Olivier Mével | |
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Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Co-founder of ReaDIYmate Co-founder of Enero Co-organizer of IoT Paris Meetups Co-inventor of Nabaztag |
Olivier Mével (born April 27, 1967) is a French pioneer in the Internet of Things (IoT). Trained as an engineer, he is a serial entrepreneur and businessman with a passion for creating interactive web-connected objects. Mével is the co-inventor of Nabaztag, a Wi-Fi enabled ambient electronic device shaped like a rabbit.
In 2012, Mével was named one of 100 French digital influencers and, in 2014, one of 20 French personalities that made an impact on the Internet of Things.
Career
Mével graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA ParisTech) in 1990. In 1995, he co-founded BaBeL@STaL, one of the first French digital agencies, with Philippe Feinsilber.
Olivier Mével has been involved in several notable ventures throughout his career. In 2000, he was part of the team behind Kasskooye.com, a popular French website known for its satire of the new economy. He contributed under the pseudonym Igmar Andersen.
In 2003, he co-founded Violet with Rafi Haladjian, Violet created Nabaztag, an interactive and internet-connected object launched in 2005, along with RFID reader Mir:ror. He's listed as inventor on 2 patents related to ambient and connected devices.
In 2009, Mével and Marc Chareyron co-founded reaDIYmate. The reaDIYmate DIY kits were successfully launched and manufactured in 2012 on Kickstarter. The duo also created TeleSound which, on its preliminary campaign, did not gather sufficient funds for full-scale manufacturing and is awaiting future re-launch.
The collaboration between Mével and Chareyron extended to Enero, a design and technology consultancy specializing in the Internet of Things.
Mével is a mentor for the hardware accelerator program Haxlr8r and a co-organizer of the Internet of Things Paris Meetups (#iotparis).
References
- - Olivier Mével, entrepreneur
- - Internet of Things History
- "01 : Les 100 people de la IT".
- "20 personnalités françaises qui comptent dans l'Internet des Objets".
- - "La technique n'est pas seulement dans l'intégration mais aussi dans les interfaces".
- Kasskooye.com > IGMAR ANDERSEN
- Kasskooye ou comment un délire prend devenir une affaire très sérieuse
- Mir:ror mak:es ob_jectz smar:ter | TechCrunch
- Mevel Olivier - Inventor Patent Directory, Page 1
- "READIYMATE - READIYMATE | Le Lieu du Design Paris Ile de France". Archived from the original on 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- reaDIYmate - Build your own web-connected object by reaDIYmate — Kickstarter
- - TeleSound because the internet of Things needs toys
- - TeleSound the sound messenger
- - Enero The IOT Agency
- http://garage21.org/2014/05/09/enero-lagence-linternet-objets/ - Enero l'agence de l'internet des objets
- Mentors – HAXLR8R
- - IOT Paris