The 2007 French Tech Showcase is being produced by Les Conselliers du Commerce Exterieur de la France (CCE).

About the CCE

The French Foreign Trade Advisors (CCEs) are French corporate executives with a wealth of international experience. They are appointed by the French Prime Minister for three years as Foreign Trade Advisors and they are located around the world. The CCEs represent a dynamic network of 3,400 men and women involved in today's world business community.

For more than a hundred years, this network of private business people has shared the experience of its members :

• Providing governments with recommendations
• Sponsoring small companies in their international expansion
• Educating and informing young people about international trade careers

They interact with governments as well as the French embassy's economic and commercial services in their countries of residence. Their valuable experience can be directly of service to many.

CCEs in North West America

• Bernard Digeon - BNP Paribas USA-West
• Alinh Hoang - US representative - Zodiac
• Bernard Portet - Chairman - Clos du Val
• Bruno Fraeyman - US representative - Air Liquide
• Francois Laugier - Partner - Law firm Ropers Majesky
• Gerard Denot - Vice Chairman - Bank of the West
• Gilles Bouchard - Former CIO and SVP Operations – Hewlett Packard
• Jean-Bernard Guerree - Managing Director - Avise Partners
• Jean-Francois Heitz - Former Treasurer - Microsoft
• Ken Alwyn - Partner - Price Waterhouse Coopers
• Marc Onetto - Chief Operating Officer- Amazon.com
• Norbert Gaillard - US representative - Snecma
• Patrick Gautier – VP - Visa USA Inc
• Sinah Fateh - CEO - Vega Vista
• Jean-Paul Kress - SVP Marketing - Gilead
• Francois LE - SVP sales - Tropos Network
• Yves Truchon-Bertes - SVP - Saint Gobain Containers
• Didier Perez - Managing Director - Innovation Ventures
• Vincent Worms - Founder and Managing Director - Partech International
• Hervé Utheza - VP and Exec Producer - TV properties ORB Networks

More Information

For more information about CCE news or to contact a French business representative ready to answer your questions, visit the CCE's web site at http://www.cnccef.org

Or, email Jean Bernard Guerree - President CCE North West America

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Jean Bernard Guerree
President CCE North West America
Phone: +1 415 227 2000
jb@hexagonevents.org