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Stephane Maes

Executive CTO/CPO specializing in AI, cloud, telecom, and enterprise software

IFSUCLouvainCalifornia, USA31 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks Remote

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Chief AI Strategy at startup Zenera with 30 years in technology strategy/design, experienced in building business plans across startups and large enterprises (projects, new products, and M&A). Deeply familiar with enterprise AI go-to-market challenges (slow procurement/pilot cycles) and preparing for VC expectations (e.g., targeting a16z) by emphasizing unique tech and paying customers.

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Key Strengths

  • 30 years of technology strategy and design experience
  • Developed business plans for projects, new products, and M&A in large companies
  • Startup AI strategy leadership (Chief AI Strategy at Zenera)
  • Strong understanding of enterprise AI buying dynamics (FOMO, long decision cycles, pilot “dead march”)
  • Positioning and delivering differentiated AI solutions to win paying customers

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Experience

Chief AI StrategyZenera · Jan 2026 – Present
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) & Chief Product Officer (CPO), ESM & IFS Cloud/IFS.aiIFS · Aug 2021 – Present
CTO, ITOM, Cloud Automation, & ITSMHP / HPE / MICRO FOCUS · Apr 2012 – Aug 2021
VP & CTO, BMUMERICSSON · Apr 2011 – Apr 2012
CTO, Software Applications & Services - Huawei Software & VP Strategy – FutureWeiHUAWEI · Sep 2009 – Mar 2011
CTO, Oracle Fusion Middleware (OFMW) & Communications (CGBU)ORACLE · Sep 2002 – Sep 2009
Research Staff Member Manager & Chief ArchitectIBM · Jul 1995 – Sep 2002
Member Of Technical StaffBell Labs · Sep 1994 – Jun 1995
Board Advisor / Acting CTO / Co-FounderVarious Companies · Jan 2006 – Presentfreelance
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) & Chief Product Officer (CPO) – ESM & IFS Cloud/IFS.aiIFS · Aug 2021 – Present
CTO – ITOM, Cloud Automation, & ITSMMicro Focus · Apr 2012 – Aug 2021
VP & CTO – BMUMEricsson · Apr 2011 – Apr 2012
CTO – Software Applications & Services - Huawei SoftwareHuawei · Sep 2009 – Mar 2011
VP Strategy – FutureWeiFuturewei · Sep 2009 – Mar 2011
CTO – Oracle Fusion Middleware (OFMW) & Communications (CGBU)Oracle · Sep 2002 – Sep 2009
Board Advisor / Acting CTO / Co-FounderFactWise.ai · Jan 2006 – Present

Education

UCLouvaindoctorate, Physics & Electrical Engineering (1994)
International Space Universitymaster, Space Studies (1991)

Awards

  • IBM Master Inventor nomination
  • Multiple IBM Corporate awards
  • Multiple IBM Divisional awards
  • WTN Laureate Award for Conversational Biometrics
  • Multiple IBM Corporate and Divisional awards (Speech Recognition and Biometrics)

Languages

English

Publications

275 publications

Artificial IntelligenceConversational AISpeech RecognitionSpeaker RecognitionBiometricsCloud ComputingEnterprise ApplicationsTelecommunicationsAutomationMulti-Modal SystemsNLP

Memberships

  • CNCF
  • OpenStack
  • Open Group IT4IT
  • IEEE
  • OCF
  • OMA
  • ATIS
  • TMF
  • ETSI
  • 3GPP
  • JCP
  • W3C
  • IETF
  • OASIS
  • OSGi
  • Parlay
  • WAP Forum
  • Open Group (IT4IT)
  • TM Forum (TMF)

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