Mr. Potdevin is an e-commerce and Internet-technology expert at large, and a member of the Board of Directors of SweetBeam. 

He is a visionary in the area of application of the Internet to affect fundamental human behavior in the public marketplace.  He currently works as an advisor to venture capital funds, while also participating in or advising Internet-based startup companies in France.

Until 2006, Mr. Potedevin was Vice President, Engineering for Yahoo! Europe.  Previously, he was the founding CTO of Kelkoo, which was acquired by Yahoo! for €475 million in 2004. 

Prior to Kelkoo, Mr. Potdevin worked for nine years in R&D for Schlumberger in both Europe and the USA.

Mr. Potdevin holds a degree in engineering from the Institut Supérieur d’Electronique du Nord and also studied at ISEN.  He lives with his family near Grenoble, France.