Management

We are passionate about the future of urban mobility.

Angel Talamona, CEO and Co-Founder
As a general manager in charge of marketing and sales, Angel conducted Senda from a concept to a company with a motivated staff, intellectual property and awarded solutions targeting a growing global market. Prior to co-founding Senda, he spent five years working at INRIA in the domains of intelligent urban transportation and ambient intelligence. Angel’s background includes international experience in project management, usability testing and agile software development. He started organizations in the fields of wireless CRM and Internet radio. Angel holds an electronic engineering degree from UNR in Argentina and a joint masters degree in public policy management from Mines ParisTech, ESCP Europe and University of Paris-X Nanterre.

Mikaël Kais, CTO and Co-Founder
A seasoned technology expert and team manager with a sharp business sensitivity, Mikaël is in charge of R&D and production activities of Senda. Mikaël brings ten years experience innovating in the fields of industrial mobile robotics, global positioning systems and wireless communications. Before co-founding Senda, the mind behind the company’s software architecture spent six years at INRIA’s intelligent urban transportation lab where he was responsible for managing collaborative car technology activities. Mikaël authored 20 publications and 2 patents. He is a PhD candidate at Mines ParisTech and holds an engineering degree from CNAM. Mikaël is a former scientific visitor at MIT and University of Florida.

Bernard Joseph, Business Development Director
Bernard is responsible for implementing sales as well as identifying and developing new sources of recurring revenues for Senda. With an engineering background (X - ENSAE), Bernard performed several senior management activities before joining the company. In 1970, he became Chief Executive Officer of SERTI and was involved in the creation of the Groupement Français d'Informatique (GFI - French IT Group), whose Board of Directors he chaired from 1976 to 1982. He acquired international experience within the Thomson group until 1986. He then moved on to direct the IT activities of the Charbonnage de France group and chaired the CDFI. In 1990, Bernard founded International Consulting Partners (INCOPAR), a strategy and marketing consulting company aimed at information technology companies. In 1995, Bernard co-founded MetaWare, that he still chairs.