Marko Erman

Senior Vice President, Research and Technology, Thales, France

Marko Erman graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in 1977, and got a second Engineer diploma from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications in 1980. He obtained a PhD diploma from Solid State Physics at the University of Orsay and a Doctorat d’Etat es Science from the University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. Dr Erman has received the Blondel Award and is member of the French Academy of Technology.

After having spent several years managing research activities within Philips, Dr Erman joined Alcatel. In 1993, he became, within the Corporate Research Center, the Director of the Opto-electronic components Division of Alcatel, and in 1997, Director of the Optical Systems Department. In 2001, he was appointed Chief Technical Officer & Vice President Strategy of Alcatel Optronics. In 2003, he joined Thales as Director of Research & Technology of the Land & Joint Systems Division. In April 2009, Marko Erman was appointed Chief Technical Officer of Thales.

In February 2010, Marko Erman became a member of the Executive Committee and SVP, Research & Technology.