computing. Carlo leads NVIDIA’s Enterprise

Solutions and Operations. From scientific discoveries to artificial intelligence, modern data

centers are key to solving some of the world’s most important challenges. The NVIDIA

accelerated computing platforms gives modern data centers the power to accelerate deep

learning, machinelearning, and high performance computing workloads. Carlo’s career started

off at Compaq as a telecom technology consultant, followed by various sales leadership roles at

Hewlett-Packard. Carlo lives in Amsterdam with his wife and 4 children.

“The AI race is on. Breakthroughs no longer come from scientific and research labs alone.

Self driving cars, intelligent medical imaging systems, and autonomous factory robots have

moved quickly from ideas to reality. And it’s only the beginning. AI holds enormous promise,

but it requires a massive amount of computing power. Its time to solve the challenge of AI at

scale”

Martin is VMware’s Chief Technologist for Cloud in EMEA. His role is focused on a set of cross company programs that drive outbound communication of VMware’s technology vision and multi-cloud strategy across all customer market segments and the partner ecosystem. 

He is part of the VMware Office of the CTO, a double VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX Number 117) and is a recognized thought leader within the industry. He is a regular speaker at industry events and the author of four books, dozens of papers, blogs, and articles based on VMware and other technologies.

Martin also sits on the advisory board for the Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation (CDEI), part of the newly formed Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Set up by the UK government in 2018, the CDEI has a unique remit: to help the Government on the various dimensions presented by data-driven technology and AI.