Jean-Luc Beylat

Vice President, Business Partnerships, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs
VP Europe & International - Pole SYSTEMATIC

Prior to his current position, Jean-Luc was Vice President, Strategic Cooperative R&D Programs- responsible for the coordination of cooperative and strategic R&D programs of Alcatel-Lucent. Jean-Luc joined Alcatel in 1984, and spent 7 years working on semiconductor lasers at Alcatel’s research center in Marcoussis, France. In 1992, he launched Alcatel’s WDM transmission activities and also managed a research group on optical amplification. In 1996, he was appointed Director of the Optical Systems & Networks Department in Alcatel’s research center driving worldwide research activities in terrestrial and submarine transmission. In 2000, he was appointed program director of the Alcatel’s Optics Groups and later, Vice president of network solutions of the Alcatel’s Optical Networking activities. In his last position, he was a key contributor of the optical product line evolution in regards to cost optimization and data content, helping Alcatel to maintain a #1 position in optical networking since 2001. In November 2005, he has joined the Alcatel CTO office to develop partnership in R&D. He is also member of the Research Integration Team created after the merge between Alcatel and Lucent.

Dr.Jean-Luc Beylat holds a Ph.D. in semiconductor lasers and their applications from “l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie” (France). He has authored or co-authored over 50 technical articles and has been responsible for the filing of 15 patents.