François Lecomte-Vagniez
Paris, France.
Francois Lecomte-Vagniez heads Lobary, a consulting firm focusing on marketing and operational deployment of digital proximity services for information, payments, shopping, urban travels and secured access using mobile phones. Expert on contactless (NFC) and mobile solutions, he currently chairs the Program Committee of the NFC World Congress. François launched and managed the “mobile contactless services Forum” (Forum des services mobiles sans contact) from 2008 to 2012, initiated by the French government. He advised Banque Accord (Auchan retail group) which successfully issued the first contactless EMV card in France in 2007. Previously, he played senior European executive roles in companies such as MDSI/Ventyx (mobile Workforce Management solutions), Aspective UK Ltd (eBusiness solutions), Fujitsu Personal Systems (Tablet PC’s) and IBM France. He graduated from the Paris ESLSCA Business School in 1987.